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Storage Protect Family

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TSM to issue a "retryable" error code to RMAN to avoid loosing the session

Enhandmente for the API between RMAN and TSM: problem: if TSM issues an error Oracle closes the session and does not try again; suggestion: TSM to return a retryable error code to Oracle. Oracle then can retry the backup on another channel. Limita...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 4 Not under consideration

Additional Client Administration Tasks

Add the ability to perform more client administration tasks like reading dsmerror.log or dsmsched.log files from the TSM server, or updating the dsm.opt or dsm.sys files. Grant appropriate administrator permissions, too. Business Reason: Add more ...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Dsmserv commands need date/time stamps

All output from stand-along dsmserv commands should be prefixed with date/time stamps.� It would be nice to be able to easily calculate how long something like a restore db takes.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Planned for future release

Delete DRM recovery plan files

The DRM recovery plan or DRM instruction plan files generated by the prepare command are not managed by TSM if the files are stored on the TSM server.� TSM should delete these files based on the DRMRPFEXPIREDAYS setting.� Automating the file delet...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Send messages from db2diag.log file to the TSM activity log

All error or warning messages in the db2diag.log file should be sent to the TSM activity log. This would minimize the need to be a DB2 DBA, and would enable a single point or source for monitoring and alerting.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Make all dsmserv.opt options settable using the SETOPT command

Make all dsmserv.opt options settable using the SETOPT command. Configuring dsmserv should not require a restart. All options should be dynamically settable. Correcting options should be dynamic and not cause an outage.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

image backup support for Solaris 10 ZFS filesystem

image backup support for Solaris 10, ZFS file system
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 4 Not under consideration

Support of 6G SAS interface

When a tape library device is connected to a 6G SAS HBA on a Solaris machine with a SAS I/F, devices (changer, drive) are not authenticated (created) on the Solaris system.The environment is as follows:- TSM Server V5.x or V6.x / Solaris 10- Libra...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Update KSK SCHEDULE attribute group to allow schedule failures/misses to be monitored in ITM

The ability to create 'Pure' monitoring situations against the KSK SCHEDULE attribute group to allow for situations to fire when a node's scheduled backup execution results in a terminal condition (i.e. Failed or Missed). Currently, if a situation...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 2 Planned for future release

Support of the Library Set functions required to run TSM server in a cluster environment

The resetdrive parameter in the Define Library command is supported on all platforms, but a drive device which is actually reset is only on AIX and Windows. On Solaris and Linux, the drive reset function does not work.To run TSM server on the clus...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

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