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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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RENAME DEVCLASS

We have to rename some tape based DEVICE CLASSES for organizational reasons.Unfortunately, there is no RENAME DEVCLASS command defined. The DEVICE CLASSES mentioned have storage pools with large amounts of archive data (many PB)with expiration tim...
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

maxruntime parameter does not honor admin schedules with wait=yes

The maxruntime parameter could not be used for administrative schedules where processes with wait=yes are started. APAR IT21651 documents the behavior.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Protect STGPool type=local mounts tape before checking if data to be copied available

TSM Server protect STGPool mounts Carts without any payload.
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Error handling for failed node replication - ANR1893E and ANR3824W

Since ISP 8.1.14 we always see this error messages in the log - and monitoring system - for node replication, because some files are skipped. The reason for the skipped files is, that database log backups always occur during the replication. This ...
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Replicate retentionset and retention rules

I have found a pretty bad design flaw in the retentionset. We use replication to move data off old SP servers to new hardware (or between OS).If the source server have retentionsets, then the data is replicated to the target server but not the ret...
almost 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Moving the TSM Server parameter DIRECTIO NO from a server-wide option into a device class specific parameter

The Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) server will, by default, use non-buffered I/O bypassing the file system cache. By specifying the server option DIRECTIO NO within the dsmserv.opt, this behavior can be changed – means TSM is using the file system c...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

Support for Azure MFA and other MFA providers

Given the focus on security, it would be of real benefit if the Spectrum Suite of applications (but specifically Protect, Protect Plus, Operations Centre) could support MFA for administrator logon, in particular Azure MFA.
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Future consideration

Move node data from/to container storage pool

Migration of data from/to directory-container storage pool to/from disk or tape based storage pool is not possible.We need the ability to choose where the data reside and move them as needed without using the node replication feature that requires...
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Add (Tape) Media livecycle

Add the ability to define a livecycle of a media. This lifecycle should contain a frequency data needs to be moved to a other media and a time a media needs do be disposed. By example, we need to define all tapes of a device class have to be copie...
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Future consideration

Retention set enhancements for multiple copies and replication

Currently creating multiple copies of retention sets are restricted. Firstly, you cannot create multiple (tape) copies of a single retention set. Secondly, if a node is replicated between multiple SP servers, you cannot create a retention set on b...
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

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