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    TSM Meta Data Only Replication

    TSM Meta Data only replication
    over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    EasyTier pool - import of image mode with tier level designation

    when migrating client environments in a newly deployed, EasyTier enabled environments, space restraints make an import of the existing client data impossible. a typical space proportion would be 10% flash, 30% enterprise and 60% nearline. When imp...
    over 10 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    FCM for VMware: Change FMM0654E to warning or information

    In FCM for VMware, a backup schedule fails with FMM0654E if a VM is not part of a datastore any more compared to a previous backups. This usually happens when a VM is being moved through vMotion. vMotion is a very frequent use case used in nearly ...
    over 10 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

    FCM for VMware: For VM restore GUI should ask for Storage Resource Group

    If a VM is being restored to another location the GUI does not ask for a Storage Resource Group. This implies that it is impossible to restore the VM to any Storage Resource Group. Instead the VM is being restored outside an Storage Resource Group...
    over 10 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

    Add a administrative socket to the SP server

    Add a administrative socket to the dsmserv process, or a alternative way to send commands to the running process at the local system.Using the the dsmadmc is relay hard for scripting and always needs password to be specified.A socket is simple to ...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    Node replication failed and does not replicate all data if a communication error occurred on the source or target server

    The node replication failed and does not replicate all data if a communication error occurred on the source or target replication server.Occasionally, node replication will complete with a FAILURE in spite of replicating all objects after having a...
    almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    Provision of vdisk protection time for unmap and delete

    Currently there is a parameter "vdisk_protection_time" is available to configure on SVC to avoid any unforeseen deletions by an error. We need to have a different parameter for unmap of volume and a similar parameter for protecting against deletio...
    over 8 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    Forward audit logs/events to syslog server (user login/logout and failed logins).

    Customer uses Splunk to capture and mine syslog events. Requesting to add login/logout/failed login events to syslog on FlashSystem A9000R.
    over 4 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    TSM instance incompatibility with git in IBM's Linux Toolbox

    The problem appears to be that when login to the tsm instance account, which includes this in the ~/.profile file: # The following three lines have been added by IBM DB2 instance utilities. if [ -f /tsm/sqllib/db2profile ]; then . /tsm/sqllib/db2p...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    Image encryption

    By not allowing a image backup to be encrypted a potential security breach may arise. The particular situation is that a few files in a filesystem are encrypted. A image backup will negate that as it stores all files/blocks and all files will be r...
    over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

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