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    Wildcard Support for VMFolder option in TSM4VE

    We have different retention requirement for VM backup. so I was wondering if wild card is supported than we would not have to modified OPT file every time we add new customer..
    over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration

    INCLUDE INACTIVATION DATE IN QUERY BACKUP

    Include a new column showing the inactivation date of inactive objects in the output of dsmc query backup. i.e. dsmc q ba -ina -subdir=yes -showinactivationdate /mydir/* Also, it would be vastly simplify parsing if the dsmc client could do tab del...
    over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

    Spectrum Data Copy Management should be able to skip client cleanup

    It should be possible to cancel an active restore to a target without CDM cleaning up the target system. This could be a check box to indicate that the admin is responsible for manual cleanup before initiating the cancel.
    almost 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

    DELETE FILESPACE FROM STORAGE POOL (ESPECIALLY COPY)

    Allow DELETE FILESPACE to specify a storage pool. i.e. delete filespace <nodename> <filespace> stgpool=<stgpool>
    over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

    Oracle Database Cloning improvements in FCM

    Two enhancements are requested. 1) Currently FCM requires environment variable ORACLE_HOME to be set in the users environment right after logon. We request that FCM should read this value from /etc/oratab so that we can have a single user for mult...
    over 14 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 4 Planned for future release

    Operation Center Report Interval

    TSM Operation center reports scheduling is limited. Some reports for management are more useful at monthly, quarterly or even yearly intervals, however currently the only supported schedules are daily or weekly. Adding additional duration options ...
    almost 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 0 Not under consideration

    V7000 Hyperswap reduced FC connectivity between Sites

    The V7000 with Hyperswap configuration with no ISL. Two V7K enclosure implemented for two site with NO ISL configuration. Two site has been connected each other via 4 FC link . The connectivity is limited with 4 FC cables instead of 8 FC cables an...
    almost 10 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    V7000 Gen1 PCIe bus issue causing Node aserts

    When the node asserts due to a PCIe issue the node is taken offline. This impacts performance and redundancy. An IBM CE is required to reseat the node to bring it back online.
    almost 10 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Is a defect

    Change TSM Server-based Library Manager behaviour

    Please change the behaviour of the TSM Server-based acting in a library manager only role to not require read/write access to the tape drives during normal operations. Currently, TSM server performing library manager only function (no servicing ba...
    over 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

    Tivoli Central Console shows Wrong Data

    TSM FastBack for Workstations Central Administration Console does not show the correct data.
    almost 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack for Workstations 2 Not under consideration

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