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    Update KSK SCHEDULE attribute group to allow schedule failures/misses to be monitored in ITM

    The ability to create 'Pure' monitoring situations against the KSK SCHEDULE attribute group to allow for situations to fire when a node's scheduled backup execution results in a terminal condition (i.e. Failed or Missed). Currently, if a situation...
    almost 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 2 Planned for future release

    Support of the Library Set functions required to run TSM server in a cluster environment

    The resetdrive parameter in the Define Library command is supported on all platforms, but a drive device which is actually reset is only on AIX and Windows. On Solaris and Linux, the drive reset function does not work.To run TSM server on the clus...
    about 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    TSM Server side compresion of dedupe objects

    All of the leading virtual tape libraries that include dedupe capabilty with added compression to save additional space. TM appears not to do this (although it is possible via client side dedupe).
    about 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    md5 checksum file

    please provide for all downloads a md5 checksum file on the download site
    about 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    TSM 6.3 Solaris 10 and 11 64 bit x86 support

    I have 2 large customers with a lot Solaris 10 and 11 64 bit x86 OS platform and need to be able to back them up.
    about 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

    Estimate function in java clients

    The new TSM clients dont have a feature for estimating the size of data to be retrieved. This feature is really important.
    about 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 6 Not under consideration

    DS8886 CSM LDAP advanced tab should not be locked down

    Our LDAP environment currently requires that we use advanced settings when setting up CSM on the DS8886 for LDAP access. In the CSM setup there is a tab labeled basic and another one labeled advanced. During initial setup we use the Basic tab to e...
    about 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Is a defect

    Request to confirm a microcode specification of PMIR for DS8880.

    On DS8870 R7.3, the following problem has occurred and we heard from PFE/Development that its cause is microcode specification. Therefore, on 2015/05 we have opened FITS MR0513155244 to request the design change, but we do not know its result beca...
    about 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

    Ability to authenticate users with existing accounts (OS level or in LDAP directory) and map these to TSM admins (or nodes)

    Ability to authenticate users with existing accounts (OS level or in LDAP directory) and map these to TSM admins (or nodes)
    about 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    Timestamp of the creation of a copy of an archive or backup object

    RPO is one of the key characteristics of a TSM server-based B&R solution. In order a guarantee a specific RPO, it is important to be able to report on the state of the backed up or archived objects in a TSM Server repository. Specifically, it ...
    about 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

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