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Integration into IBM TSM with SAP HANA

We need to be able to backup a SAP HANA appliance via the standard TSM and / or FlashCopy Manager capability within the customer estate. Therefore we need an SAP HANA client to be able to trigger a backup, offload data into a TSM-managed backup an...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Delivered

TSM for HANA

Amerisource Bergen is willing to act as a pilot for TSM on SAP HANA Appliance. The SAP HANA product is getting a lot of attention and our Certified HANA Appliance Solutions are falling short because we do not offer backup and recovery solutions, D...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Delivered

Delete INACTIVE_VERSIONS vStorage Backups

The possibility to delete any files (ACTIVE or INACTIVE) vStorage Backups by TSM Client commands like work a TSM BaclientOr like this procedure: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21418136
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 3 Delivered

mutually exclusive install options

When installing the TSM Server Code, the selection is available to install both the Server and the Storage Agent. Having both installed is not supported by IBM. The install code should be changed such that if both are selected for installation at ...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

TSM server v6 DB restore PIT should work without volhistory file available.

Since version 6.1 the volhistory file is mandatory to be able to restore a TSM server.Without this file a TSM DB restore is difficult (see APAR IC76069).With TSM 6.3 itis possible to rebuild the volhistory file but the assistance ofTSM support is ...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Delivered

TDP for SQL BACKUP WITH CHECKSUM option

Customer Societe Generale is one of our top 5 TSM banking customer in France. Recently, they encountered a data corruption situation on ORACLE database backups due to hardware issues. They want to implement a process to check regularly (by sample)...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Delivered

Improve Bkup of SpMg migrated files that are renamed and have had their access permissions changed

In an attempt to avoid comprehensive SpMg recalls from regular Bkup, the client (DMI) would like for migrated files that are renamed (say moved to another sub-directory) AND have their access permission changed to be able to use inline Bkup (on th...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 2 Delivered

TDP for SQL RESTORE VERIFYONLY option

Customer Societe Generale is one of our top 5 TSM banking customer in France. Recently, they encountered a data corruption situation on ORACLE database backups due to hardware issues. They want to implement a process to check regularly (by sample)...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Delivered

create a postupgradecheck.bin tool where verification on TSM and DB2 version registered on the system after install/upgrade.

For Server version 6.3 I suggest create a postupgradecheck.bin tool where verification on TSM and DB2 version registered on the system afterinstall/upgrade. Also lnsert text and link similar.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

Full VM restores place the VM in the parent Datacenter folder and Resource group

When doing a full VM restore and selecting "Original Location", the VM is restored to the parent Data Center folder and parent Resource group in Virtual Center. Given VM permissions can be managed at the folder level in Virtual Center, when a rest...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 3 Delivered

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