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HyperVFull backup command failing when guests not available

HyperVFull backup command failing when guests not available. even though hyper-v guests not availabe backup command should returned return code ZERO instead of 12.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

SP Command builer stand-alone port for windows/linux

Create a stand-alone or dsmadmc integrated version for windows and/or Linux of the SP Command builder currently integrated in the SP-OC.
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 0 Not under consideration

SVC Audit Log Only Viewable for Privileged User

Currently the audit log can be viewed/downloaded by a ‘monitor' level accountThe audit requirement is that this information should only be accessible by a privileged (admin) account or an auditor level account as per DS8000Applied to SVC and V7000
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC Configurable SNMP Alerts

Repeat SNMP alerts for errors not fixed within a given window should be configurable
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Backup Client for Debian Linux

Debian und viele andere Linuxdistributionen (z.B. Ubuntu, Univention, Knopix, ...) nutzen nicht das RedHat Packeage format rpm, sondern ein anderes Format namens .deb. Damit ist man bei der Erstellung der Pakete immer auf zusätzliche Konvertierung...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

APFS support in the TSM Mac Client

Apple plan to release the Apple File System (APFS) in 2017: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/APFS_Guide/Introduction/Introduction.html A preview of APFS is already available in macOS 10.12 Sierra....
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

Be able to send individual node data that resides in directory container pools to tape

Customer would like the ability to send the data from individual nodes whose data resides in directory container pools to tape.
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Allow individual filespaces to be decommissioned - specifically for use with NAS nodes and Netapp NDMP backups

Currently TSM (Spectrum Protect) offers two DECOMMISSION commands which are DECOMMISSION NODE and DECOMMISSION VM. However for NAS (NDMP) backups typically a node will be configured for each filer which will have numerous volumes being backed up v...
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

TSM VE backups snapshots filling up datastore and crashing VM.

Please add an option in TSM that automatically cancels a VM backup when the snapshot is filling up the datastore. Without this functionality, the VM will crash and often requires extensive work for the VMware administrator to clean up the mess and...
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 3 Not under consideration

TSM platform mgration

We're asking for a simplified procedure apt to migrate a TSM server from Unix to Windows and vice-versa .Export-import node can be cumbersome in many situation.
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

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