Chris,
If this function is important to you, I recommend that you work with your IBM representative or IBM support to draft a formal requirement, to which you will get a response.
Scheduled backups do not require a TSM-generated password, but they do require the use of PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE. If you want, you can automate the backup yourself and use PASSWORDACCESS PROMPT, passing in the password via a script.
The PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE and automatic password expiration on the server are not tied together 100%. You can disable automatic password expiration at the server level, or at the individual node level (see the SET PASSEXP and UPDATE NODE server commands). Your TSM administrator could arrange to query all nodes whose passwords haven't been reset within the past 'x' number of days ('x' is the number of days after which your site requires you to change your password) and email anyone who needs to change their password to do so. Thus you can still use PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE to aid in automation, but the password change is left up to you.
I realize that this is not the ideal solution that you are looking for, but the best I can offer for now is the above suggestions.
OK, thanks for these - a homebrew script will probably do what I want most easily. I appreciate your quick responses, too.
Good night (here, at least)
Chris.
