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TSM currently can recognized different file systems types. I woud like TSM by default to be able to recognize GFS2 file syste

TSM need to be able to recognize GFS2 file systems like it does with any other file system type seen by TSM. When TSM is installed and configured it should be able to see this file system with out any manually intervention. It should be a native s...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 2 Not under consideration

Documentation update regarding Deduplication enabled Storage Pools using FILE Device Class type

Documentation update referencing the importance of proper storage pool "DATAFormat" type for DEDUPLICATION enabled SEQUENTIAL ACCESS Storage Pools of FILE Device Class. As the user defines Sequential Access Storage Pool of FILE Device Class type t...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Support DB2 systems running on GPFS with FCM

DB2 supports build and operation on GPFS filesystems. Currently FCM does not support DB2 on GPFS (except for pureScale). Unilever would like a single filesystem pattern across pureScale and non-pureScale - based on GPFS. This implies an ability to...
about 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

Enhance ACS support on TSM

Add support for multiple ACS servers on 1 TSM server.
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Allow TSM client logs to be brought back to server for analysis when server staff do not have access to client file system

Allow TSM staff to bring back and use the TSM client logs to determine issues and error conditions at the time of backup failures
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Use a linux web client to do NDMP restores

There does not appear to be a way to restore a NDMP backup via a linux GUI client. This means that in order to do a restore a windows server needs to be provisioned, maintained and available purely for restoration purposes.
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Senior Technical Specialist

Add another Security Role.The Role is the same as Monitor with the added function of "Download Support Package".
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Support Request-Spectrum Protect with SteelFusion

We would like IBM to look at Spectrum Protect and a product called SteelFusion working together as a supported configuration for CBI (Chicago Bridge & Iron)
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

Request for support of 32 bit TDP client on 64 bit operating system.

Because you cannot install i.e TDP for Domino x32 on x64 OS you are unable to backup IBM products like Quickr for Domino. Quickr requires Domino x32, If you want to install TDP x32 you are unable to install because OS is x64. You cannot use TDP x6...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 2 Not under consideration

Wildcard Support for VMFolder option in TSM4VE

We have different retention requirement for VM backup. so I was wondering if wild card is supported than we would not have to modified OPT file every time we add new customer..
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration