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    Can IBM repackage the C++ installer to install to the same folder as TSM along with the TSM Client install

    Can IBM repackage the C++ installer to install to the same folder as TSM along with the TSM Client install?
    over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

    Synchronize policy information to another SP server

    There is a Spectrum Protect environment with 2 Spectrum Protect servers. Server A is the primary server to which the SP clients connect to, which stores alll SP client data in first place, and on which all SP client node information, associations ...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    TSM OC DRM Support

    The Administration Center is aging and outdated. The Admin Center is only supported in UNSUPPORTED browsers (Firefox 3.6) or outdated browsers (IE 8). The Operations Center looks to be its replacement. Functionality of the OC however is very lacki...
    over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    FCM4UNIX: multiple occurrences of DATABASE_BACKUP_INCREMENTEL_LEVEL incl. USE_AT clause in FCM profile required

    Hi Tivoli :-) For incremental level Oracle (native) backups the DATABASE_BACKUP_INCREMENTAL_LEVEL statement must be usable multiple times like the INCREMENTAL_LEVEL statement for SAP/Oracle backups: INCREMENTAL_LEVELThis parameter is only for use ...
    over 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

    TSM System State incremental backups

    If technically possible, please consider adding additional incremental forever capability to system state backups. Currently it is my understanding that only objects included with the system writer are able to use a an incremental strategy. Object...
    over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

    Dilligent tsm integration

    Hi, i think it would be very nice to have a better dilligent tsm integration. It should be very nice to have client side deduplication with dilligent as primary stgp pools.
    over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    Include ulimit requirements to TSM init script

    During reboot of linux systems, init scripts inherits kernel default settings for open files (ulimit -n).    These will be too small, and give warnings in tsm actlog.    The init script does not read values from sysctl or limit...
    over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Is a defect

    Protect Agent Support for Db2 Warehouse/MPP on Scale

    For a "role your own" Db2 MPP/Warehouse the Protect client agent is currently not supported or tested. This is available in the Netezza format (appliance). The solution proposal will need this capability. Need support for the client agent within a...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

    sort order of query occupancy command

    With version 6 of TSM server the sorting order of "query occupancy"has changed from "fsid" to "alphabetical order". Why? The sorting order of commands "query filespace" (sorted by fsid)and "query ocupancy" should be the same. My opinion: This is a...
    almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    SVC to support native 6 and 8 HBA configurations

    I have many future installations needing to have SVC nativity to support 6 and 8 HBA configurations without needing to create multiple Host entries for the same host. Today if i assign HBA to Node 1 port 1, HBA 2 node 2 Port2, HBA 3 Node1 Port 3.....
    almost 13 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

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