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Status Delivered
Workspace Spectrum Protect Snapshot
Categories Flashcopy Manager
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 26, 2012

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FCM: File-level backups from a VSS offload mount of file system backups

Currently FlashCopy Manager v3.1 does have this functionality with NTFS volumes:
- create a VSS snapshot of a NTFS volume on host A
- mount this VSS snapshot as a new drive letter on host A
- unmount this VSS snapshot on host A.

This RFE is about the following:
- create a VSS snapshot of a NTFS volume on host A
- mount this VSS snapshot as a new drive letter on host B
- unmount this VSS snapshot on host B

So, this request is about an offload mount to another host.

Background: Currently in 3.1 it only is possible to mount a VSS snapshot to the host where the snapshot was taken (host A). This implies that a file-level backup (using the mounted VSS snapshot) only can be done on host A. In order to offload the file-level backup (to move the CPU/Memory resources to another host) it is necessary to mount this VSS snapshot on another host B. Then, this host B sees the mounted VSS snapshot from host A and then, a file-level backup can be started on host B.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 9, 2021

    This request has been delivered into a previously released version of the product

  • 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 FlashCopy Manager

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Tivoli
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 20, 2012

    Thank you for submitting the request. This is a recognized requirement and a solution appears to be desirable and feasible.  IBM intends to provide a solution in the next release of Flashcopy Manager.
    However, IBM’s plans may change and no commitment is made that a solution will be provided.

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