Schemes to limit client activity are contrary to the overall purpose
of TSM, where denying a department the ability to safeguard its data
can result in losses which would be painful to the organization.

But, TSM server administrators do have to deal with "pests" at various
times.  Where "social engineering" does not work, and measures are
sanctioned to safeguard TSM service to the community as a whole, more
draconian measures can be pursued.  By various means (e.g., accounting
records monitoring), client activity can be gauged and quelled by
measures such as setting MAXNUMMP to 0, which stops backup/archive
tape use but allows needed restore/retrieve.  A real nuisance deserves
a LOCK Node for some period of time.

   Richard Sims  at Boston University