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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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DBMEMPERCENT Parameter do not allow value smaller 10

Parameter DBMEMPERCENT do not allow value smaller than 10. On a AIX System with a lot of Memory are 10% as minimum for DBMEMPERCENT for small TSM Instances too many.
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 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...
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 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 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 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...
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Adding Mmgt-Class to the "query event" output

There is a customer requirement to generate a report from event table .. to have a daily overview from client backup .. to have start time, endtime, and status from each backup. Additionally the customer need the output from the client, which Mgmt...
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Functionality already exists

Spectrum Protect required two separate solutions for virtual and physical systems

My client needs two separate solutions for virtual and physical systems. They need IBM Spectrum Protect Plus for virtual systems and Spectrum Protect for physical systems, and that's a pain. It would be an improvement if they were combined.
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Functionality already exists

Lanfree Backup to COS/S3/Blob Storage

Enable Lan free backup support for Multi Cloud. Allow nondedup container pool.
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Define subrule (tiering) add syntax

When making a "Define subrule" for tiering you are only able to use node_name. It would be perfect if it was possible to use node_group_name as well, just like in define subrule for replication.
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

IPv6 Support for NDMP

NDMP-Backup of NAS-Systems (CDOT CAB) not possible in IPv6-Only environment. Datamover creation can't resolve AAAA records, NAS Node needs v4 LIF to open connection to tape server. First step would be to tell the storage system only the DNS name o...
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

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 ...
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

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