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IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS

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Customer doesn't want to keep track of every ds backed up in the job if this one finish with rc 8 or higher

we have a problem with the ADRDSSU dump The customer want that when a job end with rc 8 or higher all the ds in that job don't have to be tracked by Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS. At the moment when i make a dump of 2 ds and only one of th...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 1 Delivered

Documentation should state that VSAM flatfiles need periodic reorg, and tool should allow for scheduling them.

At minimum, product documentation should state that VSAM flat files need periodic reorg to avoid running out of space, and it would also be very nice if Advanced Backup & Recovery included a utility that would allow users to set an interval fo...
over 6 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 0 Delivered

AB&R Should Track IAM Files for Backup

AB&R tracks backups made by a number of utilities, but does not track backups made using IAM files. The tool needs to track these files or it has only limited utility for us.
about 7 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 0 Delivered

Tape Pull not showing all e-vaulted DSS backup tapes on P340 system

DSS backup tapes are copied to remote site and then theoriginal copy is expired. Tape Pull is not showing tapesolder than yesterday. Notes from Rocket: After COPYCAT processing source volume isdeleted from IDS due to being scratch, but e-vault vol...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 1 Delivered

Change Historical Data display to show just one entry per data set and allow drilldown for more detail.

Redesign display to show just one entry per data set and then allow drilldown from there to display activity for that data set.
about 8 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 0 Delivered

Display SMF Descriptors in Historical Data records instead of just SMF record types.

Currently the HDU (Historical Data) function only shows SMF record types, which for most common actions is fine, but for less-common SMF record types requires the user to stop and look up what the record means before being able to interpret the hi...
about 8 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 0 Delivered

Requesting Reporting to Filter by Program Name capability

We have a need for Reporting to Filter by Program Name.
about 9 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 1 Delivered

TABR "What is not backed up" reports filter

Banca d'Italia customer (Marco TORRETTA is the customer focal point) need new option in TABR that we call the “Age Tolerance” support and below there is the description that we have already given to the development team: - Data sets that are young...
over 9 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 2 Delivered

"BKUPEND doesn't recognize outcode"

BKUPEND is not designed to consider outcodes when it is determining whether a file has a backup. To pursue an enhancement, please open an RFE and send us the RFE number. This will allow you to track the RFE online
over 9 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 2 Delivered

TABR BDI

Banca d'Italia is involved in a Computer Association migration, TABR is used to replace some CA Vantage functionalities. Customer needs to have a report that shows the list of datasets that are not subject to policy (backup or archive). This kind ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 1 Delivered