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Storage Protect Family

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add option to PROTECT STGPOOL TYPE=LOCAL to select the target pool

The definition of a container storage pool allows to specify up to two local protection pools (tape). When the "protect stgpool type=local" command is used to update the local protection pool(s) there is currently no way to have it update only one...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Node replication to multiple target servers

I thought this feature would be available in TSM server 7.1 but the following indicates otherwise. http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tsminfo/v7r1/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.itsm.srv.doc%2Fr_repl_restrictions.html Replication server configurationsA...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

Metadata Search for Repository backups

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus needs the ability to keep track of VMware metadata for backups once a a backup is moved off to a repository or S3 location. Not having the ability search for metadata (file search) on long term repository backups defeat s...
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Possibility to manage tivoli clients schedule with tivoli operations center

Tivoli Storage Manager operations Center will be the new Administration gui and reporting for Tivoli Servers, unfortunately mange clients schedule (like create new schedule for a client or change begin backup time) is not possible at the moment wi...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 2 Planned for future release

Enhancemnt request for setup.sh in TDP HANA 8.1.1.0 for non-local sidadm users support

We had opened case (TS001622349) as we were getting user related error while running setup.sh for Data Protection for SAP HANA 8.1.1.0 because we are not using local user. hanatest02:/opt/tivoli/tsm/tdp_hana # ./setup.shIBM Spectrum Protect for En...
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 3 Future consideration

Write-lock files during restore operations

We regularly have to do partial restores on active systems, and/or on shares where the users still have access and can be impatient. Unfortunate experience and subsequent testing shows that no locks are placed on files while they are being restore...
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

TSMve filerestoreUI and Windows Workgoup

The ability to restore from the new web interface "filerestoreUI" windows machines that are not integrated into a Windows domain (in workgroup mode)
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

Fix issue causing DRM volumes to be checked out without being updated in DRM

It is difficult to word a requested problem fix as an RFE, but that is what I've been asked by support to do, so here is my best effort. Use of the “Wait” parameter of the BACKUP STGPOOL command is currently the best option to ensure that disk sto...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Planned for future release

Add Direct Access Recovery (DAR) at the directory level for NDMP restores so TSM does not have to scan every backup tape.

See http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21223572 IBM needs to add support for Direct Access Recovery (DAR) at the directory level for NDMP restores. DAR support exists at the file level. The DAR would allow Tivoli Storage Manager serv...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

Eliminate duplicates in replication setup once valid copy exists on replication target server

Successfull replication of data should be considered a valid copy (just as BACKUP STGPOOL to a copy pool) when running IDENTIFY DUPLICATES and DEDUPREQUIRESBACKUP is set to yes.
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

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