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Status Delivered
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Product functionality
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 11, 2013

RELATED IDEAS

Request for TSM to handle different retentions for Virtual Environments

To be able to perform Incremental forever backups using different retentions (such as daily, monthly and anually). Currently, TSM for VE cannot use the same set of backups to assign different retentions. Only one management class is possible.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 16, 2019

    This was delivered in Spectrum Protect 8.1.7 with Retention Sets.

  • 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
    |     May 19, 2015

    We definitely need this feature. How long until it is implemented?

    We need to keep all of our VMs for 35 days, but a large number of them must be kept for 35 daily backups and 12 monthly backups. Also, some are also required to have yearly backups on top of this. I can also see a requirement for weekly backups...ie 35 dailies, 12 weeklies, 12 monthlies, 7 yearlies etc

    EMC Avamar - the product we migrated from - could do this with absolute ease. It is quite a simple and obvious feature to use and in my opinion a solid requirement in a backup product.

    Can we please have an update on when this feature is going to be available in TSM?

    Regards,
    Marty

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 16, 2015

    Our customers have a huge requirement for this. The latest being a customer one of our BPs are dealing with wants to keep 1 VM for 90 days but all the others for 30 days.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 23, 2014

    Thank you for submitting this request. This is consistent with our current product direction and is being targeted for a release. This is not a statement of commitment as intent and plans are subject to change. We will provide an update to the request should plans change or the enhancement is delivered. We sincerely appreciate your commitment to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and support in moving the product forward.

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Setting Daily,Weekly and Monthly backup retentions for VM backup using TSM for VE

Merged
There needs to be some provision to perform VM backups using TSM for Virtual Environments and retain them for different retentions like daily,weekly,monthly and yearly periods.
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Delivered
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TSM for VE Proxy Handle Multiple Retention Periods

Merged
An environment that requires multiple different retention settings retained on ones server (node replication is not in use, and won't be going forwards). TSM for VE is used to protect VMware. If a monthly policy is required a new proxy with a new ...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 6 Delivered

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