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VMWare SRM + TPC-R + XIV Integration

We use vmware SRM with VMs using XIV storage and using TPC-R for replica management and monitoring.Once the SRM has moved the VM, TPC-R shows an error message because the status is severe.IBM support explain us that the integration with SRM + XIV ...
over 8 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 3 Future consideration

FCM: User Interface

- Unified GUI for Unix/Linux/VMware/Windows- Show where (FCM, and/or TSM) the backups are and which backp-version of which application exist- Same look and feel like the TPC 5.1 WebGUI- WebGUI- Central interface for all FCM flavours- Optional Inte...
over 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

backupManagementTag: Unassigned instead of excluded

'dsmc show VM all' command output displaying "backupManagementTag: Unassigned" for excluded guests.Example :backupManagementTag: UnassignedbackupManagementTagSource: Tag on (vSphere object name) (mobid)
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

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

Enhance TDP for Oracle to enable an option to bypass the catalog and access inactive backups

Enhance the product (all TDP's for Databases but in this case specifically for Oracle) to enable recovery of inactive backups (not in the catalog).
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration

Spectrum Discover Reporting

Spectrum Discover is a powerful and useful tool, however, the reporting capability needs to match the product capability.
almost 3 years ago in Storage Discover 0 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

Spectrum scale - Read only dos attribute behavior on chmod 444/644

mobileye recently migrated from SONAS to scale . IBM approved for the SOANS system RPQ for "read only dos attributes on chmod 444/666. Mobileye are asking for the same RPQ on scale . attached the documentation approval for SONAS.
almost 6 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 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

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