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Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
Brand - Servers and Systems Software
Product family - Storage
Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family
For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
Brand - Tivoli
Product family - Storage
Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family
Why did IBM take out the Backup and Archive Estimate button in the first place??? We want to verify backups and in the old versions we could use the Estimate button. Makes me very unhappy that Tivoli took this feature away. If there was a command line replacement, that would be acceptable, but IBM Support (PMR 20660-L6Q,000) could not come up with one. We are considering dumping Tivoli for other reasons, this is just one more reason.
Why did IBM take out the Backup and Archive Estimate button in the first place??? We want to verify backups and in the old versions we could use the Estimate button. Makes me very unhappy that Tivoli took this feature away. If there was a command line replacement, that would be acceptable, but IBM Support (PMR 20660-L6Q,000) could not come up with one. We are considering dumping Tivoli for other reasons, this is just one more reason.
Grant/Janne
Thank you for submitting this enhancement request, I really appreciate the feedback and the reference to other RFEs that were submitted on the same subject, while we do understand the requirement and the rationale behind it, unfortunately, we currently do not plan to implement this function.
Oren - TSM Product Manager
other RFE's submitted related to this feature, 14708 and 12599
I have asked for this previously in in RFE 13586. But it was rejected. As you can see there are lots of people that want this....
Grant