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Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)

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snapdiff option for clustered ontap (netapp)

HelloWe have new Netapp filers in prodcution since 2 months and these use the new clustered ontap version (8.2). I have opened a PMR because the snapdiff option didn't work on these filers and the support told me that snapdiff was only possible on...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 11 Delivered

Windows 2012 R2 support

Hi. We need to be able to backup Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 clients. Please provide a TSM BA-client that supports this as our customers are asking for it now.
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

TSM Client for Macintosh OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)

Apple released OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) yesterday - and as a free upgrade. As such, users have already upgraded to this OS, and want to be able to backup their systems
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

TSM client support for Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 has been released; how soon will it be supported?
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

Maximun Path length

Windows Backup client crashes when the directory path length is exceeded. Customer is interested in avoing this crash or increasing the path length.
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

better NFSv4 TSM client support

Support the backup of NFSv4 *without* the use of global name space, including extended attributes via Linux client.

Agent:Support for Oracle Enterprise Linux

Certified OS agent for the followingOracle Linux 5.9 (Redhat compatible kernel)Oracle Linux 5.9 (UEK kernel) Certified TDP agent to run on above OS with Oracle versions10gR2, 11gR1++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Certified OS ag...

Solaris 11 Support for TSM v.6.2 Client

The RFE would require TSM v.6.2 client to be supported in Solaris 11 platform officially and compatible without any issue.

Support for the TSM 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 Linux x86/x86_64 Backup-Archive client on Linux distribution Ubuntu 12 ?

Support for the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 Linux x86/x86_64 Backup-Archive client on Linux distribution Ubuntu 12. Today, IBM supports only Ubuntu 10 and 11.http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21417165#6.3%20DI...

Client Schedule Log Date/time Stamp

I am requesting the ability of the TSM client to include the date/time stamp on each line of the schedule log when the TSM client is invoked from a script instead of a TSM schedule.