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Status Not under consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 25, 2012

TSM Consolidate Command (SYS4645)

A TSM "Consolidate" command will do something similar to move nodedata, but thresholds can be set based on a node's level of tape fragmentation. Just as it's seamless that migration or reclamation starts automatically when disk and tapes reach a certain occupancy threshold, Node Consolidation will run when fragmentation reaches a certain point as set by the administrators. There is a risk for copypool. There should be a way to set a 'delay expiration' parameter for the node's data that's consolidated. Just as reuse delay puts tapes in a pending state, the optional delay expiration will allow a grace period for the node's data from expiring from the copypool if set to x number of days.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    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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    May 15, 2012

    Thank you for submitting the request. This is a recognized requirement and a solution appears to be desirable. 
    There are currently no  plans to provide requested function.  No IBM commitment is made or implies as to the
    eventual delivery of an acceptable solution.