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    BackupSet tape Migration

    We have backupsets created on 3592-JB tapes and we need to migrate these backupsets to 3592-JD tapes.We are in the process of discarding all JB tapes and TS1130 tape drive.We will have only TS1160 tape drives which can not read JB tapes.
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    Copy Services Manager - Need active/active or autofailover when HMC connection fails

    During a storage migration the Copy Services Manager server lost communication with the DS8886 HMC. The replication status and control was unavailable until the HMC was rebooted. CSM should use both HMCs of the DS8886 and not have a single point o...
    about 7 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Increase TS3000 TSSC password to more than the 16 character limit

    Passwords are increasing in the length. Our firm requires a minimum 16 character password as a standard. The TSSC webUI seems to have a 16 character limit whereas the TS7700 webUI supports longer passwords. We use LDAP and a single signon methodol...
    over 3 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Planned for future release

    Export performance or support data capability for a group of devices

    A SI user should be able to collect support data for a group of devices that are configured under a group.
    over 5 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

    backup hyper-v 2012 the backup is work but we have error 12

    We have backup server with windows 2012r2 and we install IBM SPECTRUM PROTECT SERVER 8.1.6 we have hyper-v 2012 r2 with 12 hosts with cluster , we install ibm spectrum protect for hyper-v 8.1.6 i want to backup only two vritual machines with linux...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

    Complete list of client instrumentation categories

    According manual "IBM Spectrum Protect Version 8.1.0 / Optimizing Performance" administrators can collect and analyse data for client performance problems. The table of client instrumentation categories that are tracked/timed is not complete (e.g....
    almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

    Moving backupsets between device types

    We are moving to a tapeless Tivoli environment. We have many backupsets on LTO cartridges that need to be kept forever (so they say). I need a method of moving these backupsets to a disk device type. This will keep us from having to keep an LTO dr...
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 2 Not under consideration

    Spectrum Scale Snapshot onto Tape

    Customer requires Spectrum Scale snapshot function onto tape media (via LTFS EE).
    about 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    Provide a way to show running TSM scripts and to cancel them

    Currently there is now way to show which TSM scripts have been startet and furthermore they cannot be stopped. The only way to finish a script prematurely is to cancel every process that is startet by the script or to define exit conditions such a...
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    systemd init scripts with BA client on linux platforms

    Given that all supported Linux platforms by the Tivoli Storage Manager B/A client have shifted to systemd init, provide both systemv and systemd startup scripts and either make a decision at install time or let users choose which method to use aft...
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

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