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Spectrum Protect for Databases

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Post all TSM Linux application and dbms backup agents into RPM Linux repository

Place all linux-based TSM clients into a standard linux repository, so updates can be performed using standard linux system tools. This repository would need to be publicly accessible, although they can be secured with a login.
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Not under consideration

report if backup was deduped by client

If the client de-duplication has been enabled for a given node, but the estimated size is bigger than:tsm: TSMWAR01>q opt *deduptx* Server Option Option Setting------------------------- -----------------------------------ClientDedupTxnLimit 1,0...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Not under consideration

GUI for TDP ORACLE backup and restore

have a GUI for ORACLE TDP RMAN backups.
about 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

Oracle Linux OS support for TSM Data Protection for Oracle

Client asks about official support for TSM Data Protection for Oracle, installed on Oracle Linux x64
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

TDP support for Microsoft SQL Server Express

We have several customer with a mix of Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008/2012 and editions express, standard and enterprise.To keep it simple we are using tdp to backup the sql servers. Sadly SQL Server Express isn't supported.It looks like the backu...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

TSM for Databases clients not restorable from backupsets

Currently if you use TSM for Databases to backup your databases you can't use backupsets because the restoring of the data doesn't work. Currently if you want to have a database backup included in a backupset you need to create a separate dump fro...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

Deletion of TDPSQL Legacy Backups

The ability to delete a specific Legacy backup at least through the CLI
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Not under consideration

Change of compression method in TSM Client API

Background:The backup takes too long time (did not complete within backup window).The restore and recovery takes too long time. They investigated if compression of the SQL Server data can help to fulfill the backup and restore time, and figured ou...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 5 Not under consideration

No direct support for open-source database like Mongo DB,Cassandra, MySQL, MariaDB,PostgreSQL

Why: Robust one stop backup solution and no need for additional storage to perform local native backup, optimized performance and granular recovery. Who Would Benefit:Application users , System admins , DB admins and organizational leadership. How...
4 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Not under consideration

SP for Databases warning for restoring VSS backups

A warning and summary should be implemented to confirm any kind of restore. When in the SP for Databases GUI, it is possible with 1 wrong click to initiate a SQL DB restore on a (production) system (log and full SQL)This should prevent "accidental...
almost 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 0 Not under consideration