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A single DB2 id for working with multiple TSM 6.2 instances

Currently TSM 6.2 instances use instance owner to issue db2 commands.As there can be multiple instances to check , monitor and issue commands to I request to provide a way to use one db2 id to issue commands to mulltiple TSm instances
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 5 Not under consideration

Recover TSM client after network breakdown

When TSM client is running and if a network breakdown happens, when network comes back, the user has no clue to find out what has been backed up and what the TSM client is going to do (which is not restarting, by the way).
about 13 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.
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 2 Not under consideration

Support Linux Itanium 2 SLES 10SP3

The last TSM client version supported of Linux Itanium 2 is TSM Client 5.5http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663&context=SSGSG7&uid=swg21211967&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en.My client has critical server on Itanium 2 and...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Support of a similar product as TSM for VE, for AIX environment

Support of a similar product as TSM for VE, for AIx environment.My client has ZoS TSM environment and AIX environment. We showed the TSM for VE for Windows. He likes the functionnality. He wants to know if there will be a support for centralize an...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 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...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 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.
about 13 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...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 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
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 1 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...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / HSM for Windows 2 Not under consideration

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