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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 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

TSM - group backup

The group backup of TSM spends space every file now. I suggest a change to manage one group as one object (with TOC) for the purpose of holding down the consumption of the TSM database.
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

dsmc hang when NFS hard mount is fail

i want that the dsmc or dsmc sched dont hang on a failed NFS Mount.Ther should be a timout and than go on with backup.ther can be a message in errorlog.But i dont want to hang the dsmc
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

md5 checksum file

please provide for all downloads a md5 checksum file on the download site
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Returncode when using CLI for TSM for Sharepoint

Many customers are using external schedulers (i.e. UC4) to start TSM TDP's.These schedulers expect a propper return code at program end to. Depending on the return code the scheduler can decide how to proceed.TSM for Sharepoint does not deliver re...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for Sharepoint 1 Not under consideration

NAS restore have no replace no option

NAS/NDMP restore does not offer "replace=no/yes" option. This is an importantoption. User can easily override real live data with any old version.TSM data protection feature can be can be very easily turn to data destruction. I think this change i...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

Extend Lock Node Capability (Lock Backup/Archive and Lock Restore/Retrieve)

Currently, Lock Node command in TSM Server can prevent a node from accesssing the server (cannot backup / archive and restore / retrieve). We want to be able to lock a node from restore/retrieve only, to prevent accidental deletion of important fi...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Support Directory Direct-Access-Restore for NDMP

TSM supports Direct Access Restore (DAR) for individual files restored from a NAS filer with NDMP. However, it would speed up restores (and make them much more userfriendly) if Directory Direct Access Restore (DDAR) was supported also.
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Management class visible for NDMP backups

When viewing files in the GUI restore window, a NDMP backup does not show the Management class. In the attached screen shot you can see that the management class is not reported
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 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 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

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