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Spectrum Protect for Mail

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TDP MS Exchange restore performance issue

"After the talk with development, we could change our incremental restore logic. At restore time, we know which backups we need to restore. We could cache it if it's all in the same restore command. This would be a pretty big re-write, but we thin...
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 0 Not under consideration

allow non default dsm.opt and tdpexch.cfg file for remote management

It is possible to configure the MMC GUI on Exchange server to use non default dsm.opt and tdpexch.cfg files. Managing backup from a non Exchange server is not possible if the Exchange server is configured with non default dsm.opt and tdpexch.cfg.
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 2 Not under consideration

IBM SP for Exchange not truncating logs after Exchange backup

Microsoft Exchange version is 2016 version 15.1 build 1591.10. We have implemented IBM SP for Exchange and have initiated several full backups. Backup completed successfully but not truncating logs.
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 1 Not under consideration

TSM for Mail for 64bit Domino on Linux x64

There's currently no compatible TSM for Mail client available in order to backup a server running IBM Domino 9 - 64bit for Linux.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 1 Planned for future release

If a job does not find any db PASSIVE to be backed up, IT SHOULD NOT FAIL !

If a job does not find any db PASSIVE to be backed up, IT SHOULD NOT FAIL !
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 3 Is a defect

TSM TDP Client for Exchange needs to much time listing the restorable Items

TDP Client for Exchange needs to much time to list the restorable items for a single item restore (around 8 min). Customer does not accept it and he is thinking of to change the backup software vendor.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 5 Planned for future release

Mailbox restore wizard

The procedure of restoring item level requires me to install TDP for Exchange on one of the DAG nodes and start the mailbox restore wizard. Unfortunately you HAVE to install TDP for Exchange on the DAG node.In our days customers wants to remove an...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 0 Not under consideration

DP for Exchange GUI QoL enhancement during database recovery

During recovery of an Exchange database DP for Exchange GUI automatically configures "AllowFileRestore" flag in Exchange for this database.This will allow the database to be overwritten.During recovery user a presented with two dialog windows with...
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 1 Not under consideration

Request for support of 32 bit TDP client on 64 bit operating system.

Because you cannot install i.e TDP for Domino x32 on x64 OS you are unable to backup IBM products like Quickr for Domino. Quickr requires Domino x32, If you want to install TDP x32 you are unable to install because OS is x64. You cannot use TDP x6...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 2 Not under consideration

Bypass VSS_E_MAXIMUM_NUMBERS_OF_VOLUMES_REACHED limitation on

We need a new feature to bypass the VSS Limit of 64 Volumes during the Backups.
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 2 Planned for future release