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Status Planned for future release
Workspace Spectrum Protect Snapshot
Categories Product functionality
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 12, 2013

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Multi Vendor Support for Snapshots in FCM/TSM

Snapshot-based DP for Applications (with a broad Application Support, including Replication Control to a secondary Storage, for virtual and native Servers, including Application driven Single File Restores and Catalog Support) is seen more and more as a must have feature for a modern DP Software.
The FlashCopy Manager supports currently only the IBM subsystems DS8000, SVC, V7000 and XIV. But most TSM Customers use a mix of different Storage Vendors and want to use the snapshot capabilities of them from one Management Suite (Single Pain of Glass).
In case TSM/FCM will not offer soon an open model and Roadmap for the support of other storage products, many customers have to look for one of the growing alternatives on the market, which will have very negative impact for future TSM/FCM revenue streams.
A relatively open Framework is preferred, where the current market leaders for snapshot-based Storage should be supported by IBM delivered Connectors, but which offers also the opportunity to add code for currently unsupported Storage Vendor systems.

Idea priority Urgent
  • 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 FlashCopy Manager

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

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 28, 2013

    Thank you for submitting the request. This is a recognized requirement and the theme is aligned with our multi-year strategy. Part of the solution is planned for 2013 release, i.e. to provide a common interface to interact with various storage hardware, but work still needs to be done on when and how to deliver an end-to-end solution with snapshot management. IBM’s plans may change and no commitment is made that a solution will be provided.

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