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Spectrum Protect (Server)

MOVE DATA command enhancement (2)

After years of operations we have tens of thousands of tiny virtual volumes in TSM all belonging to one node. For example, QUERY VOL TSM-SERVER.BFS.106394469 F=D Volume Name: TSM-SERVER.BFS.106394469 Storage Pool Name: SERVER_ARCHIVE Device Class ...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Not under consideration

Eliminate duplicates in replication setup once valid copy exists on replication target server

Successfull replication of data should be considered a valid copy (just as BACKUP STGPOOL to a copy pool) when running IDENTIFY DUPLICATES and DEDUPREQUIRESBACKUP is set to yes.
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 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.
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Not under consideration

Dismount volume ALL - Add extra functionality

In a environment with a lot of tapedrives (VTL) sometimes you want to dismount ALL the volumes at once. We use TSM Library Managers for VTL's > 256 drives. Each time you have to wait a couple of minutes (devclass - mountret) before al volumes a...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Not under consideration

Add maximum parallel sessions for NDMP backups

Limit the number of parallel backup sessions for NDMP backups of NetApp (or any other) NAS node.
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Not under consideration

Reclaim of offsite Filling volumes

On old style copypools and the new style protect stg to local tape, reclaim does not occur on tape volumes in state Filling.
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Not under consideration

add option to PROTECT STGPOOL TYPE=LOCAL to select the target pool

The definition of a container storage pool allows to specify up to two local protection pools (tape). When the "protect stgpool type=local" command is used to update the local protection pool(s) there is currently no way to have it update only one...
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Not under consideration

Simultaneous-write CMOD / Dual Copy on Archive Spectrum Protect Server

Currently we have the API Client in use for storing ARCHIVE Object on Spectrum Protect Server as archive object. During normal operation we defined on Storage Pool level simultaneous-write on all. We found a lack on functionality, when these CopyP...
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Not under consideration

Differential retention of replicated backup data coming from databases like DB2

Submitting on behalf of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee. Customer would like Spectrum Protect and DB2 to cooperate on retention of backup data from databases such that it could be retained at a primary site for a longer amount of time than it ...
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Not under consideration

TSM is not supproted on p7 except in p6 compatibility mode

TSM on p7 hardware requires that you run the LPAR in p6 compatibility mode. This is a Java/DB2 limitation during the install or upgrade. This limitation should be fixed as it nullifies the reason for migrating to better/faster hardware. http://www...
over 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Not under consideration

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