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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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TSM summary table should provide accurate info on backup status, regardless of the used scheduler within the environment

The SUCCESSFUL field in the SUMMARY table is not a valid representation of the "success" or "failure" of Backup-Archive Client operations. Rather, it maps to the "Normal server termination" field in the TSM server accounting records.
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

"MAXPROCESS" Parameter for "BACKUP NODE" Command

Presently, when issuing the "BACKUP NODE" command against a NetApp or System-N filer (without specifying a volume, or volumes), a backup process for every volume on the filer is immediately, and concurrently, created. The filer, of course, cannot ...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Delivered

Use DB2 compression for TSM DB backup

Enhance the TSM server command "BACKUP DB" to allow for DB2 backup compression!
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Delivered

Spectrum Protect Cloud container Pool - Hybrid Pools

Store active copies of data in the disk "cache" or have control when data is moved to the cloud
almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Delivered

LTO 6 Full Height drive support.

Currently TSM only supports LTO 6 Half Height drives. Need to support LTO 6 Full height drives, as a client has them in their tape library.
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

Support Database volumes on NFS

Even though using NFS is supported by DB2, it is not supported nor recommended for TSM. The following show the supported devices for DB2https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21470193 The following shows TSM's supporthttps://www-304.ib...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Delivered

DBMEMPERCENT - Specify a value under 10 percent

The DBMEMPERCENT value can be set between 10 to 99. In some cases, the value of 10 percent is too high. This value can be set under 10 percent through db2 commands (with the parameter set to automatic in TSM). TSM has to be configured so that te p...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

AD Single Sign-On

We have installed TSM att a new customer and they inquired about TSM AD(/LDAP) integration since they would prefer to have single sign-on to TSM. I.e they want to login to TSM with the same admin username/password as they login to AD(/LDAP).This c...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

Add DURATION parameter to DELETE FILESPACE and BACKUP STGPOOL commands

I'd like the option of specifying a DURATION parameter for the DELETE FILESPACE and BACKUP STGPOOL server commands. This is already available for the MIGRATE STGPOOL command.
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

New options to query session command

Query session option to display only sessions for a specific node. Query session option to display only specific sessions type. - Display only sessions for a specific node: query session node=NODE_XYZquery session node=NODE_X* - Display only sessi...
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

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