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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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    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
    about 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 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...
    about 14 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 10 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 10 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.
    almost 11 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...
    over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

    migration process issue

    Migration processes runs only 1 process per node. For example if I have a proxy node with terabytes of data on my diskpool, it will start just 1 process to move it all ! That's not feasable in a 12 hr maintenance window to move all data out of the...
    almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

    Distribute all admin details in a managed environment

    All details of admin objects should be distributed in an environment with a configuration manager and clients. As of now, only the name and password is handled.
    almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

    TSM LDAP authentication of administrators using SSO

    In current TSM versions, when working with LDAP authentication of administrators, after registering a new admin with LDAP authentication (register admin newadmin password auth=ldap), a new user is created in Active Directory under the OU which was...
    almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Delivered

    TSM LAN-Free backup to Disk devices support

    Need TSM support LAN-Free functions to backup data to disk devices.Formerly, TSM using SANergy to achive this , but now SANergy is end of market. We need a feasible solution for the Lan-Free functions to disk support
    over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

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