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Command required to terminate tape optimization recall

No command is available to terminate a tape optimization recall(TOR).Now you need to invoke "ctrl+c" if you have access to the shell in which the dsmrecall is running, or search its process ID and issue "kill SIGTERM". dsmq + dsmrm can be used for...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Space Management 1 Future consideration

Need a function displaying the recalls optimized for tape access

Currently you are not able to see which file is being recalled in case of tape optimization recall(TOR).The dsmq command is not applicable to TOR.
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Space Management 1 Not under consideration

tdposync with script

Since migration to version 6.3.0, we are no more able to use tdposync in script because password is request on concole or terminal. Many Oracle DB is hosted in our Data Centers and cleanup TSM with RMAN Catalog can be a heavy load if this opportin...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 4 Planned for future release

selective objectizer feature needed

In unfied file and object env, there is some cases that ibmobjectizer should have an option to run only some selective filesets or containers to avoid sudden additional heavy workload due to ibmobjectizer run.
about 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

restore stg xxx preview=yes

Env TSM Srv 6.2.3.0 for Windows x86_64 SrvName: DKS006_SERVER1 Problem: The client complained the output of the "Restore Stg ...PREVIEW=YES" command. He expect like described in documentation a complete and simple list of all volumes which are req...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

unattended/silent installation required for TDP Oracle on AIX, other platforms have that functionality

An unattended (silent) installation facility is requied for Tivoli Storage Manger for Databases, Data Protection for Oracle, on AIX - as it is in place for the other platforms such as HPUX, Linux and Windows!
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

add awk to restricted shell in spectrum virtualize

please add awk to available commands in restricted shell on storwize / spectrum virtualize systems
almost 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Reload ssl config without restarting server

Enable reload of ssl/tsl config without restarting the server.
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Exclude VMs based on VM size/.vmdk size with dsm.opt/cloptset exclusion

With the explosion of virtual machines taking over our datacenters, using TSM for Virtual Environments is crucial to successfully protecting the data in our IT organizations. It is obvious that there is no "one size fits all" tool for protecting t...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration

Optimize Write IO behaviour on DISK

Using diskpools (deviceclass=disk) or filepools (deviceclass=file) on a non-cached disk system is very slow, and therefore not usable. Example (same setup in both cases):TSM write to diskpoolon 8x Internal DISK = 8MB/sAIX cp command on 8x Internal...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration