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sort order of query occupancy command

With version 6 of TSM server the sorting order of "query occupancy"has changed from "fsid" to "alphabetical order". Why? The sorting order of commands "query filespace" (sorted by fsid)and "query ocupancy" should be the same. My opinion: This is a...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

TDPO RMAN Delete with honoring RETONLY parameter

Currrently if Oracle RMAN deletes a backup object, this object gets deleted immediately in TSM without honoring the RETONLY parameter in the backup copygroup. If a crazy Oracle admin deletes the original Oracle database and also run a RMAN delete ...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Not under consideration

CAB extension support for TSM

Hi Dev, I wonder when TSM will support NDMP with CAB (Cluster aware backup) for Netapp cDOT? I have a bunch of netapp systems that I would like to backup with TSM and CAB but the IBM support told me it's not possible today. On page 53 in this neta...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 2 Not under consideration

TSM and ILMT Support for Oracle VM Environment

We have the following environmentOracle Virtual Server  3.3.1 Oracle Virtual Machine OS Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 update 4 & 5 update 7Oracle Database version 12c, 11g, 10g This is environment (Oracle VM) is not supported by ILMT (IBM Lic...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

unable to take backups of a database using tdp 6.4.1 for SQL 2012 with always on node

Tsm server 6.4 qnd we are trying to take one backup in two different management classes using tdp sql 2012 with always on feature enabled. For tye second backup which should go to the new mgmt, it fails with the merge test. Because backup happens ...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Not under consideration

TSM fo VE (VMware) / Extend Data Mover Linux OS Support

Currently, Data Mover OS requirements support the following:RHEL 5.9, 6.2, 6.3; SLES 11SP2 Many customers do not have these old RHEL releases in their supported deployment plans. They use newer versions of RHEL. TSMfVE Data Mover must also support...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

new authority class "QUERY" for query and select privilege

In order to restrict the query and select commands for all the administrators having only client owner authority I put "QUERYAuth<br /> Storage" in dsmserv.opt. In order to monitor the server activity, I    have defined the ad...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Journal based backup for RHEL7

We will soon be deploying Redhat 7 for all our new servers, including a large number in the research space for use with large numbers of files (potentially hundreds of millions). Journal based backups are not available for RHEL7, only for RHEL6 wh...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

When SVC upgrade stalls and you click abort upgrade a warning states that hosts will lose access but there is no CANCEL

When customer encounters a stalled upgrade, they have an option to Stop Upgrade. When that is selected another pop up window shows up that states "There are volumes that can only be accessed via one node. These volumes will become unavailable. Cli...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

FCM MODE SENSE(6)　Page 0x1C Support

Customer have been bothered with unknown originated FCM (FlashCopyManager) Error since 2013. This time, we have confirmed that the trigger of error is not supported page,Mode Sense(6),0x1CCustomer dissatisfy long-term unsentimental situation , so ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

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