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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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Have control over specific file systems to use for INPUT and OUTPUT of certain (if not all) server operations

You want to have control over specific file systems to use for INPUT and OUTPUT of certain (if not all) server operations. This is primarily a DISK MIGRATION requirement (i.e., out with the old, in with the new). You mentioned yourself that this m...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Installer doesn't prompt for any locations relating to the database layout. In larger installation, need specify filesystems

Just installed driver5 of Reporting to RHEL5 32bit. The installer doesn't prompt for any locations relating to the database layout. In a larger installation I would expect to be able to specify which lv/filesystem gets used for these components (T...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

The identify duplicates processes show their duplicate bytes solely in bytes. Why not M, G or T behind it making more readabl

The identify duplicates processes show their duplicate bytes solely in bytes. Why not M, G or T behind it getting a more readable figure.
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Enhancement of move nodedata command.

i'd like to suggest you some enhancement of move nodedata command.Does it make sense to add following filter on it:- fromdate- todate- file filter extension ( ie *.DOC or *.CTL and so on ... ) I think in a near future, we all need to move back dat...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Not under consideration

Is there any way to replicate a node excluding certain file extensions?

Is there any way to replicate a node excluding certain file extensions? I know we can choose the filespace and the data type (backup/archive), but I could not find any way to do it with this level of granularity.
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Need a way to store Incremental dbbackup on same tape as full dbbackup

is there is a way to store Incremental dbbackup on same tape as full dbbackup ? since we will use numstream for dbbackup we will consume lots of tape witout filling them up to their high capacity further explanation:Using the numstream option at D...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

We need to be able to create two backup copies from the same backup db 'job' - two copies of the backup on 2 sep. stg pools

We need to be able to create two backup copies from the same backup db 'job' - two copies of the backup on two separate storage pools (file devc).
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

NDMP consistent PIT restore based on differential backup

Dear dW, we would like to have the chance to make a consistent restore based on a differential NDMP backup. In the current implementation restoring an NDMP differential results in having the deleted files restored as well.For example if I have the...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Request local support for storing passwords in a one way hash.

Request local support for storing passwords in a one way hash.
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Capability to discover the LDAP servers out of DNS using Active Directory capability to return a list of LDAP servers to use.

Capability to discover the LDAP servers out of DNS using Active Directory capability to return a list of LDAP servers to use.
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration