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Spectrum Protect Snapshot

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    FCM: VMware - Additional Question for Security Reasons

    In case of restore a VM to its original location, the Plugin asks to overwrite it. This is great. We would like to see another additional question, if the VM still is running. E.g. "The VM you want to restore is still running. Do you really want t...
    about 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

    Provide support in FlashCopy Manager for refresh from pureScale to non-pureScale DB2

    IBM FlashCopy manager needs to support new DB2 (10.5) function that allows pureScale-based DB2 systems to be restored to a non-pureScale-based system. Prior to 10.5, this was not possible, but now, based on an OFFLINE backup, it is possible to res...
    over 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

    Add a log file to show the CLI command that were done from the GUI

    Create a log file that will show each GUI command (backup, attach, detach, restore) how it is translated into a CLI command (similar to what XIV has).It should only show the CLI commands (and maybe the final status of success / fail), nothing else.
    over 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Planned for future release

    FCM pre-check-omit option should be added in a big environment with many disks

    I suggest add an pre-check omitting option in the FCM profile. If the fcm backup can be complete successfully first time. The user can enable this option to omit the pre-check in each time FCM backup when there is absolute no change in the custome...
    over 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

    IBM Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager Support for Oracle-RAC on AIX with GPFS

    Support for Oracle-RAC on AIX GPFS Filesystem,with GPFS Mirroring over 2 Metro-Mirrored SVC or the possibility to backout one SVC
    almost 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 2 Planned for future release

    FCP for DB2 support for PPC Linux

    At this time, FCM for DB2 is only available on linux x86_64 and we would like it to be supported on PPC linux.
    almost 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

    FCM Win: Enhance Altering

    Currently (v3.1) FCM only reports its own error messages to the MMC. This is hard to monitor in an enterprise environment. The user should be informed about any aborted process. So, this enhancement is to add also error reports to e.g.:- SCOM (Sys...
    over 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 3 Not under consideration

    FCM for Vmware to support Vmware Site Recovery Manager sites

    FCM for Vmware to support customer which also use vmware Site Recovery Manager.
    over 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 2 Planned for future release

    FCM: Opt to include non-db filesystems in fcm for db2

    Need non-db filesystems propery included along with db-filesystems during "db2 backup as snapshot" Currently, fcm allows a NEGATIVE_LIST param, but the allowed extra data is not properly "frozen" (chfs -a freeze). Cloning has a similar option (FLA...
    over 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 3 Not under consideration

    EMC PowerPath calls for FlashCopy Manager

    RFE for Spectrum Protect Snapshot to support EMC PowerPath calls.
    over 8 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

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