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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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ANR2034E should be INFO and not ERROR

It's annoying that there's an error logged just because I ran query mount and nothing was mounted (maybe that was a good thing). This is how it currently looks on one of our servers, 184644 counts of ANR2034E, second place is 938. That's a lot of ...
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Spectrum Protect - Add functionality to the deactivate data command

Expand the deactivate data command to apply to other clients besides Oracle. It is urgently needed for SQL backup clients. The deactivate data command should be expanded to work on SQL, DB2, Informix, and all other API-style backup products.
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Need to be able to move data between container pools

Need to have the ability to move data between container pools as needed. This includes: Directory to DirectoryCloud to CloudCloud to Directory
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

SP Operations Center group assign Alerts

Add a functionality to manage (assign and close) Alerts faster and in groups (bulk selections) in the Spectrum Protect Operations Center. Or make the assignment drop-down menu part of each alert so that it's easier to assign.Please design the OC i...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Recommision node / reverting decommission node command

Implementing a recommission node command to stop the decommission node process without restoring database.
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Improve TSM DB protection

Currently TSM Server v6 supports the following recovery targets: 1) PIT of the TSM DB backup; 2) most recent PIT. This RFE is opened to request an enhancement to improve TSM DB recoverability by leveraging existing native DB2 functionality to allo...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

TSM Library Audit command enhancement

We have TS3500 libraries that we try to do monthly audits on. In order to do the audits, all the drives in the library must be idle, unmounted. As we have grown, there is rarely if ever an instance when all the drives are idle, therefore, we canno...
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Enable Aspera for Spectrum Protect on Power Linux server

The customer has ISP on Power AIX server and want to enhance BCP between two sites with low bandwidth.I understand that Linux on IA server is supported.But this customer want to get end to end support from IBM.And we also want to exclude competito...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Avoid restore from copy pool when primary pool is of type VTL

Currently, when backup data is stored in both a primary and a copy pool, TSM restores this data from the pool where the data is located on less tapes. The disadvantage of this method: When using a VTL for the primary pool and physical tape for the...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

Don't report Null or no Information Returned message 2234 as an Error

Don't report Null or no Information Returned message 2234 as an Error. These should be classified as warnings instead of errors, if at all. It is not an issue if no data was returned. There may actually be no data to return on many query commands.
almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration