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Enhance Backup Stgpool to Limit Processing per Node or Filespace

With TSM 6.4, deduplication works to limit the amount of data stored for a TSM server and its clients. It is however, limited to the stgpool layer. If one wants to do 'backup stgpool' or 'replicate node' (exclusively), it's not possible to tier th...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

FROMOwner as a dsm.sys option

SErvername server_a COMMMethod TCPIP TCPPort 1500 FROMOwner root USERs root archive
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Certification and Support for TSM client and TDPO to run on Oracle Virtual Machine LDOMs for SPARC

We are migrating from Oracle Sun SPARC physical platform to Oracle SPARC virtual machine OVM (LDOMs). As per IBM support, TSM client and TSM TDPO are NOT supported to run on this platform. A local test installation was conducted though, and everyt...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

TSM ERP support for archive log compression in DB2 10.1 and above

Support doc http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21637987 Suggests no support for DB2 10.1 feature of DB2 archive log compression. This is needed for major customers of SAP, DB2 and TSM
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 2 Not under consideration

Support for "actual" option on NFS exports in snapdiff backups

NetApp volume exported with "actual" option:/ctools_searchindex -sec=sys,actual=/vol/crystal_ctools_searchindex,rw=172.32.1.10Mounted on the client:mount 172.32.1.9:/ctools_searchindex /usr/local/ctools/storage/ctfs/fsctools/search/searchindex Whe...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

TDP for SQL parallel backup of Logs to two different managementclasses

With TDp for SQL only allows to backup logfiles only to one location. On other databases such as Oracle, DB2 and even MaxDB it is possible to backup logfiles to two different locations.It would be helpfull if in the configuration it is possible to...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 4 Not under consideration

SVC CLI Verification when using -sync or -createsync

Add SVC CLI flag/switch to prompt for verification when using the mkrcrelationchip with -sync. Add SVC CLI flar/switch to prompt for verification when using the addvdiskcopy with -createsync.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

VE Snapshot without/Quiesce

With large VMware environments with TSM for VE, it is nearly impossible to get a clean backup of hundreds of VM's on a single data mover, given VSS instability. The VE backup should try application quiesce, first and if it fails do a non-quiesce s...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

SVC change System Parameter

Hi, When using the command mkvdisk the default for the rsize parameter is 20% this means that for each thin volume creation the default is to reserve 20% of space in the pool. How can we change the system default parameter for the command mkvdisk ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Allow SVC Global Mirror to fail over to Change Volumes should there be a WAN interruption (SYS4944)

Design software enhancement to allow SVC GM to auto-fail over to SVC GM CVs with WAN interruption
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

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