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Configurable Read Preference Policy for VDisk Mirrors

Add an option when creating VDisk/Volume mirrors to set the Read preference policy for the mirror. By default the read preference is set to VDisk/Volume copy_id 0. Would like to have an option added to VDisk mirror creation commands that allows fo...
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

TSM for Virtual Environments instant restore via NFS

Full VM instant restore should be possible via NFS for customers without iSCSI storage (eg SAN or VSAN)
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

TSM OC reports same node multiple times

OC reports the same node multiple time making administrators job not very easy.
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 2 Not under consideration

Define schedule 512 characters limitation

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21584359 Limitation of 512 character when defining a schedule
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

Ability to automatically delete FCM backups after offloaded to a TSM Server

It will be great if we had a way to automatically delete fcm storage backups after the data are offloaded to a TSM server
about 10 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

Provide access state for a mdisk from all accessiable path

The customer hopes SVC provides access state for a mdisk from all accessiable path, currently this is not provided by SVC.
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Check for Real-time Compression health in SAN Volume Controller Software Upgrade Test Utility

Upgraded from 7.2.0.5 to 7.2.0.8 when 2nd node hit 1862 error. Single RtC volume went offline. Same volume affected from last PMR 68963,122 on 5/5/14. IBM advised customer to remove host disk mapping associated w/ vol 66 and run repairsevdisk copy...
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Memory Quesing with VM Backup

Please allow the choice to snap a vm's memory or not in the backup. as when full memory is captured on a vm with a large memory set (64 gb in this case) if a vmdk is near full the snap can easliy fill it.also non-memory snaps run faster
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

Problem with long running Incr. Backup on deduped Win 2012 Drive

We have 2 Win 2012 Fileserver with several millions of files and several terabytes of data. Now it is deduped and incr. run now 6 times longer.It would be great to implement "Windows optimized Backup" into the TSM Baclient.
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Automatic Deletion of HANA Backup

In TSM HANA TDP parameter MAX_VERSIONS is not activated.This is a big disadvantage. In normal TSM SAP TDP it is implemented.
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 2 Not under consideration

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