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Status Not under consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 1, 2013

Support for ClientUpdate in NAT'ed setup

A sort of auto-detect mechanism would be nice for the ClientUpdate function - in order to detect which tcpserver address and tcp port number the client uses for communication.
This is required, if client and the server are seperated ny at NAT'ing firewall.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Oct 18, 2016

    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
    Component - TSM & TSM EE (Server)
    Operating system - Multiple
    Source - BRaaS - Backup and Restore as a Service

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family
    Component - TSM & TSM EE (Server)
    Operating system - Multiple
    Source - None

  • Guest
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    Jun 12, 2015

    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

  • Guest
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    Feb 2, 2014

    Thank you for submitting this request. This is a recognized requirement and a solution appears to be desirable. This request is not in a committed release plan for this year, but the theme is aligned with our multi-year strategy, and will be a candidate for a future release. IBM’s plans may change and no commitment is made that a solution will be provided.

  • Guest
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    Feb 1, 2013

    The RFE is actually probably more for the TSM clients

    From the server, the update is called with a onetime schedule, which executes a batch file with some parameters.
    It would be nice, if a sort of option like "use dsm.opt file comm parameters" could be specified - and the batch-file in the client update thehn would grab the tcpserveraddress and tcpport parameters from the config file for the specified node.

    I have not tested whether the batch files supports if the clients connect via SSL (this parameter probably alos needs to be an optional parameter - or should be checked in the options file)