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TSM control on Out-of-place restore

We are asked for TSM to restrict the possibility of an out-of-place restore . This is a requirement from the security dept of the customer we're working on.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

UEFI Support for Fastback BMR

Backup and Restore (BMR) of UEFI platform servers using UEFI aware operating systems. (Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012)
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack for BMR 4 Not under consideration

Incorrect steps on windows backup archive client instalation guide

On page52, step 6, it's not clear that the key to be entered on the cluster configuration needs to EXCLUDE the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\, or the cluster won't let the key be added. I think there should be an example clarifying it. I.e., registry key HKE...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Is a defect

Additional error status restore timeout

There is no way to check whether TSM restore is running in a normal way if session does not establish successfully. Customer met this situation that TSM failed to establish a session for restore. In this case, TSM restore process never finished wi...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Using TSM Server in a Library Manager role

This RFE is opened to request a design change for the TSM Server acting in a role of the dedicated library manager (LM) for either physical and/or logical tape library or libraries. .In a large environment consisting of multiple physical and/or vi...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Not under consideration

Make TSM HSM client auto-repair ANS9418W/ANS9414E issue

Certain dsmmigfs commands (e.g. dsmmigfs restart) may fail and report the following problems: ANS9418W dsmmigfs: Cannot access the GPFS SDR for writing. It might be locked, or the var filesystem might be full.ANS9414E dsmmigfs: Unable to create DS...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Space Management 4 Not under consideration

Configure File Open Mode O_CIOR

Need a Possibility to configure File Open Mode = O_CIOR.See PMR's 63546,070,724 and 63285,070,724 for further Details
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 2 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 ...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack 3 Not under consideration

Ability to "protect" certain attributes on unlocked policies from being overriden by the client

For unlocked policies: Provide the ability to protect (not allow anychanges for the client side) for certain attributes in the "Policy".Examples:1) Not allowing the User to override the Remote Quota or Remote TSMserver2) Do not allow the "Exclusio...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack for Workstations 2 Not under consideration

TSM node replication feature : many to many

Our customer wants to have the possibility to do a 3 site replication copies. They are interested in to do replication from site 1 to site2 and 3 of same nodes.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration