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Adding an information and steps to configure NAS option "tape.reservations" in the TSM Administrator's Guide

Tivoli Storage Manager server tape labels may be overwritten during dismount of tape if the NetApp NAS option "tape.reservations" is not set to persistent. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21419980
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Is a defect

reconcile volumes behaviour with server delete grace times

The behavior of the reconcile volumes command should be changed to take into account server deletion grace time settings. Reconcile volumes command should not report errors when archive files for deleted source virtual volumes are still present on...
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Is a defect

How much space is needed.

When TSM issues ANR0534W size estimate exceedes stg, it would bee very nices if the estimated size was showen too.
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Is a defect

rename filespace not visible

Hello, We use vmware4tdp. Here we noticed when we rename a filespace (vmfull image) this filespace (image) is not visible in the restore gui nor restore command line.So we are not able to restore a image which has been renamed on TSM Server. Greet...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Is a defect

Windows GUI Title states flashcopymanager In DP for DB

After the last update of TSM for Databases the top title of the Windows GUI states the name flashcopymanager (see screenshot), even if no FCM is installed. Customers are confused.
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Is a defect

Support Windows 2012 Deduplication

Support for the Windows 2012 Data Deduplication feature. This can save a lot of disk space on the server but the backup and restore leaves the files unreadable.
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Is a defect

TSM 6.3 Reporting Email reports function doesnt work in secure Mailing environment

Using TSM 6.3 Reporting we have a feature of sending TCR Cognos reports over Email.For this we have to configure email settings using IBM Cognos Configuration --> Notifications.One of the settings is "Default Sender".Specifying Default sender e...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 2 Is a defect

GUI Point in Time Restore for a large number of files fails to display all files that are recoverable.

Point in Time restore of a Windows TSM Client with unlimited number of versions for 30 days does not work if a server has a larger number of files, or hourly backups are run.
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Is a defect

6.3 upgrade process stops because it sees 'dsmserv' string in any running processes

Any processes containing ‘dsmserv' string in its display name or path can cause the installer to think that the server is running, even the processes have nothing to do with TSM. I think this should not happen and needs to be changed.
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Is a defect

Avoiding inventory mismatches between TSM and library after library hard-stop

After severe library problems, e.g.. a hard-stop due to an accessor problem, when the library is taken offline for fixing (in our case a TS3500), tapes remain loaded in drives. After the solution of the problem the tapes are automatically moved to...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Is a defect

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