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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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Migrate Inactive Data from StoragePools

Need the ability to migrate inactive data from storage pools. When large disk pools are used (typically with dedup) and these pools fill, there is no way to automatically migrate data in a selective manner. Using Age based migration rules results ...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

TSM ADMIN CLI Timeout

Idle timeouts do not operate when using the TSM ADMIN CLI.This is violation of security standards and requires an immediate fix or workaround...ADMINIDLETIMEOUT doesnt seem to work for idle admin sessions...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Enable Aspera for Spectrum Protect on AIX server

The initial implementation of Aspera with TSM will be on xLinux. Very few of our customers run TSM on xLinux. Most run TSM server on Windows and AIX, with larger installations on AIX. Aspera needs to be integrated with TSM on AIX server to support...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Improve TSM Replication over high latency WAN links

I would like a TSM server option that would allow TSM to use as many parallel TCP connections as possible in order to maximize throughput along a Long Fat Pipe (WAN link w/ >60ms latency between TSM servers). Alternatively, I would like the TSM...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Planned for future release

planexpl.awk.smp script should create an individual file for the SERVER.RERQUIREMENTS stanza.

The packaged script to explode the DR Plan into individual files (i.e. planexpl.awk.smp) currently does not create an individual file for the SERVER.RERQUIREMENTS stanza. The stanza SERVER.RERQUIREMENTS should be included in these scripts so when ...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

ANR8341I End-of-volume reached for FILE volume

ACTION TAKEN: I informed the customer after discussion with development:We have had multiple discussions with different developers and each timewe get to the same point of this is not something that we can fix in an APAR. This is working as design...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

TSM node replication needs to support a Many to Many Server Grid

TSM Node Replication needs to allow the target replication server to be defined on a node by node basis rather than a server by server basis
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

DD Boost for OpenStorage

We need an OST plug-in that we will install on each media server. This plug-in includes the DDBoost libraries to integrate with the DD Boost server that runs on the Data Domain system.With EMC Data Domain Boost (DD Boost) for OpenStorage enables m...
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

TSM Scripts and substitution variables. User defined error message when parm is not used

Concerning TSM script with parameters. We use a lot of Selects (SQL) and most of them needs a parameter. The possibility to check if a user did start a TSM script with a parameter ($1, $2 etc)When not entered a parameter, let the user know which p...
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

ALLOWREORGTABLE as a TSM command

It would be nice if ALLOWREORGTABLE were a TSM command and we didn't have to restart the server and change the dsmserv.opt file. Production systems can't afford to take down the server and start the server in order to make a change like that.
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Planned for future release

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