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    report if backup was deduped by client

    If the client de-duplication has been enabled for a given node, but the estimated size is bigger than:tsm: TSMWAR01>q opt *deduptx* Server Option Option Setting------------------------- -----------------------------------ClientDedupTxnLimit 1,0...
    over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Not under consideration

    Enhancement to the new node 'decommission' command

    TSM 7.1.3 introduces a new command called 'decommission node' Can this be enhanced to have a date option to specify a future date other than the default retention policy? Example: "decommission node xxxx date=12/31/2015 ...."
    over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    Rebinding Archives between management classes

    We have two managment classes for archiving data; one mgmt class expires archives after twelve months (temp mgmt class) and the other does not expire archives( never expires). We have a requirement to set some of the archives under temporary mgmt ...
    almost 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Not under consideration

    Issue an alert for less physical capacity

    This idea is related to SCSI-I-1160. "Auto stop of Write operation against oops" may be too difficult, so I'll submit another idea. The customer encountered oops (Out of Physical Space) on FlashSystem 900 AE3 under V7000. The customer request...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

    GUI role for user with permissions to only manage Quota on Spectrum Scale

    We have several divisions who would need to manage their own quota on Spectrum Scale. According to the IBM DEV Team and Lab Services, users with one of the following roles should have access to the filesets/quotas: securityadmin admin protocoladmi...
    over 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

    Individual File Restore Security (SSH)

    Individual File Restore under Linux currently requires a passwordless ssh access from any client which wants to use individual file restoreto a Windows machine as user Administrator. This rises multiple implications: Security: You can log in to th...
    almost 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 3 Not under consideration

    Ignore small differnces in tape formats when selecting tapes for write

    Tape selection criteria were modified in v1.3.3.0 to improve tape utilization: P1: The tape that is currently mounted in the selected drive.P2: Tapes with the least amount of capacity.P3: Barcode order: If there are multiple tapes that have the sa...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Archive 0 Not under consideration

    qos throttle support -N remote-node

    qos throttle support -N remote-node
    over 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    Hide filenames for TSM administrators

    When a client requests to encrypt files in a backup, filenames and directories are available in clear text in the database, fully accessible by administrators. Secret information may be revealed. This is a major show stopper for MSPs and CSPs in t...
    over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    We want TSM for VE client skip backup of all other VM's on that data-store once the backup job has detected the out-of-space

    Statefarm is using TSM for VE (Data Mover Node) to back up virtual desktop from Citrix/VMware Infrastructure. When Data Store run out of space for any reason, backup of vm fails but TSM for VE client keep trying to backup next VM in same data stor...
    over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 3 Not under consideration

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