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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
Additional info from technical team on this issue:
There has been talk of implementing a secondary backup completion time stamp for "less complete" file level backup methods such as snapdiff, jbb, and incremental by date. The secondary time stamp would be set when the "less complete" backup completed (and possibly there would be an indication of what the backup type was) and the current backup completion time stamp would only be updated when a full progressive incremental backup completed. This would be helpful in determining when the last "less complete" backup completed and the amount of time since a full progressive incremental complete (this can be important information when deploying JBB and snapdiff). Of course this would require a work item and would entail client and server changes.
Thank you for submitting the request. This is a recognized requirement and a solution appears to be desirable. This request is not in a committed release plan for next year,
but the theme is aligned with our multi-year strategy, and will be a candidate for our future release. IBM’s plans may change and no commitment is made that a solution will be provided.