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Tivoli Storage Management Operation Center At risk management for VMs

Tivoli Operation Center display excluded or removed VMs as "at risk".
about 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

Database Report

the SPP does not have a specific report for databases with the total consumed separately from the VMs
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Stronger passwords for TSM

Expanded character set for TSM passwords to meet industry standard complexity requirements. Most places require a password with the following: * Are at least eight alphanumeric characters long* Contain at least three of the following four categori...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Planned for future release

MOVE NODEDATA command enhancement

One form of the MOVE NODEDATA command allows the movement of selected file spaces of a single node between storage pools. For example, MOVE NODEdata node_name FROMstgpool=source_pool_name TOstgpool=destination_pool_name FIlespace=file_space_name H...
about 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Easy Tier migration plan customizable time interval

Easy Tier migration plans are now created each 24 hour. Provide a customization option to allow shorter intervals.
about 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

show rebuild V7000 under running tasks

As you can see we've had a hard disk with a lot errors. We've changed the hdd with a new one and reset the disk status back to spare disk. After this the array began to rebuild, but you can't see anything under the GUI of the V7000. Only with a sp...
over 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Is a defect

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 3 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

TSM support for Oracle VM and Oracle Enterprise Linux

My customer addressed TSM as their standard product that provides backup archive across various platform (AIX,Windows,Linux(RHEL,SLES)Recently Oracle Linux and Oracle were installed in their environment. My customer ask TSM to support Oracle VM an...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

Spectrum Data Copy Management should be able to skip client cleanup

It should be possible to cancel an active restore to a target without CDM cleaning up the target system. This could be a check box to indicate that the admin is responsible for manual cleanup before initiating the cancel.
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

configure Tape drive Cleaning Frequency after written TB or used time instead of "as needed" or "999MB"

The default available Cleaning Frequency managed by TSM is restricted to 999GBSince LTO the recommended Frequency is based on working (write) hours for about 100hr or TB of written Data.For HP Drives it is recommended to clean every 100 R/W-hours....
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

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