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TSM for VE should automatically enable changed block tracking for eligible VMs when an incremental backup is attempted.

TSM for VE should automatically enable changed block tracking for eligible VMs when an incremental backup is attempted and chnged block tracking is not already enabled.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 3 Is a defect

V7K disk upgrade fails when package missining

DRIVE ERROR WHILE UPDATING FIRMWARE DRIVE. AND APPLYDRIVESOFTWARE -ALL F AILS DUE TO MISSING FIRMWARE IN PACKAGE 20150619
about 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Is a defect

TSM V6.3 AIX V7.1 install cause AIX TL level down

Whe TSM V6.3.0 is installed into AIX7.1 TL1, xlsmp.rte fileset, whose version is 2.1.0.0, which is the lowest version that TSM V6.3.0 work, is also installed automatically into AIX. This causes AIX level down from TL1 to TL0 because AIX7.1 TL1 req...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Is a defect

Move nodedata on special volumes

Parameter for move nodedata on special volumes in a stgpool eg. move nodedata nodename fromstg=Tapepool1 volumes=123456L4,123457L4
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Is a defect

Incorrect steps on windows backup archive client instalation guide

On page52, step 6, it's not clear that the key to be entered on the cluster configuration needs to EXCLUDE the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\, or the cluster won't let the key be added. I think there should be an example clarifying it. I.e., registry key HKE...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Is a defect

SNAPDIFF on Linux - CIFS mount support

We'd like to use a Linux client to back up our Netapp storage using CIFS mounts, using the new SNAPDIFF functionality. Currently the client doesn't seem to recognize the CIFS mount as a valid Netapp volume, so the SNAPDIFF backup fails.
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Is a defect

de-duplication performance improvement request

TSM de-duplication function is supposed to make back-up area more efficient,but it is slower than it was expected.(100GB/h was expected but actual is 10GB/a day)So duplicate data isn't erased and DISK almost ran out of space.
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 2 Is a defect

HSM client must destroy orphaned DM sessions of all its processes

The Tivoli HSM client (aka TSM for Space Management) must clean up orphaned DM sessions of all its processes. Currently, only certain daemon processes do this. However, most of the commands - e.g. dsmdf, dsmmigrate, dsmreconcile... - open DM sessi...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Space Management 3 Is a defect

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