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Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)

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Option to Restrict access rights of TSM BA Client

add an option to dsm.sys or dsm.opt that introduces a "strict" mode , i.e. FILESPACERESTRICTION DOMAIN | LOCAL | ALL with the effekt that BA Web Client GUI of a node only shows the Filespaces of that node and allows access for Backup/Restore a) on...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Support for Dell Equallogic FS7500

We recently added a Dell Equallogic FS 7500 NAS for the storage of our faculty/staff, administrative and student file shares. We would like to see the FS 7500 added to the list of supported devices so that we can backup the system using TSM and ND...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Change owner of linux archived objects

Using a linux client, a linux user can archive objects with his linux username or logname.Using the retrieve or delete archive function, the user cand read or delete only his archived objects.Because of a user name changing (married woman, enterpr...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Backup Stub-Files only (no data) for migrated datasets (TSM HSM)

We need an option in TSM/HSM that for already migrated datasets only the stub file (inode) will be backed up and not the data itself.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Cross Mount Points in baclient without having to use domain statements in dsm.opt

Ability to cross Mount Points when setting up a BAClient without being forced to update the dsm.opt file everytime one is created.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

TSM Scratch volume selection for SCSI type libraries

1. When a tape is checked out, then checked back in, the mount count should not be reset. The count should only be set to zero when a new tape is labeled into the library or forced to zero by options. 2. Add an option to the check in command to fo...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

TCPWINDOWSIZE affecting both, send and receive size

Tivoli *.opt parameter TCPWINDOWSIZE option specifies the amount of receive data and send data in kilobytes that can be on a TCP/IP connection at one time. It would be helpful to have two different values, one for send-buffer (TCPSENDBUFFERSIZE) a...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

TSM support for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM Server

We need support for this implementation:- Installation of Tivoli Storage Manager BA client, Tivoli Storage Manager API and Tivoli Data Protection for Oracle on operating system Oracle Linux 6.1;- Installation of Tivoli Storage Manager BA client on...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

DSMCUTIL LIST data only output

Gathering a list of TSM related services currently requires a lot of parsing to get the data in a usable state for batch processing. The IBM provided dsmcutil.exe can get the data but it outputs with a bunch of other "stuff" that requires a lot of...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

API: Allow minimal access to files originally archived via TSM client.

Currently, (with certain limitations) it is possible to archive files via the TSM API and retrieve them via the standard TSM client. Unfortunately, the reverse is not possible: It is not possible to archive files via the standard TSM client and la...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

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