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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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Keep transaction logs online as long as possible

The DB2 database has to allways retrieve all transaction logs from backup, even though the information might still be online.------------------------------------------------Here is an description how the backup is working today in DB2 The current ...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Not under consideration

Tape open/closes in actlog need process ids.

When a single admin command creates multiple processes, (eg maxpr=2), each of which opens/closes tapes, the session number of the admin is shown in the actlog message, but not the process number. Please add the process number to the open/close act...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

TSM Scripting : Add a "SLEEP" command

Add a unix like "SLEEP" construct that forces TSM interal scripts to wait for a number of seconds before going onto the next command.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

request support for mssql on Linux RHEL for Spectrum Protect

ING request when MSSQL TDP will be available for Linux. Microsoft has ported MSSQL to Linux RHEL and SUSE.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Spectrum Protect 7.1.7 with LTO8 Drive and LTO7-M8 Media Support

We request the support of IBM TS4500 with LTO8 Drives and LTO7-M8 Media to be supported in IBM TSM 7.1.7. Today, only TSM 8 supports LTO8
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Replication fails for a decommissioned VM

Replication fails for decommissioned VMs
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Is a defect

TSM Macro for Capacity Licensing does not differentiate between Capacity and PVU

Our team uses TSM 7.1.3.100 to backup our entire enterprise. We currently are licensed by Terabyte; however, we also use TSM for System Backup and Recovery (Sysback). Sysback is licensed by PVU. We are in the middle of an IBM Software audit and th...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Is a defect

Extend delete filespace command to provide ability for multiple filespace deletion

Provide an extension to delete filespace command to specify multiple comma separated filespace names or filespace id's and/or an option to excliude filespaces (e.g. like "delete filespace <nodename> * exclude.fs=<fs.anme or fs.id>").
almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

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The link below does not show compatibility between TSM for Linux with Dell PoweVault TL2000.http://www-01.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBM_TSM_Supported_Devices_for_Linux.html
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Output of "Q PRocess"

Generally the command "Q PRocess" show the tape mounted in a drive. This is not true for a node replication process.
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

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