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Provide the capability of Tivoli Sysback backing up the rootvg to USB memory stick., boot from it and restore that image.

AIX 5.3 TL-9 / AIX 6.1 TL-02 and above provide support for USB memory sticks, We need to enhance Tivoli Sysback to provide the capability of backing up the rootvg to USB memory stick and also boot from them and restore the image. 5300-09 - use AIX...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 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 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 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 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 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 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 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 12 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 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

FCM: Restart Option for setup scripts

Currently, two steps are necessary to restart the FCM daemons. E.g. for Sap/Oracle: setup_ora.sh -a stop -d <instance> andsetup_ora.sh -a start -d <instance> This RFE requests this:setup_ora.sh -a restart -d <instance>
over 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

Support for MultiBos in TDP for ERP

Current install procedures do now allow for the copying of binaries for support of MultiBos which is used extensively in Neslte as a critical part of the build and staging process of support for the AIX infrastructure
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 1 Not under consideration

define snapdiff and other snap options on a per filesystem basis rather than per backup command

When running an incremental backup be able to define the snapdiff or other snap option on a per filesystem basis rather than for the whole backup incremental job.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Not under consideration

Check DB2 File systems are not 'Busy' before a DB2 flashcopy restore proceeds

During our testing the following weakness was identified in the way FCM performs a DB2 snapshot restore. 1. All Filesystems are not checked to determine if any are 'busy' before FCM starts to perform unmount/removes. - This results in some DB2 fil...
almost 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

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