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LTO6 support on TSM 5.5

System : AIX 6.1TSM version : 5.5Support of IBM LTO6 drive with TSM server 5.5.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

Support for running TSM Server on Windows Server 2012

Hi need support for installing TSM on Windows Server 2012.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Planned for future release

Add option to 'reclaim stg' command to allow copy pool volumes to be processed the same wasy as primary pool volumes.

I would like an option added to the 'reclaim stgpools' command to allow copy pool volumes to be processed in order of utilization, with each volume completing before moving on to the next. Basically, I'm looking for it to optionally be able to wor...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Improve interface for includes and excludes in the TSM client

Includes and excludes are difficult to configure for novice users (even for some experienced admins). I believe we could get much better adoption of TSM in our environment if there was a config wizard that would build the include/exclude files. A ...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

tdposync with script

Since migration to version 6.3.0, we are no more able to use tdposync in script because password is request on concole or terminal. Many Oracle DB is hosted in our Data Centers and cleanup TSM with RMAN Catalog can be a heavy load if this opportin...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Planned for future release

Set up different retentions of DBS volumes by diffrent device types (FILE and LTO)

We need the new function in TSM server which allows us to set up defferent DBS volume retetions by different device class types (FILE and LTO).We have two types database snapshot backups; one uses the FILE device class and another one uses the LTO...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Doc to install Agent ITM for TSM server to HACMP

We want to install the agent ITm TSM server on HACMP cluster.We find no documentation on the product. This is very urgent
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Planned for future release

Changing the nodes password using an additional Administration user after password expiration

Currently there are two types of client Administrators called client owner and client accessor. The big problem is that these administrators are unable to change the nodes password on their own. By the other hand these users are able to restore/ b...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

Selectively install filesets with Auto Deployment or install only Filesets already deployed

The ability to select which filesets are installed during auto deployment. For security and system resource reasons, we install only features that will be used for each TSM Client. Auto deployment installed Hdw, HdwSnp, Image, and NAS when upgradi...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 2 Planned for future release

Match return codes with documentation

Currently there is a disparity in the documentation vs the actual behaviour. As such I would like to see this recitified.I would like, that the following be changed in so that the 'return code 4 explanation is as follows: "The operation completed ...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Planned for future release

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