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TDP SQL files under "Default" management class

System: TDP SQL 6.3.xActor: UserDescription: if the user do not specify a management class when doing a backup the files will be placed under a management class called "Default", wich is a reserved name and does not really exist.
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Not under consideration

Support NDMP Cluster Aware Backup for Netapp Filer

Ontap 8 Clustermode supports NDMP backup of virtual filers. To backup all volumes independent of where the volumes are stored, NDMP Cluster Aware Backup is needed. See https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1196874/html/GUID-D1DBE2B8-1C3E-444D-9A0...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Planned for future release

Support syncronous write with ndmp backup

define stgpool says, that "simultaneous-write function is not supported for NAS backup operations". It would remove the necessesity to copy all tapes to a copypool after each NDMP backup.
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

eviction wishes

it would be really nice if: - there was a dry-run mode for mmafmctl evict that just generated output or a logfile of what it would have evicted there was an easy way to:- limit evictions to a specified pool- specifiy a pool safelimit instead of a ...
over 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

This applies to Spectrum CDM: enchance GUI ergonomy

Client noticed that when defining a schedule for a Spectrum CDM job, there are no “Save” or “OK” buttons on the schedule configuration window (see document attached) and it is required to click outside the Window to save changes. This is considere...
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 3 Not under consideration

Enhance logging of replication failures

We are using node replication between two TSM 6.3.2.0 servers, and were experiencing some replication failures, which was due to operator error. The issue was that one policy domain on the source server did not exist on the target server, so the r...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Solaris x86 TSM Client support beyond version 6.2.5

Currently the latest version of the TSM client is the 6.2.x client code. There are only Solaris SPARC versions available in later releases. We would like to see the x86 platforms supported.
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

SVC Reverse FlashCopy, Copy Rate%

I have been talking to Bill Wiegand about this change i would like to have changed int eh SVC. When you create a reverse Flashcopy the default if to set the copy rate to 0. When i have a Flashcopy as a SNAP and the default rate of a reverse is 0 n...
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Set Vdisks READ ONLY on SVC

With the intent to make migration into the SVC pre-work and outage time to the application as short as possible. I would like the ability to once i have new disks in a unmanaged state in the SVC as part of a migration. The ability to set that devi...
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

SVC Flash Copy GUI Change

I have discussed this with Bill Wiegand but i am requesting a change to the SVC GUI. The GUI needs to display a restore option for flashcopy sessions. Currently It is a operational challenge to perform restores on a large number of flashcopy sessi...
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Not under consideration

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