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Specify an output file for stand-alone dsmserv commands

Specify an output file for stand-alone dsmserv commands such as the dsmserv restore db command so that the output can be saved for review later. Currently can�t do this, not even with the redirection character �>�.� Documentation is always a go...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Planned for future release

Provide strong authentication between TSM Server and TEC applications

The Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Server application should be able to provide strong authentication to Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC) application, in order to provide security between both TSM and TEC servers and also to attend the ITCS 104 secti...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Planned for future release

When schedule is missed the database still shuts down

Just to clarify: the issue occurs when the window is missed because the client cannot communicate with the STORServer server (network issue, or STORServer server is down etc.) We consider this to be a flaw because (as you can see in the attached l...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 4 Planned for future release

Tivoli Flash Copy - FCM VM - Backup fails / Snapshot failure

After using FlashCopy Manager for VMWare we realized that the entire backup operation is cancelled (rolled back) as soon as a certain VM could not be quiesced.We request that the backup operation should continue so that the rest of the VMs are bac...
almost 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 2 Planned for future release

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 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Planned for future release

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