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TSM FastBack

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Fastback suite Enhancements

Continue development of Fastback into a 64-bit architecture.
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack 3 Not under consideration

Allow FastBack DR Hub replication to have both a scheduled Start AND STOP time to limit impact on Business applications.

In DR Configuration / DR Scheduler / Advanced panel, add the ability to schedule a specific time for the DR Replication to Stop, on specified days. This would allow the DR Replication to start at the same time every day, but on certain days, ie we...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack 2 Not under consideration

Product specification change request

When a backup real line command is executed from a client, I want a retry to change for it being made to be performed.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack 2 Not under consideration

fastback fbdrcopy force to not overwrite existing files in TSM

a force=no option so that if the fbdrcopy operation is interrupted you don't have to overwrite the files that have already been exported to the TSM server.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack 2 Not under consideration

TSM Fastback Server has extremely slow read operations from disk

TSM Fastback Server has extremely slow read operations from disk:- all restore operations with both methods, Fastback Mount and Fastback BMR,- DR to TSM and- long term proxy backups to TSM.The speed of restore does not exceed 10Mbit/s (aggregate) ...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack 4 Not under consideration

FastBack performance improvement

We want fast snapshot backup speed, please.
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack 4 Not under consideration

fastback server CDP

this is for TSM FASTBACK 6.1.x.x. IBM 5724-U93there is a CDP option in he Job Schedules.When a restoring from such backup , there is a timeline showing up and the time of the desired point of recovery can be selected. The great idea with CDP , is ...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack 3 Not under consideration

Reporting Needing for FastBack Servers on 64bit Windows 2008 R2 Systems

In order for the TSM Admin Center to communicate with a FastBack server, Tivoli Common Reporting must be installed on the FastBack server. Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) 1.2 nor 2.1 is supported on a Windows 2008 R2 operating system, even though Fa...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack 2 Not under consideration

TSM Fastback Server has extremely slow read operations from disk

TSM Fastback Server has extremely slow read operations from disk:- all restore operations with both methods, Fastback Mount and Fastback BMR,- DR to TSM and- long term proxy backups to TSM.The speed of restore does not exceed 10Mbit/s (aggregate) ...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack 2 Not under consideration

TSM Fastback Server has extremely slow read operations from disk

TSM Fastback Server has extremely slow read operations from disk:- all restore operations with both methods, Fastback Mount and Fastback BMR,- DR to TSM and- long term proxy backups to TSM.The speed of restore does not exceed 10Mbit/s (aggregate) ...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack 2 Not under consideration