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Spectrum Protect for Databases

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TDPO RMAN Delete with honoring RETONLY parameter

Currrently if Oracle RMAN deletes a backup object, this object gets deleted immediately in TSM without honoring the RETONLY parameter in the backup copygroup. If a crazy Oracle admin deletes the original Oracle database and also run a RMAN delete ...
almost 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Not under consideration

unable to take backups of a database using tdp 6.4.1 for SQL 2012 with always on node

Tsm server 6.4 qnd we are trying to take one backup in two different management classes using tdp sql 2012 with always on feature enabled. For tye second backup which should go to the new mgmt, it fails with the merge test. Because backup happens ...
almost 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Not under consideration

Implement -fromdate -todate in the TSM API

We have today a product which can restore only block changes from TSM, but we have to retrieve a list of all objects from TSM because of that there is no way to get a list of objects that has been backed up since a given date/time.Similar function...
almost 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

GUI for TDP ORACLE backup and restore

have a GUI for ORACLE TDP RMAN backups.
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

Repport merge errors from clients in TSM server activity log

We would like to see the merge errors from a SQL TDP back in the TSM server activity log. The client error is: ANS0328E RC45 MERGE TEST FAILURE WITH CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT CLASS
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

TDP for SQL - password exposed in task list

Product: TDP for SQL Description: During query, backup or restore operations, the admin password for accessing TDP for SQL GUI is exposed by hovering over the task list. Please see the attached image.
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

add password set/change in tdpoconf

Currently the tdpoconf utility only allows for password set/change actions via a terminal prompt. This prevents a scripted automated setup and doesn't seem consistent with the other TSM clients (ba client, tdp for sqlserver, etc) which already sup...
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

TSM for DB support on Oracle Linux systems

Wonder if IBM can extend their support for Linux OS to other flavor than Red Hat and Suse especially Oracle Linux. Thanks.
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

Alter TDPO FileSpace delimiter to restore Windows backups on Unix and vice-versa.

TDPO FileSpace delimiter is hard coded. For UNIX, it is "/"; for Windows, it is "\". That prevents TDPO clients on UNIX from accessing backup pieces created with Windows and vice-versa. As a result, FileSpace_Name is prepended by "\" for UNIX and ...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Not under consideration

improvement for 'Generate backupset' to support SQL and Exchange filespaces

Backupsets are a great way to handle data to be stored for long term retention. Lots of TSM customers use backupsets for that purpose. Alas it's not possible to generate a backupset for filespaces containing data from TDP backups such as SQL and E...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Not under consideration

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