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TFFT - The Facilitator for TSM (IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager / Spectrum Protect) 


A command line orientated user interface for the professional TSM administrator.

Well I had all of the above and it resulted in having dozens of dsmadmc windows open all the time. That is why I wrote The Facilitator For TSM, so now I can have lots of console sessions open without lots of windows cluttering up the desktop. There is still a lot of work to do but a number of TSM administrators (including myself) have been using TFFT for their daily work for years now.
If you decide to give TFFT a try, I'd really appreciate some feedback, thanks already!

TFFT Features:

TFFT runs on all Windows Versions >= Win 7 

   with TSM/ISP Servers V5.5, V6.x, V7.x and V8.1

Preliminary ISP 8.1.x and SSL support is available


News:


TFFT V1.18 released

posted 10 Jan 2022, 12:53 by Good old Zockinger

TFFT V1.17 released

posted 29 Apr 2020, 12:29 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 20 Jul 2020, 12:19 ]

*  Full ISP 8.1.9 Support

*  Important Bugfix: Background Jobs never returned in V1.16

*  Lots of little bug fixes and improvements

*  Old dsmadmc is included again for non SSL connections and portable installations

*  Fall back to "Consolas" Font on systems where Custom Font Loading is prohibited in Group Policy

*  Much longer Scroll Delay for ISP Help Commands

*  Calculate KB/MB/GB/PB values for more Messages (ANR0951I and ANR3692W)

*  Added SAVEMEMSS parm in ZOCFFT.ini

*  4 additional Main Filters

*  1 additional User filter

*  Add "EVENTS" Button in Prefs Tab - This issues all ENABLE EVENTS commands needed for optimal operation of TFFT:



Attention Users of TFFT V1.14b

posted 28 Feb 2020, 18:46 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 3 Mar 2020, 07:21 ]

ErrorMessage: "TFFT Version is too old, please upgrade"

This version has expired - you'll have to upgrade to V1.16b

The good news:

You can upgrade to TFFT V1.16b AND keep your current dsmadmc setup:

Now TFFT should work as before...

Of course as soon as you need ssl you'll have to upgrade to a newer tsm client or use UPD ADMIN xxx SESSIONSEC=TRANSITIONAL


TFFT V1.16b released

posted 20 Dec 2019, 09:33 by Good old Zockinger

  Some small bugfixes

  No new features, but V1.17 should be finished soon!


TFFT Error 77

posted 5 Nov 2019, 00:17 by Good old Zockinger

TFFT will fail to start and issue Error Code 77 if your System's Group Policy has the "Untrusted Font Blocking" setting enabled.

You will have to disable this setting or install Dina Font on your system.

Information on that Group Policy Setting, why its not needed any more and Info about Dina Font is easily found using your favorite interweb search engine...


TFFT V1.14b released

posted 1 Mar 2019, 17:11 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 1 Mar 2019, 17:12 ]

For those of you still using pre-SSL TSM/SP Servers...


TFFT V1.14b extends the expiration date for the pre-SSL version of TFFT into 2020

TFFT V1.16 released

posted 10 Jul 2018, 20:28 by Good old Zockinger

TFFT V1.16 contains a lot of bug fixes and brings improved ISP 8.x support

 

TFFT V1.14a released

posted 19 Feb 2018, 22:05 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 1 Jun 2018, 20:24 ]

TFFT V1.14a extends the expiration date for the pre-SSL version of TFFT into 2019

TFFT V1.15 released

posted 6 Nov 2017, 18:36 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 1 Jun 2018, 20:27 ]

TFFT V1.15 provides SSL support


  * Preliminary support for SSL and ISP 8.1.2 / 8.1.3

  * Attention: TFFT now requires an installed ISP Administrative Command Line

  ==> You can continue to use TFFT V1.14 if you update your Admin ID as follows:

   UPDATE ADMIN <adminid> SESSIONSECURITY=TRANSITIONAL

TFFT V1.14 released

posted 23 Aug 2017, 10:32 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 1 Jun 2018, 20:29 ]

TFFT V1.14 contains a  fix for systems that don't have the VC++ 2008 Redistributable x86 installed (e.g. fresh Windows 10 installations) and 3 other small bug fixes

 

TFFT V1.13 released

posted 20 Mar 2017, 22:16 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 1 Jun 2018, 20:28 ]

TFFT V1.13 contains a large number of changes and some of its core functions have been completely rewritten.


*   Better support for TSM7.1.4 and up

*   New Filters for TSM V7

*   Preliminary TSM/ISP V8.1 Support

*   Windows can now be maximized.

*   Improved Gui responsiveness

*   Lower CPU utilization in favour of higher memory utilization

*   TFFT now allows you to change your password when expired

*   The wait for a long running command can be interrupted by pressing the Escape key

*   EDITOR and WORKDIR Parms from netconfig zocfft.ini can be overridden by user

*   2 new ways to run command output:

*   TFFT RUN : runs output of previous command as a Macro in background

*   TFFT SUBMIT : runs output of previous command as a TSM Script

*   New TFFT FIND and TFFT HIDE Command to include/exclude output lines

*   Support for the horrible 32k character long fields introduced in TSM V71x

*   Added SERVERSINSYSTRAY option, 1 = Show all Servers in Systray Menu (as in pre V1.13)

*   80 Spam filters can be defined (was 8)

*   Output file names (TFFT SAVE, RUN, SUBMIT) can be opened in editor by clicking on the the file name.

*   Connecting to multiple TSM Server should be quicker

*   Lots of bug fixes, rewritten parts of core functions



TFFT V1.13 release candidate 4 available for download

posted 27 Jan 2017, 16:32 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 1 Jun 2018, 20:30 ]

TFFT V1.13.rc4 provides preliminary TSM/ISP V8.1 support

TFFT V1.13 release candidate 3 available for download

posted 24 Jan 2017, 11:51 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 2 Jun 2018, 15:43 ]

TFFT V1.13.rc3 provides more small bug fixes

TFFT V1.13 release candidate 2 available for download

posted 13 Dec 2016, 20:31 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 2 Jun 2018, 15:43 ]

TFFT V1.13.rc2 provides 2 small bug fixes

TFFT V1.13 release candidate 1 available for download

posted 6 Dec 2016, 18:22 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 2 Jun 2018, 15:43 ]

TFFT V1.13.rc1 provides a bunch of new functions and bug fixes, get it now!

Facilitator V1.13 beta07 released

posted 10 Oct 2016, 15:04 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 2 Jun 2018, 15:44 ]

TFFT V1.13.beta07 contains more bugfixes and an option to show TSM Servers in the Systray Popup Menu like previous TFFT versions did.

Facilitator V1.13 beta06 released

posted 21 Jul 2016, 09:27 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 2 Jun 2018, 15:45 ]

TFFT V1.13 beta06 contains some bug fixes

Facilitator V1.13 beta05 released.

posted 20 Jul 2016, 17:25 by Good old Zockinger

V1.13.b05 contains a large number of changes and some of its core functions have

  been completely rewritten. Therefore its released as a Beta version at first

  so you can help me squash some of the new bugs that might have creeped in.


 TFFT now allows you to change your password when expired

*   Better support for TSM7.1.4 and up

*   New Filters for TSM V7

*   Windows can now be maximized.

*   Improved Gui responsiveness

*   Lower CPU utilization in favour of higher memory utilization

*   The wait for a long running command can be iterrupted by pressing the Escape key

*   EDITOR and WORKDIR Parms from netconfig zocfft.ini can be overridden by user

*   2 new ways to run command output:

* TFFT RUN : runs output of previous command as a Macro in background

* TFFT SUBMIT : runs output of previous command as a TSM Script

*   New TFFT FIND and TFFT HIDE Command to include/exclude output lines

*   Support for the horrible 32k character fields introduced in TSM V71x

*   Lots of Bugfixes, rewritten parts of core functions

Facilitator V1.12b released

posted 21 Dec 2015, 13:07 by Good old Zockinger

A new version of TFFT (V1.12b) has been released.


This version extends the trial period to 2016 and fixes some small bugs.

Facilitator V1.12 released

posted 27 Apr 2015, 15:36 by Good old Zockinger

A new version of TFFT (V1.12) has been released.


This version has some new features and a couple of bugfixes

Facilitator V1.11 released

posted 23 Feb 2015, 17:36 by Good old Zockinger

A new version of TFFT (V1.11) has been released.


This version has some new features and a couple of bugfixes.


TFFT Version 2 is coming

posted 29 Jul 2014, 21:04 by Good old Zockinger

Hi there,

Version 2 of The Facilitator For TSM  is planned for later this year.

Here are some of the things that are on the roadmap:

- Improved user interface with pull-down menus and (optional) tab bar

- Improved Server Status Lights

- Lots of extra user configurable Filters and Functions

- Integrated Scripting Language

- Multi Admin/password support


Facilitator V1.10 released

posted 4 Mar 2014, 14:29 by Good old Zockinger

A new version of TFFT (V1.10) has been released.


This version supports TSM Version 7.1 and fixes a couple of bugs.

Facilitator V1.04a released

posted 12 Sept 2013, 11:27 by Good old Zockinger

Bugfix: The new "Client Messages" checkbox didn't work in Client Admin Mode.


Facilitator V1.04 released

posted 21 Aug 2013, 21:10 by Good old Zockinger

A new version (V1.04) of TFFT has been released.  

This version contains a number of bugfixes, a couple of new features and a number of User requested features.

Get it now!

Facilitator V1.03b & TFFTFIX2013 released

posted 1 Jan 2013, 21:13 by Good old Zockinger

An emergency fix has been released.

The current V1.03a Version of TFFT has stopped working on 1/1/2013, sorry.

An emergency fix has been released to fix the problem: V1.03a users can download TFFTFIX2013.zip and replace their current ZOCFFT.EXE with the one from the zip file.

The normal installation file (TFFT103b.ZIP) has also been updated.


Facilitator V1.03a released

posted 12 Sept 2012, 13:39 by Good old Zockinger

A new version (V1.03a) of TFFT has been released.  

This version contains a large number number of bugfixes, a couple of new features and a number of User requested features.

Get it now!

Attn: If you managed to download V1.03 (it was only online for a few hours) you should upgrade to V1.03a asap.


TSMReptV6 updated.

posted 2 Aug 2012, 14:15 by Good old Zockinger

a small update to TSMReptV6

Running the good old TSM Operational Reporter on a TSM V6 Server (howto)

Facilitator V1.00 Released

posted 13 Dec 2011, 19:51 by Good old Zockinger

Finally TFFT V1.00 is ready.

TFFT & TSM V6

posted 9 Sept 2011, 11:15 by Good old Zockinger

Some TSM V6 sql compatible button definitions are available.

TSMSRV6WIN7

posted 26 Jul 2011, 19:26 by Good old Zockinger

How to install TSM Server V6.2 under Windows 7 (e.g on a Laptop)

TSMReptV6

posted 26 Jul 2011, 14:26 by Good old Zockinger

Running the good old TSM Operational Reporter on a TSM V6 Server (howto)


Facilitator V0.99c released

posted 27 Jun 2011, 23:40 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 20 Jul 2020, 12:22 ]

A new version (V0.99c) of TFFT has been released.  

This version contains a number of bugfixes that needed to go out before the Version 1.00 release:


Emergency fix V0.99b for TFFT released

posted 3 Jan 2011, 21:03 by Good old Zockinger

Another emergency fix has been released.

    This should really fix "Invalid memory access" issues with V0.99 and V0.99a

      notice to V0.99/V0.99a users: you only have to overwrite ZOCFFT.exe with the new version


Emergency fix V.99a for TFFT released.

posted 19 Dec 2010, 13:42 by Good old Zockinger

An emergency fix has been released.

    This efix resolves "Invalid memory access" issues with V0.99

      notice to V0.99 users: you only have to overwrite ZOCFFT.exe with the new version



Facilitator 0.99 released

posted 8 Dec 2010, 16:34 by Good old Zockinger

A new version (V0.99) of TFFT has been released with the following functions/fixes:  

Facilitator 0.33 released

posted 20 Jul 2010, 11:36 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 20 Jul 2020, 12:23 ]

A new version (V0.33) of TFFT has been released with the following functions/fixes:  

Facilitator 0.32 released

posted 20 Apr 2010, 11:15 by Good old Zockinger   [ updated 20 Jul 2020, 12:24 ]

A new beta version (V0.32) of TFFT has been released with the following functions/fixes:  

Facilitator 0.21 released

posted 22 Dec 2009, 16:34 by Good old Zockinger

A new beta version (V0.21) of TFFT has been released with the following functions/fixes:  


Emergency fix V.020fix1 for TFFT released.

posted 26 Aug 2009, 09:26 by Good old Zockinger

An emergency fix has been released.

Please use this fix if you have any problems with V0.20

This should fix 'CRC error' messages when running TFFT in a VirtualBox

This also should fix errors related to Security Software.



Facilitator V0.20 released

posted 12 Aug 2009, 15:46 by Good old Zockinger

A new beta version (V0.20) of TFFT has been released with the following functions/fixes: 

Facilitator V0.108 released

posted 9 Apr 2009, 14:34 by Good old Zockinger


  A new beta version (V0.108) of TFFT has been released with the following functions/fixes: 

 

Facilitator V0.106 released

posted 6 Oct 2008, 20:01 by Good old Zockinger

  A new beta version (V0.106) of TFFT has been released with the following functions/fixes: 

TORNIBBLER 1.1 released

posted 1 Aug 2008, 17:12 by Good old Zockinger

A new version (V1.1) of the TORNIBBLER has been released.

TORNIBBLER now has an optional function that will strip

long SCSI sense codes from your TSM Operational reporter

html output.

Facilitator V0.105 released

posted 30 Jul 2008, 12:48 by Good old Zockinger

A new beta version (V0.105) of FFT has been released with the following functions/fixes: 

Facilitator V0.104 released

posted 16 Jun 2008, 09:48 by Good old Zockinger

A new beta version (V0.104) of FFT has been released with the following functions/fixes:

Facilitator V0.103 released

posted 2 Jun 2008, 08:56 by Good old Zockinger

A new alpha version (V0.103) of FFT has been released with the following functions/fixes:

Facilitator V0.102 released

posted 5 Mar 2008, 17:31 by Good old Zockinger

A new alpha version (V0.102) of FFT has been released with the following functions/fixes: