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Decouple TSM database from Storage Control - allow for VM based TSM

At present, TSM is typically deployed on physical machines due to the requirement to present physical tape resources. I suggest that the database repository be decoupled from the data flow so as to allow the server to be virtualized and provide th...
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

TSM Script variable assignment and flow control

Script flow control and variable use within TSM scripts is rudimentary, at best. Better flow control and the ability to use local variables would help creating useful and portable admin scripts.
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Additional Exclude Options made available within opt file

It is necessary when managing multiple environments and schedules to exclude vm's by any of the following; * datacentre * hostclusters * hosts * vm's * storge
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

Option to mount the file system with the root being as a subdirectory

Control over where GPFS mounts the 'root' (or perhaps fakeroot) of a GPFS file system in order to preserve file paths across different topologies.
about 10 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 5 Not under consideration

mmfsck -P poolname

Checking a file system with multiple pools means results in a check of the entire metadata for the file system when each pool is checked.  Not optimal.  Check individual pools instead.
about 10 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 5 Not under consideration

Pool placement based on path

Ability to place data into a pool based on the directory location of the data.
about 10 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 5 Not under consideration

Ability to flush / clear the cache (not to disk)

The cache on a node should be able to be cleared without unmounting and remounting the file system
about 10 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 5 Not under consideration

TSM for Virtual Environments Change Block Tracking Restore

I have many customers asking when TSM will have a CBT restore option. They state that products like EMC Avamar and Unitrends Virtual Backup Appliance have this capability.
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 3 Not under consideration

Add sender's address for call home

Please add a field for the sender's email address to the event notification's email configuration. Currently the system uses the reply address of the administrator's email contact as it's sender's address. It should be possible to configure a send...
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

TSM admin expiration on managed servers

Based on functionality : The passwords for managed administrator has expired, but they are not prompted to change the password when logging into the managed Server It is explained here :http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21500509 But...
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

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