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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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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

message in export/import telling you no receiving node has been defined or haver export/import fail if no receiving node defi

for export/import have the process fail if there is no node defined on the receiving system. At the very least have a message saying the process failed because no node was defined on the receiving system.
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Planned for future release

Admin tasks running remote

For admin tasks, the backup data is going from storage to the TSM server and then from TSM server to storage. Use an other server to move the backup data (except the metadata) from storage to storage, that is closer to the storage.(like lan free b...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Define new attrbutes (opt settings) for the Tivoli Storage Manager TDP environments.

During restores of large databases via TSM - the connection will exceed the default values of the CommTimeOut and IdleTimeOut settings. In order to alleviate theis problem, we have defined out CommTimeOut and IdleTimeOut values to be very large-be...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

export node only metadata

export node metadata without the backup data from one TSM LC to another TSM LC and update owner of libvolume on TSM LM.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Request TSM Server 6.3.1 support for Veritas VCS on AIX

BNY Mellon requires TSM Server 6.3.1 for AIX support of Veritas VCS to implement haigh availablity.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Add a warning note to the "AUDIT VOLUME" TSM help page

The help page of the "AUDIT VOLUME" command should include a warning like: "Use the FIX=Yes option ONLY if you are absolutely sure that your tapedrive and SAN infrastructure are perfectly healthy. Make sure also that tape heads are clean and that ...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

6.3 upgrade process stops because it sees 'dsmserv' string in any running processes

Any processes containing ‘dsmserv' string in its display name or path can cause the installer to think that the server is running, even the processes have nothing to do with TSM. I think this should not happen and needs to be changed.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Is a defect

Increasing TSM blocksize

With a bigger blocksize in TSM server than 256k or make it variable.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

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