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Better logging for node replication failures

When using node replication, and a replication process fails - it is very often hard to find the exact cause.It would be great, if the reason - or at least the node(s) and/or filespace(s), that caused the error would be logged in the TSM server ac...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

TDP for SQL option limitation.

When initiating a full backup of all the databases, tdpsqlc.exe crashes with this error:ACO6205E The tdpsqlc command that was entered exceeds the maximum length limit. The length limit of each option is 1790 characters.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Is a defect

Management and control of GPFS disk area and Tape Quota

<Requirement>GPFS fileset quota can control not only for on the disk, but also on the tape with LTFS EE.
over 11 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

Add Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 to the list of supported Operating systems

We would like to have Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) version 6 (Red Hat Compatible Kernel) added to the list of supported Operating Systems for Tivoli Storage Manager server on Linux x86_64. Please note that OEL provides two kernels. We are referri...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Add options for type of ESX snapshot in TSMVE

Would like the ability to take non-quiesce snapshots with TSMVE in our ESX environment. I've been told snapping without an OS quiesce is a supported option in ESX and we'd like to be able to throw that flag for select VMs.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 3 Not under consideration

Increase size of volume capacity field in in SVC GUI's volume details sub-window

This request refers to SVC's new code level 7.3 and related communication with the new products team: in the SVC GUI the capacity field, which is included in the "create volume main view" (please see volume details sub window) is in some cases too...
over 11 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Protect Agent Support for Db2 Warehouse/MPP on Scale

For a "role your own" Db2 MPP/Warehouse the Protect client agent is currently not supported or tested. This is available in the Netezza format (appliance). The solution proposal will need this capability. Need support for the client agent within a...
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

Ensure LAN_FREE when NEXTpool is used

In a situation where a customer sets up a policy so that data may go to 2 different storage pools, and uses the MAXSIZE parameter of a storage pool to determine where data is placed, the ability to access the 2nd storage via LAN_FREE is only deter...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Additional parameter for TSM BA client to specifically identify a given VM for backup.

The TSM BA client assumes that all VMs in a vSphere estate have unique names, and uses the VM's name as the only means of selecting an individual VM for backup. However, vSphere allows for multiple VMs to exist with the same name. This is particul...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

Occupancy not reporting on objects stored in the TSM database

The Query Occupancy or Select from Occupancy commands do not report on backup objects stored within the TSM database.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration