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Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)

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

followsymbolic option for windows

There is no option to back up a content of a linked (or junction) directory on Windows.
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

Support for Extended ACL Propagation on Spectrum Protect BA Client Restore to Isilon NAS via Windows Proxy.

The customer opened a tickets to report that when he would restore files locally on a Windows host / proxy, it would restore the extended ACL proxy using the BA Client but when he does the same, using the same Windows Proxy but to restore the data...
about 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

Spectrum Protect scheduler - better handling MISSED Event

We're struggling in meeting the SLA because of MISSED backup. After investigation most of the missed backup we have here is hourly backup schedules being missed because a FULL backup or INCR backup is running for that same client node. Would it be...
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

dsmc should be able to backup all files when using mmbackup

TSM when used to backup Spectrum Scale file-systems with mmbackup is unable to backup files with certain characters in filenames (e.g. new line). Given files with new lines can be created using Spectrum Scale with CES from Windows and Mac clients,...
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Configuration of the ISP client 8.1.9.0 in a clustered environment (AIX and Linux).

Configuration of the ISP client 8.1.9.0 in a clustered environment (AIX and Linux). As stated in TS003354444 it does not work though we follow the instructions in "https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7_7.1.0/com.ibm.itsm.srv.doc/c_clu...
about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Planned for future release

Prevent Web B/A client file level restore port conflict with WAS ports

Customer identified during the Spectrum Protect web client implementation that its ports (9081) conflicts directly with WAS (Websphere Application Server) ports that's is being in use by their banking online production applications. Thus this beha...
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

Simplify Ubuntu/Debian install instructions by using apt instead of dpkg

Since apt/apt-get nowadays (well, since apt 1.1 released in 2015) support installing from local file, https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.11/client/t_inst_ubuntu_x86_64client.html should probably be changed from multiple dpkg -i...
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

Globally switch on /off client instrumentation trace in Server Node definition or Client Option Set

due to the fact of several security vulnerabilities (CVE-2016-8916) we need the ability to switch the new default value enableinstrumentation from on to off globally. This can ether be done with a client option in the client option set or throug a...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

new Spectrum Protect Client API to provide "QUERY OCCUPANCY" details + possibly "Q STGPOOL capacity details

Hi,The SPFS solution is a virtual filesystem that makes it possible to mount Spectrum Protect server storage directly on the server, so that it is possible to protect almost anydata with Spectrum Protect using normal file operations. SPFS uses Spe...
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

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