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Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Server)
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 15, 2011

RELATED IDEAS

Add decomission node command to TSM

An ability to put a node into 'decomissioned' mode, so that it can locked and cannot perform any more backups but is still available for restore.

At the same time the node data can be scheduled for deletion after a period of days that is compliant with the business requirement for data retention.

the syntax could be similar to the below:
decomission node [node_name] filedelete=[delayed|yes] delaydays=[1-9999] deletetype=[immediate|markinactive]

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 11, 2015

    Decommission node is now available via the IBM Spectrum Protect / Tivoli Storage Manager Operations Center v7.1.3.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 12, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Tivoli
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Family

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 8, 2014

    An add to this RFE. Decom should also be per filespace.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 26, 2014

    I would like to add a new column to the table "NODES"

    New column: "LifeCycle" with option "Under Implementation", "Testing", "Production", "Quarantine", "End of Deployment" and "Scrapped"

    And
    reg n ... lifecycle='production'
    upd n .... lifecycle='EOD'

  • Guest
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    |     Sep 18, 2013

    I have been renaming ny nodes to TERM_YYMMDD_nodename. Then I have a script that runs weekly that finds those nodes that has passed the date and deletes the filespaces and then the node.

  • Guest
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    |     May 30, 2013

    Great Idea. But remember to make the revserse command, if the node should be back in service.

    It would be nice ig the decommisionen node could keep its schedule associations, in case the node should need them again.

  • Guest
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    |     Apr 10, 2013

    Brilliant idea and very practical.
    Would be good to have a scheduled process window for the node(s) purge as well so that all expired nodes can be purged in a window away from expiration and other housekeeping tasks,

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 13, 2012

    Awesome idea! I've been putting my decommissioned nodes into a separate storage pool as a workaround.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 29, 2012

    A great idea. See RFE 20847 for additional suggestions

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 2, 2011

    We have received a workaround example which worked ok.
    example could be found here:

    http://www.repostor.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=151%3Ainactivate-filespace-tsm-server-6&catid=36%3Arepostorbestpractice&Itemid=96&lang=sv

    I call this example: "inactivatefs"

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 25, 2011

    Thank you for submitting this enhancement request, we plan to provide this functionality in a future release of TSM.

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