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    ADD FUNCTION ON CLI (SELECT) FOR IBM SPECTRUM FOR VE

    From gui view it's possible to implement the search "VM WHITOUT BACKUPS".We would add this function at CLI level.In this way I will can schedule a weekly reports.
    almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration

    Migration from CPS

    Provide capability for customers to move from legacy CPS hardware to fusion
    about 3 years ago in Storage Fusion 2 Not under consideration

    TSM Admin Sched returns completed even when it fails

    backup admin scheds ALWAYS returns completed, even when it fails.A 'backup db' administrative schedule for example. If any option specified is incorrect, the backup db will fail, but the schedule returns completed !!! In my opinion it should retur...
    almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

    Cross-platform/device recovery of NDMP backups

    Client has requested the ability to recovery NDMP files to a non-NAS recovery target, for example a Windows server.
    almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    Over calculation of space needed for NDMP backup

    When attempting to do an NDMP backup of a virtual filespace, instead of looking at the amount of data in the filespace that is being backed up, TSM looks at the entire used storage of the NAS filer to determine whether the storage pool target is l...
    about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1 : Option to remove maximum number of nested directory check or increase the value.

    In IBM Spectrum Protect Client 8.1 the fix for IT13701 (http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT13701) prevents us from backing up our mail server structure which legitimately has more than 1400 nested subdirectories. There should be a...
    about 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

    SVCDTA FlashCopy Target must be mirrored, if source volumes are mirrored

    We have an open Complaint AK2872.To solve this complaint we have to migrate to SVCDTA in FlashCopy Manager.Wwe get the problem adressed in the PMR for our critical luns..
    about 9 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

    Self cooling racks

    We run into instances where the DC does not have adequate cooling. We can provide the customer with option of self cooling racks, such as - https://www.netrackindia.com/blog/self-contained-racks-with-cooling/ We ship the stacked racks to the custo...
    about 3 years ago in Storage Fusion 1 Not under consideration

    Make mmclone permissions work like cp

    Currently, a file clone created with mmclone always has its group owner set to the primary gid of the creating process, without regard to the setgid bit of the containing directory, and without regard to the group owner of the original file. Other...
    about 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    Make mmclone permissions work like cp

    Currently, a file clone created with mmclone always has its group owner set to the primary gid of the creating process, without regard to the setgid bit of the containing directory, and without regard to the group owner of the original file. Other...
    about 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Future consideration

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