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    SCDM should allow for customization of permissions it sets on Oracle directories, or just leave the permissions alone.

    SCDM changes the existing permissions on the /apps/oracle/admin directory and other files when an instant oracle database restore is performed. SCDM should either put them back exactly the way were before the restore job started, or allow for cust...
    about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    CSM concurrent Global Mirror point-in-time copies

    We run with 4 Global Mirror failover/failback w/practice sessions that use the same Consistency Group hw session ID (0x3) and we would like to be able to perform the 'flash' point-in-time copies for all 4 sessions concurrently.
    over 8 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Collect the file space information in TSM monitoring and reporting

    Currently the file space (q filespace) information from the TSM server is not being captured in the Monitoring and reporting application. The information that I am needing the most is the file space capacity and the percentage utilized.
    over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 2 Not under consideration

    GUI vs Command line

    When I issues the command SET ACCESS BACKUP * nodename from the command line they get the following results as seen in the GUI: However, if they try to define it the same way in the gui an error is received: The results end up looking like this: T...
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

    TSM for VE Restore to Alternate Location Options

    Restoring a VM to an alternate location is lacking sufficient details and options to allow for a prompt and quick restore.1. The drill-down provided goes from data center to ESX host and then to data store. I believe another option to select a clu...
    over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

    Ability to encrypt export media

    TSM based Application Encryption uses the TSM Server database to store encryption keys. It is currently not possible to encrypt export tapes (self-describable media) as there is no documented method to extract the applicable encryption key from th...
    over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    SP Recovery Agent Session Selection Saving

    When you utilize "IBM Spectrum Protect Recovery Agent" and configure a "New IBM Spectrum Protect server ..." under the "IBM Spectrum Protect Server" section, it will override any previously configured servers (removes any previously configured ser...
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

    Add warnning message for Filesystem NFS excluded from Backup in option "all-local"

    We use the "Client option set" to make a backups for a group of servers. When we use the domain "All-local" and specify a NFS Filesystem in a "Include" statement, the TSM Server doesn't show a message warnning reporting that are exclude of backup.
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    Provide support for TSM for VE on PowerLinux (Linux-ppc64)

    One of the advantages of running large backups/restores in a Power system is the use of in memory networking between LPARs. By increasing the MTU size of these inter-partition networks, we are able to get decreased backup times of several of our l...
    over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

    Ability to have -vmfolder include sub-folders

    In a large organisation, vmware and tsm will have different people administering them. The ability to include sub-folders would allow more flexibility.
    over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 4 Not under consideration

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