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Spectrum Protect for Databases

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TDP SQL files under "Default" management class

System: TDP SQL 6.3.xActor: UserDescription: if the user do not specify a management class when doing a backup the files will be placed under a management class called "Default", wich is a reserved name and does not really exist.
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Not under consideration

TSM TDP for SQL; Create a possibility to bypass the sysadmin role membership check.

Current situation: Tivoli Storage Manager checks for SQL sysadmin role membership of service account right at startup instead of checking for specific permissions needed for backup / restore. When SQL sysadmin role membership is not in place, the ...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

Certification and Support for TSM client and TDPO to run on Oracle Virtual Machine LDOMs for SPARC

We are migrating from Oracle Sun SPARC physical platform to Oracle SPARC virtual machine OVM (LDOMs). As per IBM support, TSM client and TSM TDPO are NOT supported to run on this platform. A local test installation was conducted though, and everyt...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

TDP for SQL parallel backup of Logs to two different managementclasses

With TDp for SQL only allows to backup logfiles only to one location. On other databases such as Oracle, DB2 and even MaxDB it is possible to backup logfiles to two different locations.It would be helpfull if in the configuration it is possible to...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 4 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...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

Snapshot backup attempted & error shows job failed,when only database snapshot failed,everything else backed up successfully.

Currently, a snapshot backup is attempted and it generates an error that the job has failed when really it hasn't, only the database snapshot has failed, all the other databases get backed up successfully. This results in additional overhead for a...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

Windows GUI Title states flashcopymanager In DP for DB

After the last update of TSM for Databases the top title of the Windows GUI states the name flashcopymanager (see screenshot), even if no FCM is installed. Customers are confused.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Is a defect

Provide capability to use custom option and configuration files with the MMC GUI in the SQL TDP v6.4

Re-instatement of the /tsmoptfile and /configfile parameters with the MMC GUI for SQL TDP v6.4 so that the option file and config file can have non-standard names and can be located in non-default folders.These parameters are currently available w...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Planned for future release

tdposync with script

Since migration to version 6.3.0, we are no more able to use tdposync in script because password is request on concole or terminal. Many Oracle DB is hosted in our Data Centers and cleanup TSM with RMAN Catalog can be a heavy load if this opportin...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 4 Planned for future release

tdposync with script

Since migration to version 6.3.0, we are no more able to use tdposync in script because password is request on concole or terminal. Many Oracle DB is hosted in our Data Centers and cleanup TSM with RMAN Catalog can be a heavy load if this opportin...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Planned for future release

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