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EXPORT NODE PROCESSING ENHANCEMENTS

EXPORT NODE processing issues a FALSE success, when in fact invalid or non-existent FSID are specified in the EXPORT NODE command.
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Is a defect

Correct reporting of unsupported OSes

I have been advised to submit an RfE following on from PMR 45729,001,866. We have noticed that TSM does not reliably report the OS level of unsupported OSes. As far as we are concerned, it used to do so: for example, when Mac OS X 10.9 was release...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Is a defect

FCM with custom application won't work with files >50k

FCM don't work with custom applications and more than 50K Files. There is a wait time from 1h to endless. We need a parameter to skip scanning. It's described in IC81771 but not solved. Support said RFE is needed.
over 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 3 Is a defect

TDP for SQL option limitation.

When initiating a full backup of all the databases, tdpsqlc.exe crashes with this error:ACO6205E The tdpsqlc command that was entered exceeds the maximum length limit. The length limit of each option is 1790 characters.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Is a defect

If the CLI option /configfile points to non existent file the tdpsqlc command should end in error..

If we have in a sqlfull.bat script: tdpsqlc backup * full /configfile=someconfig.cfg and the file "someconfig.cfg" does not exist, the command runs along with default config and returns with rc=0. Problem with that is if "somconfig.cfg" once exist...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Is a defect

DRP TSM : modify the script to restore the DB

the commands - in RECOVERY.SCRIPT.DISASTER.RECOVERY.MODE file - to restore tsm instance after crash, are for TSM v5.In TSM v6, to restore after a major crash, it's needed to create a new TSM instance. The TSMDB1 database is dropped, just before th...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Is a defect

Node Replication process

Hi,a backup process is preempted by Node Replication process. This is incomprehensible. Why Node Replication process has a higher priority than backup ? In this way, backup stg process should also have a higher priority.Thank you.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Is a defect

dsmreconcileGPFS.pl modification request

The dsmreconcileGPFS.pl script will fill up the /var filesystem during the sort process, in spite of there being more than 1GB available and I am using the "-tmpdir=" option.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Space Management 2 Is a defect

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...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Is a defect

Adding an information and steps to configure NAS option "tape.reservations" in the TSM Administrator's Guide

Tivoli Storage Manager server tape labels may be overwritten during dismount of tape if the NetApp NAS option "tape.reservations" is not set to persistent. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21419980
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Is a defect

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