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SVC CLI Verification when using -sync or -createsync

Add SVC CLI flag/switch to prompt for verification when using the mkrcrelationchip with -sync. Add SVC CLI flar/switch to prompt for verification when using the addvdiskcopy with -createsync.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

VE Snapshot without/Quiesce

With large VMware environments with TSM for VE, it is nearly impossible to get a clean backup of hundreds of VM's on a single data mover, given VSS instability. The VE backup should try application quiesce, first and if it fails do a non-quiesce s...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

SVC change System Parameter

Hi, When using the command mkvdisk the default for the rsize parameter is 20% this means that for each thin volume creation the default is to reserve 20% of space in the pool. How can we change the system default parameter for the command mkvdisk ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Allow SVC Global Mirror to fail over to Change Volumes should there be a WAN interruption (SYS4944)

Design software enhancement to allow SVC GM to auto-fail over to SVC GM CVs with WAN interruption
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

TDP for SQL exclusion of offline databases in backups

TDP for SQL agent skip/ignore/exclude offline databases in the backup process. Error code:ANE4993E (Session: 304432, Node: proxynode) TDP MSSQL Win32 ACO3002 Data Protection for SQL: full backup of database BannerProvisioning from server node fail...
over 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

Support Engineer

Issues with changing vmdk include/exclude rules on VM backupshttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21643349
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 3 Not under consideration

Replace DEFAULT with actual management class name in reporting.

The default management class is always shown as DEFAULT in SELECT * from BACKUPS reports rather than the actual class name which would be more useful in determining what the retention periods are for a given set of backup files, whereas with defau...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 2 Not under consideration

TSM for VE Automatic VM Exclusion

I would like the ability for TSM for VE to automatically exclude VM's which already has TSM BA Client installed and use for file level backup. This list could be generated from TSM Admin/Operations centre (Or any 3rd Party software managing TSM) a...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

How much space is needed.

When TSM issues ANR0534W size estimate exceedes stg, it would bee very nices if the estimated size was showen too.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Is a defect

HSM Recalls slow with sparse files.

Files that are sparse can take an exceptional length of time to recall from tape.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Space Management 2 Not under consideration