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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 11 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 11 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 12 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 12 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 12 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 12 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 12 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.
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.
about 8 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration