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VM search when restoring - tsm for ve plugin/site

A way to search or select a vm to restore once you click on "initiate a restore" _without_ specifying a host.

migration process issue

Migration processes runs only 1 process per node. For example if I have a proxy node with terabytes of data on my diskpool, it will start just 1 process to move it all ! That's not feasable in a 12 hr maintenance window to move all data out of the...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

Add the SLES11 SP3 support to the FastBack Client and BMR

Currently, FastBack Client and BMR supports only "SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 64-bit", but SP3 have already been released on Oct 2013. So, please support SP3 as soon as possible.
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack for BMR 2 Delivered

Distribute all admin details in a managed environment

All details of admin objects should be distributed in an environment with a configuration manager and clients. As of now, only the name and password is handled.
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Delivered

TSM LDAP authentication of administrators using SSO

In current TSM versions, when working with LDAP authentication of administrators, after registering a new admin with LDAP authentication (register admin newadmin password auth=ldap), a new user is created in Active Directory under the OU which was...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Delivered

TDP SQL on Windows 2012R2

Please certify TDP-SQL on Windows2012R2 (till now only on Windows2012)
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 4 Delivered

TSM for ERP Support for DB2 10.5 on SAP

TSM for ERP cannot restore the DB2 10.5 database running on SAP R3. DB2 10.5 is not supported by TSM for ERP..
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 4 Delivered

Maximun Path length

Windows Backup client crashes when the directory path length is exceeded. Customer is interested in avoing this crash or increasing the path length.
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

TDP for SQL security authorization

Enable TDP for Microsoft SQL to be Active Directory aware so that SQL database access plus TDP flashcopy console access can be restricted and secured. Currently a local SQL account has to be used within the TDP agent for backups and restores. This...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Delivered

Agent:Support for Oracle Enterprise Linux

Certified OS agent for the followingOracle Linux 5.9 (Redhat compatible kernel)Oracle Linux 5.9 (UEK kernel) Certified TDP agent to run on above OS with Oracle versions10gR2, 11gR1++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Certified OS ag...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered