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Status Not under consideration
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Server)
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 2, 2011

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Timestamp of the creation of a copy of an archive or backup object

RPO is one of the key characteristics of a TSM server-based B&R solution. In order a guarantee a specific RPO, it is important to be able to report on the state of the backed up or archived objects in a TSM Server repository. Specifically, it is critical to know when a specific archive/backup object was created and when it was copied from a primary pool to a copy pool. The delta between these two timestamps is a RPO since this is the time when a single copy of a given object exists in a TSM Server repository thus exposing it to a data loss. However TSM Server does not currently store and retain the timestamps of the copy creation. Due to the lack of this information it is not possible to have visibility into the historical information on delta timeframe described above. Please consider adding and storing this timestamp to allow proper reporting on the TSM Server RPO.

Idea priority Medium
  • 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
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    |     Jan 18, 2013

    Thank  you for submitting this enhancement request, unfortunately we currently have no plans to implement this mechanism.

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