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Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM

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Filter for specific filename/filetype during BKRLIST of SFS filespace.

We are a large user of SFS and often have the same filename/filetype in different SFS file spaces or directory paths. On the initial BKRLIST panel there is no ability to filter on device or path, so it’s really cumbersome to find the file you want...
over 1 year ago in Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM 1 Future consideration

Restore a file from Shared File System backup into SFS without creating the entire directory structure of the user.

When a file from a Shared File System is restored, the entire directory structure from the original user filespace is created, even when just one file is restored. After the restore all these obsolete directories have to be removed again. Especial...
almost 2 years ago in Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM 1 Future consideration

Ability to keep BKR_Catalog & BKR_Job_Tape retention values in sync

In a backup job definition that will write the output to tape, we need to specify below 2 retention options: Config BKR_Catalog_Retention = nnnn Config BKR_Job_Tape_Retention = nnnn Is there was a way to ensure they match may be by defining it wit...
about 2 years ago in Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM 1 Future consideration

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