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Allow DSMC Incremental to follow expiration logic of deleted files, even if using filelist parameter.

When a typical DSMC incremental backup identifies that a file is no longer there, it notifies the TSM server, which places the file in inactive state, which then puts the retention of that file under control of the policy settings for files in tha...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

Snapshot backup attempted & error shows job failed,when only database snapshot failed,everything else backed up successfully.

Currently, a snapshot backup is attempted and it generates an error that the job has failed when really it hasn't, only the database snapshot has failed, all the other databases get backed up successfully. This results in additional overhead for a...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

Validate Hostbus adapter for SVC

adapter 1: Server: HPe Proliant Rackserver G9/G10 HBA: Option 1: - Emulex SN1600E2P- FW: 12.8.352.12 - Driver Version: 12.8.329.1Option 2:- Emulex SN1100E2P - FW:12.8.352.12- Driver Version 12.8.329.1 Link to the matrix:https://www-03.ibm.com/syst...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 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

Simultaneous backup to primary and copypool using lanfree.

Simultaneous backup to primary and copypool using lanfree. Our customer is interesting in doing simultaneous backup to primary and copy storage pool.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

VMWare SRM + TPC-R + XIV Integration

We use vmware SRM with VMs using XIV storage and using TPC-R for replica management and monitoring.Once the SRM has moved the VM, TPC-R shows an error message because the status is severe.IBM support explain us that the integration with SRM + XIV ...
over 8 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 3 Future consideration

FCM: User Interface

- Unified GUI for Unix/Linux/VMware/Windows- Show where (FCM, and/or TSM) the backups are and which backp-version of which application exist- Same look and feel like the TPC 5.1 WebGUI- WebGUI- Central interface for all FCM flavours- Optional Inte...
over 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

TSM backup client fails to restore directories that were "over quota" when the backup was performed

Novell NSS file system (on a SLES based server) has a feature called "directory quota". It is possible to set such a quota on a directory, such that the quota is lower than the amount of data currently stored within the directory. TSM will backup ...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Not under consideration

backupManagementTag: Unassigned instead of excluded

'dsmc show VM all' command output displaying "backupManagementTag: Unassigned" for excluded guests.Example :backupManagementTag: UnassignedbackupManagementTagSource: Tag on (vSphere object name) (mobid)
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

Improve TSM Replication over high latency WAN links

I would like a TSM server option that would allow TSM to use as many parallel TCP connections as possible in order to maximize throughput along a Long Fat Pipe (WAN link w/ >60ms latency between TSM servers). Alternatively, I would like the TSM...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Planned for future release

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