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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...
almost 10 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.
about 10 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 3 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 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Space Management 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 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Is a defect

reconcile volumes behaviour with server delete grace times

The behavior of the reconcile volumes command should be changed to take into account server deletion grace time settings. Reconcile volumes command should not report errors when archive files for deleted source virtual volumes are still present on...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Is a defect

How much space is needed.

When TSM issues ANR0534W size estimate exceedes stg, it would bee very nices if the estimated size was showen too.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Is a defect

rename filespace not visible

Hello, We use vmware4tdp. Here we noticed when we rename a filespace (vmfull image) this filespace (image) is not visible in the restore gui nor restore command line.So we are not able to restore a image which has been renamed on TSM Server. Greet...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Is a defect

Windows GUI Title states flashcopymanager In DP for DB

After the last update of TSM for Databases the top title of the Windows GUI states the name flashcopymanager (see screenshot), even if no FCM is installed. Customers are confused.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Is a defect

Support Windows 2012 Deduplication

Support for the Windows 2012 Data Deduplication feature. This can save a lot of disk space on the server but the backup and restore leaves the files unreadable.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Is a defect

TSM 6.3 Reporting Email reports function doesnt work in secure Mailing environment

Using TSM 6.3 Reporting we have a feature of sending TCR Cognos reports over Email.For this we have to configure email settings using IBM Cognos Configuration --> Notifications.One of the settings is "Default Sender".Specifying Default sender e...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 2 Is a defect