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Q STGP to display % free as well as % Util

It would be handy to have Q STGP display what is truely avaliable for use in a storage pool, rather than just what is utilised. If you run the command it will show you how much disk is currently in use, but unless you also look at Q VOL STGP=<P...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Planned for future release

Include FlashCopy information in SAN Volume Controller/Storwize system dumps

Storwize and SAN Volume Controller snaps are useful, self-enclosed files used by IBM for diagnostics and support. Additionally, these files can be used for reconstruction and migration by IBM Business Partner, Value-Added Resellers, System Integra...
about 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

reduce install size of TSM Server

Currently the size of the TSM V6 server is 1.6 - 1.8GB. This is regardless of a fresh install, upgrade or minor fix install. The majority of the space appears to be consumed by db2. We have 1200 TSM servers, mostly located at remote sites with low...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Planned for future release

transparent cloud tiering and Global mirror restriction needs to be cleared

I would like to clear the restriction of simultaneous usage of Transparent Cloud Tiering AND global mirror on same source LUN.
about 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Cache destage statistics

Include Upper Cache Destage Response Times and Lower Cache De-Stage Response times in Storwize statistics. (Nv)
about 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

V7000 Pool View: expanded vs. collapseed view

Customer asks for collapsed view of pools in the GUI. By default, the pool view shows expanded all pools - but this is with many pools not very handy. Maybe it's possible to add a setting like (expanded or collapsed display of the pools in the GUI...
over 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

FCM Win: Enhance Altering

Currently (v3.1) FCM only reports its own error messages to the MMC. This is hard to monitor in an enterprise environment. The user should be informed about any aborted process. So, this enhancement is to add also error reports to e.g.:- SCOM (Sys...
over 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 3 Not under consideration

Long Waiting for access on FDEVC during Migration

During migration i file is in use by a client backup session. Migration is waiting until the file is mountable for the process. it takes very very long:Waiting for access to input volume /tsmstg2/tsm152/0000CB96.BFS (24108 seconds). This can be al...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Not under consideration

Domino presnapshot script should monitor nservice.exe

Domino presnapshot causes error 2518 when net start "Lotus Domino Server (xDominodata)" because of presnapshot try to launch Domino Service even though nservice.exe process still live. presnapshot should watch nservice.exe process.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack 2 Is a defect

Apple is asking for DD Boost support with TSM.

Apple is asking for DD Boost support with TSM. DD Boost, formerly called Data Domain Boost Software, enables part of the deduplication effort to be offloaded to the backup client server. DD Boost is now integrated with EMC NetWorker as well as wit...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 4 Not under consideration

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