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Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)

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Dropdown lists for Restore VM operations

It would be nice to have the client populate the Datacenter, Host,, and Datastore options in the Restore VM screen.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Planned for future release

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.
almost 13 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.
almost 13 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...
almost 13 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...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

TSM B/A Client "archive vm" equivalent of "backup vm"

In the current TSM b/a client for windows (with VMware tools), there is a "backup vm" command that will perform full image or file level backups for VM guests. There is no option to perform an archive (file level or image) We need the ability to a...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Journal based backup for Sun Solaris

Support for journal based backup as on AIX and Windows.
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Fastback-TSM integration wizard. Multiple TSM nodename definition required to achieve different data retentions

It is essentially not a problem with the operation of Fastback. The problem is in the integration between Fastback and TSM. We have the TSM admin centre set up to access the TSM server and the fastback server. I have been using the integration wiz...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 5 Planned for future release

TSM BAClient for Solaris 11 x86

A TSM Backup Archive Client for Solaris 11 x86.
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Planned for future release

TSM control on Out-of-place restore

We are asked for TSM to restrict the possibility of an out-of-place restore . This is a requirement from the security dept of the customer we're working on.
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

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