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Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)

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Request to add all future publications information for TSM journaling and to add sample config files for tsmdbbd.ini/dsm.opt

I've searched for detailed note on how to implement TSM journaling for multiple journals in a cluster but i have seen only one tech note in IBM forum and not all information about future publications added to that. I would really help TSM engineer...
about 13 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...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

retrieve netware archive over windows client

We want to retrieve files and directories from netware archives (without trustees) with use of a windows tsm client.
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

udev image backup (tsm client)

Please , support image backup for udev's link files.(tsm client)I heard from STSC that udev is not supporting. I think ,In the case of a Linux system, image backup certainly requires udev. because old /dev/sXX may change at every reboot. I think u...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Management class visible for NDMP backups

When viewing files in the GUI restore window, a NDMP backup does not show the Management class. In the attached screen shot you can see that the management class is not reported
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Not under consideration

TSM 6.3 Solaris 10 and 11 64 bit x86 support

I have 2 large customers with a lot Solaris 10 and 11 64 bit x86 OS platform and need to be able to back them up.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

Stop File Content Backup on ACL Change

Currently when an ACE is changed in an ACL it will cause the full file to be backed up again in TSM. For example, if we have a 200GB file and we change 1 ACE in the ACL it will cause the content of the 200GB file to be backed up again when the con...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Not under consideration

Estimate function in java clients

The new TSM clients dont have a feature for estimating the size of data to be retrieved. This feature is really important.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 6 Not under consideration

Add TSM support for Citrix Xenserver backup API

Increasing numbers of our TSM customers are using Xenserver virtualization, and would like to back it up with TSM in similar fashion to VMware backup. At this time you can only install a client into each VM, which has many disadvantages. Please ad...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

exclude.archive.dir

Provide an exclude.archive.dir option. Without that exclude all other directories, beside the one which should be archived, are scanned and archived. That is particularly an unwanted behaviour when one want to archive a folder from a NetApp snapsh...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Not under consideration