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Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)

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systemd init scripts with BA client on linux platforms

Given that all supported Linux platforms by the Tivoli Storage Manager B/A client have shifted to systemd init, provide both systemv and systemd startup scripts and either make a decision at install time or let users choose which method to use aft...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

Web Client Access for TSM 815

Provide support for TSM web client connection to 815 TSM for NDMP data restore
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Planned for future release

IBM Spectrum Protect and ZFS support in Linux x86_64

We need to backup files in ZFS fs in a system with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 installed using IBM Spectrum Protect BA client.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

why exclude.dir not favor archive?

why exclude.dir not favor archive?and there is no other option for exclude dir for archive backup.
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

TSM needs basic functionality on ALL common OS:es

The TSM client segfaults on startup on Fedora 18. While Fedora 18 hasn't yet made it to the best-effort support category, IBM should at least try to have dsmc basic functionality on all common operating systems. I'm also told that Ubuntu 13.04 use...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Planned for future release

backup and restore to windows cifs share without explicitly using net use

Currently in order to backup a windows cifs share, to do a snapdiff or otherwise, you need to issue a "net use" as a pre command to a scheduled backup. This is an extra step in configuration/scripting that shouldn't be necessary. This also makes i...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

Ability to encrypt and store dsmadmc user credentials in a local file

By default the TSM baclient encrypts node user credentials in a locally stored file. Unfortunately this functionality is not present with admin user credentials when using the Admin Client (dsmadmc). In order to automate dsmadmc commands within sc...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

Allow replication processing of data on sequential tape media to use more than one mountpoint/session per node/filespace

Allow replication processing of data on sequential tape media to use more than one mountpoint/session per node/filespace.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

FreeBSD support for TSM Client

FreeBSD support for TSM Client
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

Spectrum Protect client using port 9081, same as BigFix

The new tsm client 8.1.7+ is using default port 9081 for file level restore operations via web.The problem is that is the same port as tsm4ve and the same port as bigfix. IBM should not release different products using the same default port. One o...
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

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