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    TSM4VE for Hyper-V - enable Hyper-V host to backup VMs from other Hyper-V hosts

    After extended testing with IBM support and Microsoft support, it appears that TSM4VE still uses the Windows 2008 implementation for Hyper-V backups. While running backups on multiple Hyper-V hosts, some backups fail because simultaniously an othe...
    over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration

    change of undocumented default "backupinitiationroot" from no to yes

    Upgrade from tsm 7.1 to 7.1.3 and DB2 backups fail from systems other than the TSM server itself (the tsm server can backup it;'s own database).dsmserv.opt has an undocumented optionbackupinititaionroot, and the default has changed from NO to YES....
    over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    Support for NFSv4 as AFM transport protocol

    AFM currently uses NFSv3. NFSv3 is insecure and so mount point access could be gained by spoofing the IP address and a UID. We would like to request the option to alternatively used NFSv4, primary to get AFM through internal audits. This is a medi...
    over 10 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 4 Not under consideration

    ESS/Scale Crit Sit AB9147 opened 3/4/21 - Temperature Sensor Failure message requires replacing entire enclosure.

    Problem Description:Management GUI shows rsrch1 GL6S ESS 3 Enlosure 78R0299 needs service. Shows temperature sensors 5, 7, 11 and 15 failed. The issue is that for a minor problem with temperature sensors failing a major service event bringing the ...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Scale System 2 Not under consideration

    GFS2 Support

    WE have at least two customer interested in getting support for GFS2 filesystems.
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

    Set correct locale for dsmcad RC script on Ubuntu 14.04

    The rc.dsmcad init script does not set the locale in all cases. Since dsmcad starts dsmc, this leads to encoding errors (ANS4042E) and several files not being backed up on SuSE and Ubuntu systems.For RedHat systems, the file /etc/init.d/functions ...
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Is a defect

    TDP - Set INCLUDE.VMSNAPSHOTATTEMPTS Globally

    On the datamover, INCLUDE.VMSNAPSHOTATTEMPTS is used to allow fallback to a non-quiesced snapshot if the initial quiesce fails. Currently this option must be set on a per-VM basis. There should be an option to set this globally.
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

    Option to modify updated weekdays and weekend in spectrum protect

    We are located in UAE and here weekdays and weekend are different what is defined in the spectrum protect server . I want to update weekdays and weekend definition in the system according to this region . like mentioned below. Weekdays = Sunday, M...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    Spectrum Virtualize FQDN support

    The Spectrum Virtualize SW stack needs to support FQDN/DNS addresses for LDAP/AD, NTP, SMTP, External Encryption Servers, or SNMP. Currently requires hard-coded IP addresses.
    over 5 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    DISABLE SESSIONS command enhancement

    As discussed in the TSM Administrator's Guide, under certain circumstances it is useful to be able to run a TSM server in single-user, standalone mode. For example, in a disaster recovery situation this is usually essential during the initial stag...
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

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