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FCM: Support for SE target sets on DS8K Series

Currently for IBM DS8k Storage Systems the supported Copy Functions are FULL and INCR. The DS8k Series also provides SE (Space Efficient) target sets which currently is not supported by FlashCopy Manager.
over 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

FCM: Support for Lotus Domino

Currently FlashCopy Manager supports the following applications: SAP, Oracle, DB2, MS SQL, MS Exchange. Non of the current platforms where the FlashCopy Manager is being shipped delivers a support for Lotus Domino. Also, it might be considered tha...
over 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 3 Not under consideration

Tape open/closes in actlog need process ids.

When a single admin command creates multiple processes, (eg maxpr=2), each of which opens/closes tapes, the session number of the admin is shown in the actlog message, but not the process number. Please add the process number to the open/close act...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Include command (eg incremental) on query session f=d

The output of query session f=d does not include the command (incremental, restore, archive, etc.) Add the command to the output.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

TSM file devclass support for multiple directories

When defining file type of devclass, the directory options can be multiple directories. define devc fileclass devtype=file directory=/back1,/back2 Currently the backup will not use the second directory /back2 unless its size is smaller than /back1...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

TSM Scripting : Add a "FOR" construct

Add a FOR loop construct similar to UNIX/Windows scripting
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

TSM Scripting : Add a "SLEEP" command

Add a unix like "SLEEP" construct that forces TSM interal scripts to wait for a number of seconds before going onto the next command.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Reporting Needing for FastBack Servers on 64bit Windows 2008 R2 Systems

In order for the TSM Admin Center to communicate with a FastBack server, Tivoli Common Reporting must be installed on the FastBack server. Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) 1.2 nor 2.1 is supported on a Windows 2008 R2 operating system, even though Fa...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack 2 Not under consideration

AIX support for ibm HH LTO5

IBM HH LTO 5 is currently only supported X Series.Request to work on AIX.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Not under consideration

TSM: Smarter Reclamations when objects span tapes

If an object (a huge file, or a backup from a TDP agent, for example) spans three or more volumes, so it starts on one volume, consumes all of one or more volumes, and ends on the third (or last) volume, any reclamation of a tape containing a segm...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration