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Bypass VSS_E_MAXIMUM_NUMBERS_OF_VOLUMES_REACHED limitation on

We need a new feature to bypass the VSS Limit of 64 Volumes during the Backups.
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 2 Not under consideration

implement managed disk (mdisk) mirroring

We would like to see the ability to mirror mdisks, similar to the current ability to mirror vdisks.
about 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

TSM 6.3 Reporting Email reports function doesnt work in secure Mailing environment

Using TSM 6.3 Reporting we have a feature of sending TCR Cognos reports over Email.For this we have to configure email settings using IBM Cognos Configuration --> Notifications.One of the settings is "Default Sender".Specifying Default sender e...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 2 Is a defect

message in export/import telling you no receiving node has been defined or haver export/import fail if no receiving node defi

for export/import have the process fail if there is no node defined on the receiving system. At the very least have a message saying the process failed because no node was defined on the receiving system.
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Planned for future release

Option to Restrict access rights of TSM BA Client

add an option to dsm.sys or dsm.opt that introduces a "strict" mode , i.e. FILESPACERESTRICTION DOMAIN | LOCAL | ALL with the effekt that BA Web Client GUI of a node only shows the Filespaces of that node and allows access for Backup/Restore a) on...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Product specification change request

When a backup real line command is executed from a client, I want a retry to change for it being made to be performed.
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM FastBack 2 Not under consideration

Please add some kind of reporting

Please expose the reporting in Data Protection for SQL Server. In the new management console there is a report named "Data Protection Activity Report". We would like to be able to gather the success/failures externally.
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Planned for future release

Support for SAP API for SAP HANA next release (SPS5)

Currently TDP for SAP HANA 6.4 supports HANA release SPS4. The next release of SAP HANA will ship an API which must be used in order to take backups. In order to be ready to support future HANA releases, TDP for SAP HANA needs to support this SAP ...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 2 Planned for future release

FCM: Simplify complexity of mounting

To mount a FlashCopy is more complex than expected, because it is not clear under which conditions which arguments must be used in order to mount a FlashCopy. Normally, FCM mounts the latest FlashCopy Backup to the Backup System with this command:...
about 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

For the CLI restore node command allow the client the option of not searching the "last full" first

I would like the option of when I do a restore of allowing TSM to skip the last full backup; particularly if the object[s] did not exist when the last full was performed and/or has been modified since.
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 3 Not under consideration

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