I think that TSM 5.4 was due for release this month, however I don't know if it is on schedule. I think the reindeer struggled this year and Santa was late getting to the developers. (Sorry, couldn't resist a belated festive funny)
A list of the new features/enhancements that were scheduled to be included follows below. Again, some might not have made the cut. I would imagine that some of the IBM'ers will give you a more detailed corporate line a little later in the day. Possible features; The ability to collocate active data on sequential media (typically sequential access disk for fast restores and reduced size disk pools). Integration of NDMP (Netapps/n-series) backups with TSM storage pools (allows filer-to-TSM-server backups). Support for NDMP v4. Backupset enhancements and improved flexibility (ability to produce point-intime backupsets using data in storage pools at any time). New Incremental backup method using a local disk cache to minimise memory utilisation (can now process an unbounded number of files). Vista Support (and Volume Shadow Copy Service integration). Support for Intel based Mac OS X (and standardised to use normal option file names). Support for hardware tape drive encryption. Various Admin Center updates. Note: Windows 2000 is not supported on ITSM 5.4.
