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    Post all TSM Linux application and dbms backup agents into RPM Linux repository

    Place all linux-based TSM clients into a standard linux repository, so updates can be performed using standard linux system tools. This repository would need to be publicly accessible, although they can be secured with a login.
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Not under consideration

    Please post TSM Windows client software to allow integration into Windows Update

    Please integrate TSM Windows clients software update download capabilities with Windows Update.
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

    TSM Operations Center GUI improvements client at risk status

    Exclude a node from at-risk condition when the ANS7900W warning message occurs.
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

    rename management class

    We use TSM Client to archive data that has been delivered to our external clients just to be able to reproduce issues if the client has issues with our data
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

    Avoid un-necessary audit logging for ls/mmlsattr/ILM list policy.

    ls/mmlsattr/ILM list POLICY are creating OPEN event logs. AFAIK, these actions doesn't open the file only read the metadata of a file, generating the audit logs on these kinda operations is creating lot of audit logs for us. It's mentioned in doc,...
    over 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    Keep supporting TSM API (backup to TSM via BRMS on IBM i)

    We would like to extend TSM API support for BRMS for TSM 6.2 & V7.1
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 0 Not under consideration

    Enable automatic regeneration of an expired password on any session

    When the password of a client node expires on the TSM server node, the client node is able to automatically set a new password when passwordaccess is set to generate. However, this does not work if the password expires while a client node is in th...
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 0 Not under consideration

    IBM SP for Exchange not truncating logs after Exchange backup

    Microsoft Exchange version is 2016 version 15.1 build 1591.10. We have implemented IBM SP for Exchange and have initiated several full backups. Backup completed successfully but not truncating logs.
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 1 Not under consideration

    report if backup was deduped by client

    If the client de-duplication has been enabled for a given node, but the estimated size is bigger than:tsm: TSMWAR01>q opt *deduptx* Server Option Option Setting------------------------- -----------------------------------ClientDedupTxnLimit 1,0...
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Not under consideration

    Enhancement to the new node 'decommission' command

    TSM 7.1.3 introduces a new command called 'decommission node' Can this be enhanced to have a date option to specify a future date other than the default retention policy? Example: "decommission node xxxx date=12/31/2015 ...."
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

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