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TSM Scratch volume selection for SCSI type libraries

1. When a tape is checked out, then checked back in, the mount count should not be reset. The count should only be set to zero when a new tape is labeled into the library or forced to zero by options. 2. Add an option to the check in command to fo...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Journal based backup for Sun Solaris

Support for journal based backup as on AIX and Windows.
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

GPFS filespace update

GPFS runs the mmbackup which does not update the backup start and backup end parameters on the tsm client node. This parameter is updated when a regular node runs a backup. The backup for a GPFS node runs a selected backup and does not update the ...
over 10 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 4 Not under consideration

iPad/Android App for SVC monitoring

Consider creating an iPad / Android application which would have a configurable dashboard for SVC's. Be able to show things like overall capacity, performance, node status, etc.
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

overflow mdisks

1) If an mdiskgroup becomes full, have an option to automatically import unassigned mdisks into the group to prevent a write failure. 2)Secondly, with compression on back end storage (V7000) if a write failure is detected (perhaps back end system ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Filtered search is lost when adding a filter option for SQL Server

TDP 6.4.X.X for SQL ServerFiltered database list with Search field fulfilled is lost when adding a filter option with "Show Filter Options / Add Row".The filter is applied but the search done previously in the bottom area is lost.
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Not under consideration

Display real-time progress during backup and restore operations for SQL Server

TDP 6.4.X.X for SQL ServerEnhancement request to display real-time progress during backup and restore operations for SQL Server in the progress bar in both tabs "Task List" and "Task Details".Currently the progress bar stays empty until the end of...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Not under consideration

ENABLENASDEDUP should be supported on EMC Celerra/VNX Filers

ENABLENASDEDUP should be supported on EMC Celerra/VNX Filers.According to documentation (http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v7r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.itsm.srv.ref.doc%2Fr_opt_server_enablenasdedup.html), this parameter are only suppor...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

FlashSystems Remote Support Capability (SYS5036)

A simple, fast, reliable way to connect to the Flashsystem for providing remote support
over 10 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

FlashSystem Capacity Growth Non-Disruptive

FlashSystem storage model 840: With 25% average storage growth in our SO clients environments, the need to add storage over the term of a contract is constant. Appears that storage cannot be easily added to a FlashSystem storage model 840. Would s...
over 10 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

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