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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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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...
over 10 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.
over 10 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...
over 10 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
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

TSM DB backups via HW snapshot

Enable backups of TSM's own internal DB by using hardware's snapshot ability in a way that updates archive logs appropriately, just as if a "real" DB backup was done.
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Delivered

TSM banner for login via dsmadmc

We have an outstanding audit requirement to be able to define a login banner when logging into TSM via the dsmadmc CLI.
about 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Delivered

Ubuntu Support for TSM Server

I have a customer who want Ubuntu Support for the TSM Server on a x86_64 Platform.
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

Compression for sequential storage pool

We see dedupe within a storage pool but whem will we see that TSM server will be able to compress data within the volumes? If running TSM on Windows 2008 R2 and storing sequential volumes on NTFS file system, we will see a compression factor of ab...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

Multi-threaded Backup Stgpool

Requesting that BACKUP STGPOOL use multiple threads per tape drive to help ensure buffer underruns do not occur.
almost 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

Need to reduce rights needed for BIND ID to implement Active Directory for TSM Admins

In order to implement use of Active Directory for IDs logging into TSM server, we need to create a BIND ID with Domain Administrator rights. TSM seems to be the only product making this requirement. Websphere does the same thing but the BIND ID on...
almost 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Delivered

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