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Slient install stop TSM Client Scheduler

When performing a silent install certain files such as the dscenu.txt file are not updated because the client scheduler service is running and has the file open. When performing a GUI install it prompts to stop the service before it continues, but...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Change behavior of include/exclude force=no processing

The current behavior is for server include-exclude statements to be placed at the bottom of the include-exclude list. Thus they are evaluated before the include-exclude statements specified in the client options file. The requirement is to change ...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Command to dismount all volumes

Command to dismount all volumes. There are update or audit tasks that require the library be idle.� A mounted tape in IDLE status does not make the library idle.� It can be very tedious to execute several dismount volume commands.� Additionally th...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Specify an output file for stand-alone dsmserv commands

Specify an output file for stand-alone dsmserv commands such as the dsmserv restore db command so that the output can be saved for review later. Currently can�t do this, not even with the redirection character �>�.� Documentation is always a go...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Planned for future release

Get all ANR messages into Activity Log

Has to do with ANR messages that do not appear in the Activity Log. It may be an issue where the messages are generated before the Activity Log is started. None the less, they should be captured and displayed in the Activity Log. The messages have...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

TDP agents should update the �last backed up� field for filespaces

TDP agents should update the �last backed up� field for their equivalent of a filespace when performing a backup of their data. Would enable customer to report which databases (or other objects equivalent to filespaces) have current backups and wh...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

TSM to have capability to use DAR for multiple file level restore in NDMP

I have a TSM-NAS setup using NDMP protocol. The TSM node that I use is considered as a NAS node. NAS setup in TSM server was implemented to backup EMC NS960. I found out during one of my restores that I can not do multiple file level restore using...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Create automaticaly dsmcert.kdb with public CAs if SSL is enabled

If you use a public certificate eg from Verisign on the TSM-Server you have to create a keystore on the client manually, set the sslport and enable ssl. It will simplify the BAclient installation process if the keystore with public CAs gets automa...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

Client Redirection

The concept is that a TSM client would contact a TSM server and be told something akin to �you�re not registered here, but server xxxyyzzz at port 15##, has a client with that name. Go try logging in there.� It would simplify tremendously many of ...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

leasing volume behavior

Hi, Leasing volumes goes way back many years. Basically, when a process needs a volume, it puts a "lease" on a volume, which keeps other processes (and sessions) from interfering with it. The problem you're seeing is that we don't release the leas...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Storage Area Networks (SANs) 2 Not under consideration

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