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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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    Tool to reset damaged files without "audit volume"

    Sometimes there is some error condition while the TSM server is reading a tape (tape failure, drive failure, network failure, other). In many of these cases, the TSM server marks the files it could not read as "damaged". The standard way of making...
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    DELETE FILESPACE FROM STORAGE POOL (ESPECIALLY COPY)

    Allow DELETE FILESPACE to specify a storage pool. i.e. delete filespace <nodename> <filespace> stgpool=<stgpool>
    about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    Automated Rerun of TSM Schedules

    I propose that additional client schedule options are added to customise the behaviour and reporting of the backup success.<br /><br />This would be achieved by adding an option to automatically re-run the backup as a whole a number of...
    over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

    Better handling of events when schedules overlap

    When a node is busy with a long-running schedule, several schedules for the same node might be missed - for example when having hourly incremental backups, and a full backup is running.It would be desirable, if the TSM server could "bypass" these ...
    about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    Allow Spectrum Protect Operations Centre to validate internet access via a proxy

    New Feature in Operations center to manage client autodeploy us currently inoperative if the Customer is running a WEB Proxy as the current release 8.1.4 or the OC cannot authenticate itself for web access and hence can't download the required pac...
    about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

    Spectrum Protect upgrade - pre-requiste failures

    Can the pre-req checking during the install/upgrade actually check EVEYTHING before starting the install process?
    about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    target server for replicate node

    Protect should allow replicating some nodes to one target server, and other nodes to a second target server.
    about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    SP server output file ownership/permissions

    SP can output several types of files. For example, DRM recovery plans, backing up devconfig or volhist, select command output, etc. We can already control where to direct the output, i.e., directory structure and filename. Having the ability to al...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    Passwordless db2 upgrade

    During IBM SP Server upgrade, from the version 8.1.11.0 DB2 SP instance credentials has to be validated due to DB2 major update.
    almost 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    SnapDiff backup for volumes mounted to a junction point

    NetApp's best practice recommends that volumes on a svm should be mounted to some junctions points not to the root volume (/). The result is that people cannot backup the FlexVols using SnapDiff. I understand APAR IT11729 has a fix for volumes mou...
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

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