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Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)

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    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...
    over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

    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.
    over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

    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...
    over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Delivered

    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.
    almost 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

    Error messages for clearly incorrect include-exclude rules etc.

    I've often noticed our users having trouble with exclude rules and I was wondering if you could put in some basic error reporting. Errors reported on-screen as soon as the TSM GUI is run would be ideal, as already happens with the message "ANS1036...
    almost 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

    'dsmcutil updatepw' returns same message for locked node and incorrect password

    Our TSM for Windows installer needs to check in with all nine of our backup servers when it runs on a client machine, in order to configure the TSM client software correctly. It then saves the correct tcpserveraddress and tcpport into dsm.opt for ...
    almost 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

    TSM Client for Solaris 11 (SPARC and X86) Support

    Current TSM-Client(s) do not run on Solaris 11. (Not only it is not supported, it simply doesn´t work on Solaris 11)So we request a working and supported TSM-Client for Solaris 11
    almost 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 5 Delivered

    VADP: Possibility to cleanup created VMware snapshots

    Affected products/clients by this RFE:TSM B/A ClientTSM for VEFlashCopy Manager (for VMware) Our clients which work with the VADP are able to create and remove VMware-snapshots, but in case of a failed schedule for the allover environment, our cli...
    almost 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Delivered

    TSM incremental backups of Hyper V .vhd files

    Currently, TSM can only perform FULL backups of Microsoft Hyper V VHD files. Most of the competition (Netbackup, Commvault, DPM) can perform Incremental Backups of these files. Can we implement Change Block Tracking/Incremental backups for Hyper V...
    over 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Delivered

    Scripts executed on client to have parameters/environment variables

    When trying to implement backup with proxy nodes (and placing all data on a single target-node), a problem arises. Since backups with proxy nodes requires the ASNODE parameter, and in a hosted environment it is not desirable to create customer spe...
    over 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Delivered

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