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Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)

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snapdiff to update last backup fields in filespace data

Could you please update the TSM snapdiff client to update the lastbackup information of filespaces when a "query filespace f=d" is issued. This would be the obvious behaviour and would be inline with the documented meaning of the columns This limi...
almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

Avoid Windows server reboot during Auto client deployment due to C++ package installation

TSM Client Auto deployment code for version 7.1.3.2 is installing the "Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x64 9.0.21022" which is not the required pre-requisite for the 7.1.3.2 version. Also during the installation of Microsoft Visual C++...
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

TSM BAC support for Veritas SFHA v6.2 and Infoscale (former VxFS) v7.x

TSM B/A Client on AIX supports Veritas Storage Foundation and SF High-Availability VxFS up to version 6.0. Storage Foundation and SFHA v6.2 for AIX is not listed as supported. With version 7.0 Veritas has rebranded the product as Infoscale Storage...
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

backup / restore @ CTIE of the BTRFS on SLES12

Support of Spectrum Protect to create image backups of BTRFS subvolumes, or at least of the BTRFS file system without unmounting any subvolumes. The capability should be enabled even if the customer only has BTRFS as volume manager ( ie without LV...
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

deduplication issue

Backup taking long time after winodws deduplication is enabled on windows 2012 server
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

Client should deliver a possible patch/update level of an OS

New client-versions deliver information about the OS into the TSM-server.APAR IT13056 refers to OS Windows 2012 R2 Update 1.At the moment a TSM-admin has no possibilty to see whether a client has installed this update or not.Only the user of the c...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

TSM should back up files with timestamps before 01.01.1970 and after 19.01.2038

TSM should handle dates < 1/1/1970 01:00 and dates > 1/19/2038 04:04:07.
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

Custom values for failover server (TSM Client node)

Allow custom settings for failover server in client dsm.sys Current soultion will overwrite failover server settings in dsm.sys A few possibilites arise:- Publish values for each node from the node definition on the tsm server- Allow per node a cu...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

Windows System State Backup does not include the Windows Internal Database

As parrt of the system state backup the Windows Internal Database WID does not form part of the system state backup. e.g. c$\Windows\WID\Data\master.mdf Windows own internal backup WBadmin backs this up as part of system state
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

Restore or server migration: delete inactive files on destination file system

We have "dsmc rest Image c: -incre -deletefiles" (image + last incremental - deletion of the inactive marked files at the TSM server) to be able to restore the last status of a file system. Can we have "dsmc rest \\OldServer\Oldshare\*.* \\NewServ...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

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