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Spectrum Protect for ERP

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Support pureScale DB2 systems with TSM for ERP

TSM for ERP needs to support DB2 pureScale systems with the same features currently supported for non-pureScale systems.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 3 Not under consideration

For legal reasons we may be asked to change the retention period to unlimited for an EXISTING backup (and not do a new backup

See attached document
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 2 Not under consideration

RFE for 'BACKUP CHECK LOGICAL' with TSM for ERP - FCM backup using rman for a SAP database.

We are trying to use IBM TFCM to take SAP backups and also make use of the rman 'BACKUP CHECK LOGICAL' option as we do with a native oracle TFCM backup. We did ask if it was possible and if so should the init<SID>.utl file be the place where...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 2 Not under consideration

Configure File Open Mode O_CIOR

Need a Possibility to configure File Open Mode = O_CIOR.See PMR's 63546,070,724 and 63285,070,724 for further Details
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 2 Not under consideration

TSM to issue a "retryable" error code to RMAN to avoid loosing the session

Enhandmente for the API between RMAN and TSM: problem: if TSM issues an error Oracle closes the session and does not try again; suggestion: TSM to return a retryable error code to Oracle. Oracle then can retry the backup on another channel. Limita...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 4 Not under consideration

Support for MultiBos in TDP for ERP

Current install procedures do now allow for the copying of binaries for support of MultiBos which is used extensively in Neslte as a critical part of the build and staging process of support for the AIX infrastructure
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 1 Not under consideration

Add TSM for ERP session identifier for the improved collocation

Currently, when TSM for ERP is used to backup DB2 database, it assignes the same filespace name to all backups stored on the TSM Server. This results in various undesired consequences for the backups of large databases which are normally performed...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 3 Not under consideration

TSM for ERP: Support for MSSQL database

Currently TSM for ERP (SAP) is available for Windows platforms but only if SAP is used in conjunction with Oracle or DB2 databases.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 2 Not under consideration