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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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    selectable DIO/nonDIO-Support on Storagepools

    we are working now in our TSM-Environment with a complete implementation of GPFS as the the filesystem layer for our TSM-Plattfom on AIX and Linux. With the possibility to use many performance function in gpfs we can massively enhance our performa...
    over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

    No comma's in session and process numbers

    For almost 20 years I work with ADSM/TSM/ISP I'm super annoyed that you can't do an easy copy/paste of the session or process number to the cancel command if the number is higher then 999 Please remove the comma when you do a query session or quer...
    about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

    Metadata only Replication for Spectrum Protect

    Entering this request on behalf of Kroger Company Provide the ability on the Spectrum Protect Server to Replicate Meta Data only to an alternate Spectrum Protect Server located at a secondary site used as a Disaster Recovery site.
    over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    export/import backupset volhist and ToC pool

    If replication is used to migrate data from one SP server to another SP server, information about backupsets (and exports) in volhist is not sent over to the new server.make export server able to export server filedata=backupsetand export server f...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    release empty volumes on migration process

    In Spectrum Protect the data are stored on the primary storage pool. if filled up, a migration process is triggered to move the data to the next storage pool (e.g. from disk to tape). This migration process creates a list of volumes of the primary...
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    different failoverhladdresses for nodes

    there is only the option to set failoverhladdress globally. but if there are tsmnodes coming through many different interfaces, there is no way to set this for each interface or at least node-specific
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

    Segregation of Duties in Spectrum Protect server

    Client wants to completely segregate the authority to manage accounts in Spectrum Protect from all other Spectrum Protect authorizations.Current setup where a System account is required to manage admin IDs and -rights which includes all other righ...
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    Spectrum Protect Operation Centre export/import custom Report

    Spectrum Protect Operations Manager keeps the custom report in the hub server in a scratch table. When moving the hub to another server there is no easy way of exporting and importing into another hub server.
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    DBBackup to the cloud

    Our customer is rolling out 24 Spectrum Protect servers, and we have found that there is STILL no way to get database backups into the cloud directly. Because AIX does not support CIFS mounting Azure (requires SMBv3, which was rejected by AIX prod...
    about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    Spectrum Protect Migration process hang waiting volumes in use

    Storagepools with file type devclass are used on a large scale in this client. the problem occurs when the migration process starts and some session has a mounted .bfs file (backup or restore). The migration process remains stuck until the session...
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

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