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TSM backup client fails to restore directories that were "over quota" when the backup was performed

Novell NSS file system (on a SLES based server) has a feature called "directory quota". It is possible to set such a quota on a directory, such that the quota is lower than the amount of data currently stored within the directory. TSM will backup ...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Not under consideration

Improve TSM Replication over high latency WAN links

I would like a TSM server option that would allow TSM to use as many parallel TCP connections as possible in order to maximize throughput along a Long Fat Pipe (WAN link w/ >60ms latency between TSM servers). Alternatively, I would like the TSM...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Planned for future release

TSM for VE: Exclude Windows Page File

TSM for VE needs to provide the ability to exclude Windows page files.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Planned for future release

FlashCopy Manager & GLVM

In some installed server P systems we manage as outsourcer we need to copy storage data between two different datacenters (source in Italy, target in France; different storage type).The only way to manage copy is GLVMSome of the source systems hav...
over 8 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration

planexpl.awk.smp script should create an individual file for the SERVER.RERQUIREMENTS stanza.

The packaged script to explode the DR Plan into individual files (i.e. planexpl.awk.smp) currently does not create an individual file for the SERVER.RERQUIREMENTS stanza. The stanza SERVER.RERQUIREMENTS should be included in these scripts so when ...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

Supporting Cloud-Container Storage pools on zLinux

Cloud-container storage pools is a feature that that already exists on Spectrum Protect family but it is not supported neither has a roadmap for it on top of Linux on Z.Today Sicoob already uses Spectrum protect on Linux on Z and not having a prop...
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

ANR8341I End-of-volume reached for FILE volume

ACTION TAKEN: I informed the customer after discussion with development:We have had multiple discussions with different developers and each timewe get to the same point of this is not something that we can fix in an APAR. This is working as design...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Be able to specify the order of VM Backups

We want to be able to specify the order that virtual machines are backed up to fit in with time constraints that specific server present for the backup window
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration

Add filspace start/backup end time to Monitoring for TSM

The monitoring agent for Tivoli Storage Manager should collect information about backup start and end time for filespace backups (Occupancy view in Tivoli Enterprise Portal). This information is easily collectable in TSM database.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 1 Planned for future release

TSM node replication needs to support a Many to Many Server Grid

TSM Node Replication needs to allow the target replication server to be defined on a node by node basis rather than a server by server basis
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

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