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GFS2 Support

WE have at least two customer interested in getting support for GFS2 filesystems.
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Set correct locale for dsmcad RC script on Ubuntu 14.04

The rc.dsmcad init script does not set the locale in all cases. Since dsmcad starts dsmc, this leads to encoding errors (ANS4042E) and several files not being backed up on SuSE and Ubuntu systems. For RedHat systems, the file /etc/init.d/functions...
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Is a defect

TDP - Set INCLUDE.VMSNAPSHOTATTEMPTS Globally

On the datamover, INCLUDE.VMSNAPSHOTATTEMPTS is used to allow fallback to a non-quiesced snapshot if the initial quiesce fails. Currently this option must be set on a per-VM basis. There should be an option to set this globally.
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

DISABLE SESSIONS command enhancement

As discussed in the TSM Administrator's Guide, under certain circumstances it is useful to be able to run a TSM server in single-user, standalone mode. For example, in a disaster recovery situation this is usually essential during the initial stag...
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

FlashCopy Manager Support for Hyper-V

Deloitte Global is simply underwhelmed with IBM's software defined storage. Particularly with respect to the SVC (Spectrum Control), they find that we simply have not delivered enough integration with the Microsoft ecosystem over the past year. He...
almost 9 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration

VM "self-defined" backup using VM custom attributes

Many large IT organization are performing VM backups in a multi-tenant environment. In those complex environments, the VM naming convention cannot always be fixed by the IT and thus, backup setup rules thru the VM name (wildmask filters, host sele...
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

TSM BA Client Support for Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan

Latest TSM BA Client fails to install on Mac OS X 10.11. Support stops at 10.10.
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

Data Manager reports should recognize GPFS & VMFS as a cluster

The report Data Manager > Reporting > TPC-wide Storage Space > File System Space > By cluster does not show GPFS clusters or VMware ESX clusters as a cluster. They are shown under By Computer. As a result, the file space in /VMFS (ESX ...
over 13 years ago in IBM Spectrum Control 3 Future consideration

Protect Agent Support for Db2 Warehouse/MPP on Scale

For a "role your own" Db2 MPP/Warehouse the Protect client agent is currently not supported or tested. This is available in the Netezza format (appliance). The solution proposal will need this capability. Need support for the client agent within a...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

Also Implement DAR on TSM Server CLI

Currently DAR is implemented on the TSM Web Client Interface only. Individual file restores done from the TSM Server CLI do not utilize DAR. This causes additional overhead during a restore process of the entire image being scanned and if large en...
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

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