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Tivoli FlashCopy Manager should support db2 backup of SMS tablespace

I have an AVP custome who wish to use Tivoli FlashCopy Manager with their db2 database to improve database backup / restore performance. Most data in the database are in SMS tablespace. Tivoli FlashCopy Manager doesn't support SMS tablespace as do...
almost 9 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

FCM and Global Mirror with Chage Volumes

I would like to have an integration between the FlashCopy Manager and Remote Mirroring (Global Mirror with Change Volumes).
almost 9 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration

Declaration of "SID $HOME" as an option and not a requirement in the FCM4Unix installer

Wish:The Flashcopy Manager for Unix (FCM4Unix) installer should provide the activation for the first DB2/Oracle/SAP-Oracle instance as an option and not as a requirement.
almost 9 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration

TDP for Exchange Restore issues and documentation

Complaints about documentation and mmc console
over 9 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Flashcopy Manager support for MS Sharepoint

We are asking to support MS Sharepoint with IBM FlashCopy Manager.
over 9 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

Ability to automatically delete FCM backups after offloaded to a TSM Server

It will be great if we had a way to automatically delete fcm storage backups after the data are offloaded to a TSM server
almost 10 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

include OLOG/MLOG-DGs into Backup Process

in addition of processing only Oracle Data-DG also process OLOG/MLOG-DGs (mount/unmount these DGs at Backupserver for RMAN processing)
almost 10 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

API for FlashCopy Manager

At the moment, the only way to interact with FCM is by using the command line, and parse output in case we need to automate any operations - which is pretty much unusable in terms of automation. We need an API for the FlashCopy Manager! The API sh...
almost 10 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

Record BackupID/CloneID in the log/trace filenames

At the moment, it is pretty much impossible to make a unambiguous connection between a certain operation (backup or clone) and it's logs/trace files, let alone automate this process (backup failed -> send me the afferent log files via email). W...
almost 10 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

FCM with custom application won't work with files >50k

FCM don't work with custom applications and more than 50K Files. There is a wait time from 1h to endless. We need a parameter to skip scanning. It's described in IC81771 but not solved. Support said RFE is needed.
almost 10 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 3 Is a defect

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