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Flashcopy Manager

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    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...
    almost 13 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.
    about 13 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 14 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
    almost 9 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 9 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 9 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
    over 9 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.
    almost 10 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration

    FCM for APMM

    Need FCM solution for Oracle 12 C RAC CDB/PDB database
    about 10 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration

    Rocket Adapter for XtremIO

    COTY is looking to use FCM for ERP on XtremIO. They need a rocket adapter built.
    over 10 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration

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