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Spectrum Protect (Server)

Storage Protect server and storage agent should be supported to run on AIX 7.3 TL4

We need to update all our AIX hosts to AIX 7.3 TL4 in near future. Because of this, we require that the Storage Protect server and storage agent are supported to run on AIX 7.3 TL4.
7 days 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 ...
19 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

SP server receiving STA messages should write STA messages out to filetextexit

This idea is related to idea https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/SPF-I-3471 requesting that the Storage Protect storage agent should report all its messages to the Storage Protect server it is connecting to. The Storage Protect server receiving the messag...
7 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Request for Warning Message in Activity Log for Cloud Connection SAS Token Expiration

Current Behaviour: The IBM Storage Protect server does not generate activity log events related to cloud connection SAS token expiration. Risk: No access to the cloud blob storage will occur once the SAS token expires, resulting in backup and rest...
28 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Warning message needed for deleting any data storage in object lock storage in cloud in IBM storage Protect server

Current behavior: ISP allows deletion actions (e.g., DELETE FILESPACE) even when target data is stored in a cloud container storage pool with Object Lock. Risk: Admins can mistakenly remove catalog references while the cloud objects remain undel...
about 1 month ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

support SP server db encryption

government of canada is requesting all financial institution to encrypt the database . our current Server database isn't encrypted or not support encrypt from DB2 side.
13 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

true ransomeware detection

Gov. require all banking industry to do true ( AI driven ) ransomeware detection and defense which available to other Dataprotection software. the way we do now is by a fake ANR3692W msg without any intelligence ( our product manager Girish aware ...
13 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Import the data from tape and sequential volumes, written from other IBM Storage Protect servers

Why is it useful? This feature will help with restoring/retrieving data from the tapes, which may have expired in database and also if the tapes are owned/written by other SP server. Who will benefit from it? This feature will help in DR tests, wh...
3 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

A higher level of algorithm customization is required for adding (or removing) commands for SP "command approval" requests.

In the current version, it is only possible to enable or disable multiple confirmation of changes in the SP server via a list of commands defined by IBM development. It is not possible to select, remove, or add commands that are important to the c...
6 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Allow Dynamic loading of TLS Certificates - do not require a halt and restart to take effect

TLS Cert standards are shortening their max ttl. After March 15th 2026, the max TTL for a TLS Cert is 199 days. This will shorten to 100 days on March 15th, 2027 and to 47 days after March 15th, 2029.Other software has Dynamic Certificate Manageme...
about 2 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

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