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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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Enabling parallel I/O when migrating date from file-pool to tape-pool due to synchronous sequential write

With a traditional Storage Protect implementation with backup to file-pool the migragtion from file-pool to tape-pool is limited on disk latency to reach optimized a high throuhgput on tape. For an example with a disc latency of 2ms you can reach ...
5 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

RESTORE VOLUME: QUERY PROCESS should show the volume to be restored

When a restore volume process is running, QUERY PROCESS does not show which volume is in progress to be restored. For example: restore volume f03383ANR2114I RESTORE VOLUME: Access mode for volume F03383 updated to "destroyed".ANR2110I RESTORE VOLU...
4 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Allow to set SP Server Option DIRECTIO at storage pool level

In current Storage Protect server versions, the server option DIRECTIO can only be set at server level, affecting all storage pools.We are using DISK storage pools located on AIX JFS2 file systems and FILE storage pools located on Storage Scale.Fo...
5 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...
2 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Provide a supported method to migrate retention sets, including all associated metadata and retention information, between IBM Storage Protect servers (e.g., AIX to Linux), enabling customers to decommission legacy environments

Product Enhancement Request (RFE) Title Provide a Supported Retention Set Migration Capability Between IBM Storage Protect Servers Why is this useful? Organizations commonly use IBM Storage Protect retention sets to satisfy long-term regulatory, l...
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...
3 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Support creating Copy-Container pools to VTL instead of physical tape only

Customers do have VTL instead of physical tape in use, VTL is used as disaster recovery media. Customer plans to ingest Object Data (IBM Fusion) via S3 Object Agent to a Disk Container Storage Pool. Protection of a Disk Container Storage Pool is p...
5 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Return migrated (emptied) file volumes to Scratch (or delete) more efficiently during migration processes

When a FILE volume becomes empty during an IBM Spectrum Protect Server migration process, it is only deleted at the end of the migration process. This handles disk space inefficiently and can lead to storage pools filling up unnecessarily fast dur...
11 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Provide IBM-supported tool to migrate Retention Sets, including all associated metadata and retention policies, from IBM Storage Protect to IBM Data Defender (Cohesity), enabling complete decommissioning of legacy Storage Protect environments.

Product Enhancement Request: Retention Set Migration Tool Title Retention Set Migration from IBM Storage Protect to IBM Data Defender (Cohesity) Why is this useful? Many organizations use IBM Storage Protect retention sets to meet regulatory and b...
about 1 month ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Extension of the character limit for management class names

A customer operate under a policy of assigning a unique management class to each node.By including the node name in the management class name, it is possible to identify which management class corresponds to which node.Currently, management class ...
6 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted