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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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ANR0157W Database operation FETCH for table Import. Groups failed with result code 4522

ACTION TAKEN: Hello TSM, according to DB2 information center: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9r7/topic/com.ibm.db2.luw.messages.sql.doc/doc/msql01224n.html The SQL1224 has various rc's (reason code). And we have rc = 3 for NUM_LOG_SPAN:...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Planned for future release

TSM Server Import Node from Media requires option to start from tape sequence # other than 1.

System: TSM ServerActor: Bendigo Bank TSM Media Exports have been actively used to migrate from our TSM 5.5 environment running on Windows 2003 to TSM 6.4.x running on AIX 7.1 Description:I have a very long media import to a TSM v6.3.4.100 server ...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

TSM 6.3 and ACSLS 8.3 Linux

Support for ACSLS 8.3 running on RedHat Linux under TSM Server 6.3 running on Redhat Linux.
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

export node collocation group name

The "collocation group name" field of a node should be exported to the target server when "export node" command is executed on a source server. If the collocation group doesn't exist on the target server it should be created (like e.g. cloptset).
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Configuration Manager Enhancement

Dear Ladies and Gentleman's,We need one Enhancement for Configuration Manager built in TSM Server. In PMR 69945,077,724 with reference to PMR 66666,077,724 and in PMR 66666,077,724 I discussed with second Level Support of TSM about the possibiliti...
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

SSL/TLS Certificate Deployment

SSL/TLS certificate deployment to clients using a TSM command and mechanism The product should contain a mechanism which can deploy cert256.arm files (or their equivalents) to registered clients. This should work for both new enablements of encryp...
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

tsm problem

一般场景下,TSM集中备份系统中,有90%的数据是通过TSM API方式备份(如数据库、mail、OS等应用的备份)。但通过API接口传输的备份数据,无法从TSM SERVER上查询到每次备份数据量的汇总信息、传输速率信息等。对此情况,用户使用体验极差,基本从TSM SERVER上无法获取到每次通过API备份的数据量信息,很难评估各应用系统备份数据信息。用户的不良反馈,给TSM备份方案的推广造成了极大不利影响,也给技术服务商造成了巨大的困难。
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Support for installing TSM EE 7.1 on RHEL5

Add ability to install/upgrade TSM EE v7.1 on RHEL5.
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Restore virtual machine under new name or on another Hyper-V host

System: TSM BA Client 7.1Actor: Backup Administrator Description: Our team uses TSM BA Client for backup Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines. Backups seems to be ok but we cannot restore virtual machine under new name or on another Hyper-V host.
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

QUERY VOLHISTORY - search by volume_name

It would be nice to be able to query the volume history file for records relating to a specific volume name.
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration