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Spectrum Protect Snapshot

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IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot for Oracle on AIX support for Oracle 19c multi-tenant databases

The request is for Spectrum Protect Snapshot support for Oracle 19c multitenant (pluggable) databases.
over 3 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Future consideration

Spectrum Copy Data Management to support BtrFS for file system snaps

While on a SuSE OS LPAR the file system snapshot management is working for XFS, however the protection is not available for BtrFS (by default used for SuSE OS)
over 3 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

Copy Data Management Support for IRIS 2020

Dear IBMer/Catalogic, I hope everything is well. Urgent request. US Hospital requesting IBM Spectrum Copy Data Management to support EPIC IRIS 2020 on AIX asap. WSC has EPIC IRIS 2020 up and running ready for testing. Requesting Catalogic developm...
almost 4 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Future consideration

Allow vendors to develop snapshot provider for *nix Spectrum Protect Snapshot

Allow PaaS providers to exploit Spectrum Protect Snapshot by providing a device adapter to interface SPS with with their platform's proprietary storage layer.
about 4 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

SPS Support for A9000 Multisite Configuration

Client is using a multi-site configuration in their A9000's where they are hyperswapped in prod and async replicating to DR. They need support for this configuration within Spectrum Protect Snapshot for snapshot management.
over 4 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 1 Planned for future release

DB2 Snapshot Support for Linux One on A9000

We'd require support for Flashcopy Manager support for DB2 on LinuxOne so that this can be governed via Copy Data Manager.
over 4 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

Flashcopy Restore using FCM/SPS

Client wants to be able to restore snapshots on the local side with replication still in progress. Customer believes SPS should be able to break replication on a local restore and then restart replication after the restore completes. Case #: TS002...
almost 5 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

EMC PowerPath calls for FlashCopy Manager

RFE for Spectrum Protect Snapshot to support EMC PowerPath calls.
about 7 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Oracle rman cumulative incremental backups for native oracle installation

Please check PMR 27612,820,820 there is everything what is needed thanks
over 7 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

Add option to not suspend oracle database during flashcopy

Would like the option to only place tables in backup mode and not suspend the database when working with Oracle RAC + ASM source.
almost 8 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration

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