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Doc to install Agent ITM for TSM server to HACMP

We want to install the agent ITm TSM server on HACMP cluster.We find no documentation on the product. This is very urgent
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Planned for future release

Selectively install filesets with Auto Deployment or install only Filesets already deployed

The ability to select which filesets are installed during auto deployment. For security and system resource reasons, we install only features that will be used for each TSM Client. Auto deployment installed Hdw, HdwSnp, Image, and NAS when upgradi...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 2 Planned for future release

Match return codes with documentation

Currently there is a disparity in the documentation vs the actual behaviour. As such I would like to see this recitified.I would like, that the following be changed in so that the 'return code 4 explanation is as follows: "The operation completed ...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Planned for future release

FCM for tdpsql can't work with multiple dsm.opt files

There is no command-line option nor any other option/possibility to tell FCM for tdpsql (6.4.0.0) to use the settings from a specific dsm.opt. In previous versions this was possible using the deprecated tdpsql.exe GUI, however by deprecating this ...
over 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 2 Planned for future release

Customizing FCM TDP MSSQL Configuration files

Please include possibility for customzing locations of TDP for MSSQL configuration files (.cfg + .opt) at MMC console of FileCopyManager. For example as on TSM Baclient with environment variables.
over 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 2 Planned for future release

Tivoli FCM individual mail box restore problem

restore the mail box with it's locale rather then change the locale setting of the exchange server everytime.
over 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Planned for future release

TSM for VE Using VMware Resource Pools for backup selection

TSM for VE Using VMware Resource Pools for backup selection. vCloud director creates resource pools for each "org" or client/LOB. vCloud places the vCloud managed VM's in those resource pools.
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Planned for future release

FCM: Unix/Linux Netapp NFS support for DB2/Oracle/SAP

FCM v3.2 for Unix/Linux supports Netapp Storage via FC or iSCSI, but not NFS. This RFE is to support nfs as well.
almost 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Planned for future release

Request to change the use of Name servers in stead of /etc/hosts file

Tivoli products are still dependent of using /etc/hosts file instead of using Name Servers. Is it not a bit old fashioned the use of /etc/hosts file?We do not use the /etc/hosts file but when we want to upgrade TSM server we need to put all kind o...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Planned for future release

No Exchange Dumster functionality by IMR

Since Exchange 2010, Mailbox and DB-dumpster are an important feature for customers. TDPE 6.x is always backing up these data via VSS/Snapshot technologies. Unfortenatly, TDPE 6.X is not able to restore these kind of datas. The customer who is usi...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 2 Planned for future release