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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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Use pattern/glob to decide which scratch tapes to allocate

Be able to set a tape label pattern/glob against each TSM instance or storage pool, for tapes that it will use to allocate from the scratch pool. This would mean tapes could be seperated between instance or storage pool even though a library is sh...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

Tapes in a copy pool that go empty and not reclaimed by tape reclaim never get get returned to scratch.

Tapes in a copy pool that go empty and not reclaimed by tape reclaim never get get returned to scratch. They do not get retrieved from off site because no process is run against them.
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

In the DRM lifecycle, Once the tapes arrive from the Courier, the status should change from "Courier Retrieve" to "on site

In the DRM lifecycle, Once the tapes arrive from the Courier, the status should change from "Courier Retrieve" to "on site retrieve" BUT, if you do that, and don't put them straight into the library, TSM loses track of those tapes. A possible solu...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

No Warning Message in Actlog when TSM Storage Agent reaches max sessions limit

If a Storage Agent reaches his MaxSessions Limit, a ANRXXXW should appear in activity-log.
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Domino 32bit Support on 64bit Windows

TSM Support for TSM server 6.3/6.4 Windows and TSM for Mail (Domino) : Support for Domino 32 bit on 64bit Windows (2008/2008R2)(Last listet for TDP Mail version 5.5.2)
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

How to check last successful backup update on filespaces in TSM server for schedule running on sanpdiff

How to check the filespaces on node is updated with last successful backup date, when a node is associated with snapdiff backup schedule
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

An "estimator" on how much space would be returned by performing the TSM DB table space conversions.

An "estimator" on how much space would be returned by performing the TSM DB table space conversions. This would allow customers to determine the value of taking the outage to complete the activity.
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Multiple Cache files for dedup

Multiple Cache files required for dedup:The customer has 1 piece of hardware with many db's on it, and because of cache lock, only 1 db can do client side dedup.
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Add ability for node replication to replicate via a SAN agent instead of IP

At Present Node Replication works by replicating data over IP. This limits is usefullness in most of our clients as whilst a percentage do have inter-site links, these are typically dedicated for SAN and there is little willingness to invest in ne...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Increase Retver>30000 of an archive copygroup

Hi, We would like to archive objects over a period of 100 years.But TSM is limited to 30,000 days or approximately 82 years.Could you increase the parameter RETVER (archive copygroup) ? Thanks
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

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