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Spectrum Protect (Server)

Group SP server messages into categories ,specially messages related to CIA (confidentiality, Integratory and availability).

Toronto Dominion bank ( TD) forward SP server msg into their monitoring system ( splunk ), they have a requirement to forward the msg into specific categories, for example: msg relate to CIA (confidentiality, Integratory and availability). so that...
1 day ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Add log rotation / size limit for cluster resource console.log (LogToFile), or disable it by default

The IBM Storage Protect Windows Failover Cluster resource (custom resource type registered by the IBM Storage Protect installer during cluster configuration) includes private properties LogToFile and ConsoleLogFile. When LogToFile=1 (the default v...
8 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Including New Generation Flashsystem in IBM Storage Protect server Blueprints

The existing IBM Storage Protect Server Blueprints reference and provide validation results for IBM FlashSystem 5015, 5035, and 5200 models only. However, newer IBM FlashSystem platforms such as FlashSystem 5600, 7600, and other current-generation...
8 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Quicker method of removing millions of cloud objects (or maybe even container pool as well)

Deleting a cloud storage pool, or a container pool, with 100's of millions objects take lots of time, since each extent needs to be deleted one by one. A method should exist to mass delete these objects. In this case, it took a month to delete all...
9 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Automated protection of volhist and key files needed for db recovery in DR type scenario. Could use callhome or replication to protect volhist, devconfig, dsmserv.opt, cert.kbd , cert.sth files etc,

It would allow admins better restore db options in case of real disaster. At moment, volhist can be backed up, but is down to admin to choose how many copies and what locations. Many customers use just one location, and normally local disk. Many t...
21 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

add the server certificates and key database to the prepare plan file

To recover a Storage Protect server 5 files need to be backed up via some customer process separate from the Storage Protect tools. Creating a reliable workflow to protect these crucial files can be prone to error and thus to a failure of the abil...
27 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

support of IBM COS Onprem Container mode with Object Lock in SP

Currently, only vault mode with Protectected Vault retention is supported. We need support for container mode to enable governance or compliance mode on SP immutable backups
29 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

VM backups getting backed up as datamover filespaces instead of using ASNODENAME -> TS018892184 - dfwtsmprod: TDP4VE backups running with DM name instead of ASnode name which is not supposed to.

This will avoid duplicate backups on data mover node. When this happens full backup start for all VM as they now store data in data mover node. Admins then have to clear data manually from datamover node as function of datamover is only to send da...
about 1 month ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Tiering Object Client Data from a Directory Container Storage Pool (Standard Pool) to Tape

Currently, IBM Storage Protect allows object client data to be moved to tape only when it resides in a cold storage pool(using the S3 Glacier storage class). There is no supported method to migrate object client data directly from a Directory Cont...
about 1 month ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Request for Enhancement – Detailed Backup Object Metadata in IBM Storage Protect Server

Description: Currently, the Backup‑Archive Client (dsmc query backup -detail or GUI) displays Last Modified Date, Last Accessed Date, Backup Date, and file attributes of the backup object. However, the IBM Storage Protect server (e.g., BACKUPS tab...
about 1 month ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

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