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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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More filter options for the QUERY ACTLOG command

The ACTLOG table/view contains around 14 fields and the majority of these have corresponding options which can be used to filter the output of QUERY ACTLOG. For example MSGNO=, NODENAME=, SESSNUM=. However the list of fields that can be used as fi...
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

HP StoreOnce Catalyst Integration for TSM

HP StoreOnce Catalyst enables deduplication to be deployed in flexible, cost effective ways that were not previously possible. It provides enhanced multi-site and cascaded replication options to balance performance, cost, and resiliency. Exploitin...
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

Add WAIT=YES and Nodename masking options to GENERATE DEDUPSTATS

I would like to request the addition of a WAIT=YES parameter and node name masking to the GENERATE DEDUPSTATS command. It is a long-running command and it would be nice to be able to script the QUERY DEDUPSTATS command to run immediately upon comp...
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Need to backup very large EPIC DB files in less than 24 hours

Currently it takes over 36 hours to backup a 60TB file. Need a way to break up large files and mult-stream the segments to reduce the overall time to backup the EPIC database. Need it significantly below 24 hours.
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Add Timezone Attribute to Node for calculating Scheduled Client Events

Client schedules are currently run based on the current time on the Spectrum Protect server. For cases where the clients are not in the same timezone as the server, this can lead to client schedules running at unexpected times. While adjustments c...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Tape errors recorded only in Volumes table and not Libvolumes table

TSM only records read and write errors in the volumes table, which is reset every time a volume is returned to scratch.It would be advantageous for errors to also be recorded against the library volumes entry, which would not be reset when volumes...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Need to track configuration changes to avoid accidental or malicious changes on the configuration

In Spectrum Protect is no mechanism implemented to avoid accidental or malicious changes of configuration when logged into the adminstration client as an administrator. To achieve a higher protection for this case scenario we would need a mechanis...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Cancel multiple client sessions

Having a run to a server with many many client sessions, how can many being canceled by one single command?
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

2 factor authentication in the IBM Spectrum Protect Server (TSM)

As a safety factor, we now have the 2FA (2 factor authentication) issue. An example is DUO installed on aix machines.For the TSM Server application do you have something planned for this?If so, what is the forecast for the product?
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Audit library checkl=barcode should be possible even if tapes are mounted

Audit library checklabel=barcode should be possible without dismounting all tape-drives.
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Not under consideration

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