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Allow cache enable/disable at mdisk group level

Presently, SVC caching of vdisks is (correctly) enabled by default in read/write mode, though it is possible to disable at the vdisk level. In some circumstances, for example when using all-flash arrays as backing storage, we find it beneficial to...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

TSM granular restore from tape

The TSM for VMware vsphere plugin does not allow for a disk to be mounted for granular restore when the guest is saved on tape. . This is available through the TSm Ve recovery agent but not from the VMware plugin .
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

Backup of Microsoft Shared volumes seems not to be supported by TSM

Problem titleAttempt to backup Microsoft Shared volumes results in retries for eachfile stored on the CSV Problem descriptionTSM Backup-Archive Client Version 7, Release 1, Level 1.3, running onWindows Server 2012 R2 standard having mounted Cluste...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

Support TDP for Oracle on Red Hat 7

Setting up a new Oracle database server on Linux we cannot use Red Hat 7 as the OS because it is not supported with TDP for Oracle.
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Not under consideration

sort order of query occupancy command

With version 6 of TSM server the sorting order of "query occupancy"has changed from "fsid" to "alphabetical order". Why? The sorting order of commands "query filespace" (sorted by fsid)and "query ocupancy" should be the same. My opinion: This is a...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

TDPO RMAN Delete with honoring RETONLY parameter

Currrently if Oracle RMAN deletes a backup object, this object gets deleted immediately in TSM without honoring the RETONLY parameter in the backup copygroup. If a crazy Oracle admin deletes the original Oracle database and also run a RMAN delete ...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Not under consideration

CAB extension support for TSM

Hi Dev, I wonder when TSM will support NDMP with CAB (Cluster aware backup) for Netapp cDOT? I have a bunch of netapp systems that I would like to backup with TSM and CAB but the IBM support told me it's not possible today. On page 53 in this neta...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 2 Not under consideration

TSM and ILMT Support for Oracle VM Environment

We have the following environmentOracle Virtual Server  3.3.1 Oracle Virtual Machine OS Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 update 4 & 5 update 7Oracle Database version 12c, 11g, 10g This is environment (Oracle VM) is not supported by ILMT (IBM Lic...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

unable to take backups of a database using tdp 6.4.1 for SQL 2012 with always on node

Tsm server 6.4 qnd we are trying to take one backup in two different management classes using tdp sql 2012 with always on feature enabled. For tye second backup which should go to the new mgmt, it fails with the merge test. Because backup happens ...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Not under consideration

TSM fo VE (VMware) / Extend Data Mover Linux OS Support

Currently, Data Mover OS requirements support the following:RHEL 5.9, 6.2, 6.3; SLES 11SP2 Many customers do not have these old RHEL releases in their supported deployment plans. They use newer versions of RHEL. TSMfVE Data Mover must also support...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

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