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Storage Protect Family

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Add "number of copies/locations/storagepools" to q archive client output

We want to be able to be able to see from the client how many locations an archive is stored. A location being a storage pool. ie if it's in two storage pools it is in 2 locations. An additional detail parameter could be displayed as egStoragepool...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

Flexible NDMP Backups

What we wanna change is how TSM control the NDMP dumps and assigning theMGMT Class to each object.We want to make sure when I assign a MGMT Class to my dedicated backup.Then should that backup be save for that amount of time and not change thehist...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

Windows TSM client installer to complete file replacement and verify without reboot

Windows installer should be able to identify any potential reboot requirement and identify the files in use so the administrator can get alerted before any installation process starts. Windows TSM client installer relays on replace on reboot windo...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

define snapdiff and other snap options on a per filesystem basis rather than per backup command

When running an incremental backup be able to define the snapdiff or other snap option on a per filesystem basis rather than for the whole backup incremental job.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

Ability to cancel administrative schedule session

Many TSM environments use administrative schedules in conjunction with TSM scripts to perform daily maintenance activities. When running a multi-step script from an administrative schedule, the TSM server appears to use an internal session (comple...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Simultaneous Write for Lanfree Backup

Currently TSM supports Simultaneous Write during Backup to several Pools only in LAN-Backup mode. The Lanfree Storage Agents do not support Simultaneous Write.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Reorg status from dsmadmc

A command like 'show reorg status' or 'query reorg'
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Not under consideration

Enhancement needed to reduce the number of virtual volumes

When a storagepool is based on a server type device class (i.e. virtual volumes), it is difficult to reduce the number of volumes using move data commands. This is because when the input volume is done, the process ends and the output volume is cl...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Not under consideration

Allow Lan-Free and Simultaneous Write to tape

Please consider allowing a Lan-Free client with Simultaneous Write enabled to write to tape and copy pool at same time.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

TSM 6 space reclamations very slow

Space reclamation of a normal (non-dedupe) storage pool from a deduplicated storage pool is very slow. In our environment we have onsite deduplicated pools and offsite copies that are made daily and taken off site. The impact is that only tapes wi...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

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