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Provide support in FlashCopy Manager for refresh from pureScale to non-pureScale DB2

IBM FlashCopy manager needs to support new DB2 (10.5) function that allows pureScale-based DB2 systems to be restored to a non-pureScale-based system. Prior to 10.5, this was not possible, but now, based on an OFFLINE backup, it is possible to res...
over 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

Certified TDP for Mail on Red Hat 6 x86_64

We have a TSM Server 6.3.3 and Domino Server 8.5.3 fp3 on Red Hat 6 x86_64, however the whole environment is certified except the "TDP for Mail".The "TDP for Mail" is already running on our environment and works fine.Therefore, I would like that I...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 1 Planned for future release

Add filtervalue parm to catauditlog

The catauditlog has no filter value parm.... can we please add one.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Record TSM Backupset Tape utilization in the backupsets table

At present the only way to obtain the tape utilization of a backupset is to look for the backupset completion message. once this rolls off the activity log it is not possible to get this information. I propose that an additional column is added to...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

DS8886 CSM LDAP advanced tab should not be locked down

Our LDAP environment currently requires that we use advanced settings when setting up CSM on the DS8886 for LDAP access. In the CSM setup there is a tab labeled basic and another one labeled advanced. During initial setup we use the Basic tab to e...
almost 6 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Is a defect

SVC Upgrade test utility

Please enhance the upgradetest utility to display if a BIOS/BMC upgrade will be needed.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Export node. Option to only export active files

We want the option to export only Active files not Active-deleted files as well when running export node.Today when run export node with filedata=backupactive both Active files and the last Active file know to the tsm database (both active and ina...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

TSM for VE Using VMware Resource Pools for backup selection

Select vm backup based on resource pool, i.e., use resource pools as vm selection with the include.vmfull domain (similar to hosts, hostclusters, etc.). .
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

Add a log file to show the CLI command that were done from the GUI

Create a log file that will show each GUI command (backup, attach, detach, restore) how it is translated into a CLI command (similar to what XIV has).It should only show the CLI commands (and maybe the final status of success / fail), nothing else.
over 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Planned for future release

please bring back a dsmfmt like tool in tsm6. formatting hundrets of 10GB volumes is not fun in the command line

dsmfmt could be automized by running a shell script.without it you have to format volume by volume.that take REALLY long time.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

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