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    Restore of Archive-Mailbox from Exchange via Flash Copy Manager

    Swiss National Bank is not satisfied with the answer we got for PMR 05632,031,848. We were referred to Technote 1598343 ( http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21598343 ) which states that TDP Exchange / FlashCopy Manager does not suppo...
    about 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 3 Not under consideration

    OPCenter server can access the internet through a HTTP proxy

    IBM Ticket : TS007157717 Hello, I would like to contact you beacause I am simply looking for an answer to a question.I'm looking to implement the auto-deploy feature for a client. The OPCenter server can access the internet through a network proxy...
    about 4 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    Support DB2 systems running on GPFS with FCM

    DB2 supports build and operation on GPFS filesystems. Currently FCM does not support DB2 on GPFS (except for pureScale). Unilever would like a single filesystem pattern across pureScale and non-pureScale - based on GPFS. This implies an ability to...
    over 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

    Decomission Enhancements

    We have been talking to multiple large clients regarding decommission feature.Decomission Node/VM is a great utility but it doesn't fully support all customers needs in it's current form. Decomission Node/VM should support the following options fr...
    over 8 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 0 Not under consideration

    Application Aware VMWare Flash Copy Manager

    Flash copy manager needs to be application aware for database engines running on Windows in a VMWare environment. In order of importance Microsoft SQL Server, IBM UDB/LUW, Oracle, My SQL. The current ability of flash copy manager requires the data...
    about 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 3 Not under consideration

    Specific SVC User Group for FCM Actions

    For the use of FCM with SVC, a specific SVC user is needed which has to be part of a specific group. Currently, the user must be member of the group "Administrator". As this group has a very high set of critical rights, it would be better to have ...
    about 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 2 Planned for future release

    Utilize FlashCopy Manager to do ad-hoc clones from the backup target volumes to eliminate impact on production systems

    Customers are asking for the ability to clone their database applications (Oracle, ERP, etc..) and not impact the production system on an ad-hoc basis. They want to be able to 'clone on demand' during the day and the existing process causes a shor...
    about 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 3 Not under consideration

    FCM support for PowerLinux.

    Currently Flashcopy Manager is only support on Linux x86_64 platforms.We would like to see support for PowerLinux setups.
    about 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

    Break message on FlashCopy step

    On the Control server, the option :Target LPAR Device Setup define the Backup device description and the Backup device serial number.If one off this option is bad, the FlashCopy backup is break, one message on the target server stop the backup. On...
    almost 9 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    FCM Win: Links to the VSS HW Provider Websites are out of date

    The configuration wizard in the MMC prints a warning if no VSS Hardware Provider is installed. If you click on this Warning, then a list with links to websites appear where it is possible to download the VSS HW Provider. The problem: The links in ...
    over 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 3 Planned for future release

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