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    Add TSM for ERP session identifier for the improved collocation

    Currently, when TSM for ERP is used to backup DB2 database, it assignes the same filespace name to all backups stored on the TSM Server. This results in various undesired consequences for the backups of large databases which are normally performed...
    about 15 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 3 Not under consideration

    Re-Map Volume Location

    It would be beneficial to be able to offline a volume in a storage pool, for example your backuppool. Then at the OS level be able to manually move or copy the volume to a new physical location, log back into the TSM service and run a update vol t...
    about 15 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 2 Not under consideration

    Make TSM for VE a "HA" solution

    During the backup the virtual machine is “freezed” (which seems the normal way the “quiescing” that VM initiates on behalf of the backup application is done). As the customer is running Linux in some VMs and is also running an “HA” solution in two...
    about 15 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

    Tape open/closes in actlog need process ids.

    When a single admin command creates multiple processes, (eg maxpr=2), each of which opens/closes tapes, the session number of the admin is shown in the actlog message, but not the process number. Please add the process number to the open/close act...
    about 15 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    TSM Scripting : Add a "SLEEP" command

    Add a unix like "SLEEP" construct that forces TSM interal scripts to wait for a number of seconds before going onto the next command.
    about 15 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 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...
    over 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...
    over 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

    Allow Superuser to configure vdisk_protection_enabled

    Please allow user "Superuser" only to configure/modify the attribute "vdisk_protection_enabled" parameter.
    almost 8 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    Need to shorten disruptive time when reconfiguring nodes

    System : IBM Storwize seriesActor : User needs to improve I/O wait time during Storwize microcode (SVC code) upgrading. When concurrent SVC code upgrading on Storwize storage series, we need to "reconfigure" a node to the cluster after code update...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    Include FlashCopy information in SAN Volume Controller/Storwize system dumps

    Storwize and SAN Volume Controller snaps are useful, self-enclosed files used by IBM for diagnostics and support. Additionally, these files can be used for reconstruction and migration by IBM Business Partner, Value-Added Resellers, System Integra...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

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