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Allow TSM client logs to be brought back to server for analysis when server staff do not have access to client file system

Allow TSM staff to bring back and use the TSM client logs to determine issues and error conditions at the time of backup failures
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

in using the TSM for Mail product would like to backup only specific folders in an individual's mailbox?

in using the TSM for Mail product, we would like to backup only specific folders in an individual's mailbox; Rather than backing up the entire database.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 2 Not under consideration

snapdiff to update last backup fields in filespace data

Could you please update the TSM snapdiff client to update the lastbackup information of filespaces when a "query filespace f=d" is issued. This would be the obvious behaviour and would be inline with the documented meaning of the columns This limi...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 5 Not under consideration

fcmcli to display date/time of backup

1. FCM for custom apps to display the date/time the flash backup was taken when using fcmcli. 2. Allow TSM offloaded backups to run under root so all files are backed up (as the app ID doesnt always have ability to backup all files) and to do incr...
over 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

TSM Command to Identify tapes for Restore(not the SQL/DB2 query)

I am looking for a command to fetch the restore tapes of a client required to restore a file from TSM server.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Implement Incremental NDMP backup for NetApp filers

We would like to be able to run incremental backups of our Netapp filer using NDMP. ie be able to run a command similar to backup node netapp1 /vol/backup mode=incrEven if the number of incrementals was limited.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

Sort the list of options displayed by the "QUERY OPTION" command in alphabetical order.

The list of options displayed in the output of the QUERY OPTION server command should be sorted in alphabetical order.It is error-prone, frustrating, and time-consuming to review the option settings currently as they are displayed in seemingly ran...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Flexible NDMP Backups

What we wanna change is how TSM control the NDMP dumps and assigning theMGMT Class to each object.We want to make sure when I assign a MGMT Class to my dedicated backup.Then should that backup be save for that amount of time and not change thehist...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

Implement recall thread timeout on HSM service driver.

Explanation first: Whenever a file is recalled on the OS file system level (e.g. double clicked in explorer) this sets of a driver call defined by the reparse point definition in the "STUB" file. This causes the kernel mode driver to request the H...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / HSM for Windows 2 Not under consideration

Ability to restore Solaris Active file permissions using PIT

To be able to restore permissions on Unix file system based on date (Using PIT restore) OR for TSM to force a backup of a file where the permissions have changed, to create an inactive copy. Currently TSM only keeps a single copy of permissions fo...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

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