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Enhancement needed to reduce the number of virtual volumes

When a storagepool is based on a server type device class (i.e. virtual volumes), it is difficult to reduce the number of volumes using move data commands. This is because when the input volume is done, the process ends and the output volume is cl...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Not under consideration

Allow Lan-Free and Simultaneous Write to tape

Please consider allowing a Lan-Free client with Simultaneous Write enabled to write to tape and copy pool at same time.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

FCM: Option to only delete clone mappings

FlashCopy Manager creates a system copy by performing a FlashCopy in the Storage System. This implies that the Storage System (like SVC) creates a copy relation between a source and target LUN. Some customers require to remove this copy relation t...
over 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

FCM: Oracle: create spfile from pfile after cloning

FlashCopy Manager is able to create clone databases for Oracle and DB2 databases. For Oracle databases it would be more efficient to have an option to create the spfile from pfile after the database is cloned.
over 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 3 Not under consideration

TSM 6 space reclamations very slow

Space reclamation of a normal (non-dedupe) storage pool from a deduplicated storage pool is very slow. In our environment we have onsite deduplicated pools and offsite copies that are made daily and taken off site. The impact is that only tapes wi...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

TSM for ERP: Support for MSSQL database

Currently TSM for ERP (SAP) is available for Windows platforms but only if SAP is used in conjunction with Oracle or DB2 databases.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 2 Not under consideration

FCM Win: Support for Oracle Database

Currently FlashCopy Manager support MSSQL Server and MS Exchange on Windows, but no Oracle Databases. Also: Support for SAP BR'Tools must be considered if Oracle is used in conjunction with SAP.
over 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Planned for future release

FCM: Support for SE target sets on DS8K Series

Currently for IBM DS8k Storage Systems the supported Copy Functions are FULL and INCR. The DS8k Series also provides SE (Space Efficient) target sets which currently is not supported by FlashCopy Manager.
over 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

TSM file devclass support for multiple directories

When defining file type of devclass, the directory options can be multiple directories. define devc fileclass devtype=file directory=/back1,/back2 Currently the backup will not use the second directory /back2 unless its size is smaller than /back1...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

AIX support for ibm HH LTO5

IBM HH LTO 5 is currently only supported X Series.Request to work on AIX.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Not under consideration

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