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Flashcopy Manager

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FCM: VMware - Additional Question for Security Reasons

In case of restore a VM to its original location, the Plugin asks to overwrite it. This is great. We would like to see another additional question, if the VM still is running. E.g. "The VM you want to restore is still running. Do you really want t...
over 10 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

Provide support in FlashCopy Manager for refresh from pureScale to non-pureScale DB2

IBM FlashCopy manager needs to support new DB2 (10.5) function that allows pureScale-based DB2 systems to be restored to a non-pureScale-based system. Prior to 10.5, this was not possible, but now, based on an OFFLINE backup, it is possible to res...
about 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

FCM pre-check-omit option should be added in a big environment with many disks

I suggest add an pre-check omitting option in the FCM profile. If the fcm backup can be complete successfully first time. The user can enable this option to omit the pre-check in each time FCM backup when there is absolute no change in the custome...
about 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

FCP for DB2 support for PPC Linux

At this time, FCM for DB2 is only available on linux x86_64 and we would like it to be supported on PPC linux.
over 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

FCM Win: Enhance Altering

Currently (v3.1) FCM only reports its own error messages to the MMC. This is hard to monitor in an enterprise environment. The user should be informed about any aborted process. So, this enhancement is to add also error reports to e.g.:- SCOM (Sys...
almost 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 3 Not under consideration

Oracle rman cumulative incremental backups for native oracle installation

Please check PMR 27612,820,820 there is everything what is needed thanks
about 7 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

Add option to not suspend oracle database during flashcopy

Would like the option to only place tables in backup mode and not suspend the database when working with Oracle RAC + ASM source.
over 7 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration

Modification of behavior of Flashcopy status change

We are using Flashcopy for DB2 under AIX and we perform tape backup from time to time. If you have the status backup_pending for the latest flasdhcopy and if the next flashcopy fails because of any reason then you do not have any flashcopy that co...
over 7 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration

IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager Support on AIX with GPFS

Flash Copy Manager to support GPFS file system on AIX for Oracle Database
almost 8 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

Change FlashCopy Mapping naming behaviour with SVC/Storwize Dynamic Target Allocation

FCM 4.1 with SVC/Storwize Dynamic Target Allocation (DTA) will fail when the FlashCopy source vDisk name is very long. The corresponding name for the FlashCopy Mapping will then be too long and FCM DTA will fail.
about 8 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration

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