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Flashcopy Manager

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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.
almost 8 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...
about 8 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
about 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.
over 8 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
over 8 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.
about 9 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration

FCM for vmware support Hyper-scale mobility with XIV

Hyper-sacle mobility function of XIV is the important function in the very large vmware environment as used many multiple XIVs.Flashcopy Manager for VMware is strong solution in case of large vmware environment, but FCM does not support Hyper-scal...
about 9 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration

Tivoli FlashCopy Manager should support db2 backup of SMS tablespace

I have an AVP custome who wish to use Tivoli FlashCopy Manager with their db2 database to improve database backup / restore performance. Most data in the database are in SMS tablespace. Tivoli FlashCopy Manager doesn't support SMS tablespace as do...
about 9 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

FCM and Global Mirror with Chage Volumes

I would like to have an integration between the FlashCopy Manager and Remote Mirroring (Global Mirror with Change Volumes).
over 9 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration

Declaration of "SID $HOME" as an option and not a requirement in the FCM4Unix installer

Wish:The Flashcopy Manager for Unix (FCM4Unix) installer should provide the activation for the first DB2/Oracle/SAP-Oracle instance as an option and not as a requirement.
over 9 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration