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deduplication issue

Backup taking long time after winodws deduplication is enabled on windows 2012 server
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

Client should deliver a possible patch/update level of an OS

New client-versions deliver information about the OS into the TSM-server.APAR IT13056 refers to OS Windows 2012 R2 Update 1.At the moment a TSM-admin has no possibilty to see whether a client has installed this update or not.Only the user of the c...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

FCM for APMM

Need FCM solution for Oracle 12 C RAC CDB/PDB database
over 8 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Not under consideration

mmcesdr secondary config should create NFS exports without RW access to all clients

Please can you modify mmcesdr secondary config so that it creates secure NFS exports (for use by AFM) by only exporting to the gateways of the primary cluster, and not all clients. When mmcesdr is used (mmcesdr secondary config) to set up the seco...
over 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

Support of AIX V7R2 with TSM V7R1 (latest version)

The requirement is a support of of AIX V7R2 with TSM V7R1 (latest version).Current, TSM V7R1 has support AIX V7R1. AIX V7R2 isn't included.
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Provide the ability to remove replication for a fileset via mmcesdr

This RFE is to provide the ability to remove replication for a fileset via mmcesdr. This is very messy to do manually. mmcesdr can be used to set up replication for an NFS or SMB exported fileset, and indeed expect to manage all aspects of AFM set...
over 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

Protocol replication need support for bi-directional replication

This request is for the ability for AFM-based protocol replication to be able to support protocol replication from Site A to Site B, whilst simultaneously supporting replication from site B to Site A.
over 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

Database temp space usage

Currently any large SQL queries results in using up all the remaining DB space. This causes shutdown and loss of service.
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

SVC upgrade test utility usage design change

1. The svcupgradetest utility currently does not allow the "-f" and "-v" flags to be used together on the same command line. Currently the "-f" flag can only be used with the "-d" flag. When the "-f" and -v" flag are used simultaneously, such as "...
over 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

could you please correct a document?

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672351 If 6.4.2 is not supported for 5.1 U3, could you please update this information to the technote for clarity ? (I think we can clear the support information when you create the sigle table fo...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration