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IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS

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Requesting that FLATCOPY not shutdown due to individual flat file error

We believe that, in order for the product to be operationally functional, the handling of individual errors within flat files must be changed to not result in the termination of the FLATCOPY process. Today, when FLATCOPY terminates due to a proble...
over 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 1 Delivered

Request that product provide reporting on DASD requirements for restorable datasets.

AB&R does not report on DASD requirements for restorable datasets.
over 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 1 Delivered

Requesting product to report on non-critical datasets with backups.

AB&R does not report on non-critical datasets with backups.
over 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 3 Delivered

Requesting that product provide an alternate site configuration.

AB&R does not provide an alternate site configuration.
over 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 2 Delivered

Requesting ablity to report on critical jobs

AB&R needs the capability to report on critical jobs. Not every job within a DR is critical, so it is important to filter reporting so that only critical jobs are included. This valuable capability exists in our current product, DR Manager
over 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 3 Delivered

Need a Facility for storing a Disaster Recovery Plan

There is not an area to create and store our Disaster Recovery Plan – we will have to pursue manual plan creation and ongoing maintenance to meet requirements.
over 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 2 Delivered

Unable to exclude datasets already researched and found to not be needed

AB&R does not allows us to exclude datasets. So after we have researched a dataset and found that it is not needed for DR, we can exclude it from the “issues” listing, however AB&R does not have that ability. With AB&R we will need to ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 2 Delivered

Requesting historical dataset usage feature similar to that found in DR Manager

There is no history within AB&R – this is the historical data usage; the Vendor told us that they have this enhancement on the books but have not pursued it yet. Using Part A AWI0 region as an example. AB&R provides the following informati...
over 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 2 Delivered

Modification required to TABR to track uncatalogued tape datasets

The Standalone Tape Manager (BKMTAPUX) is not setup to track uncatalogued tape datasets.It is my understanding that TABR is not setup to track uncatalogued tape datasets.It needs to be for our usage of thr product.
over 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Advanced Backup and Recovery for z/OS 1 Delivered

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