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Spectrum Protect for ERP should support HANA 2.0 SP08

We are currently running SP for ERP 8.1.11, which supports SAP HANA 2.0 up to SP7. Our customer (and HANA support) wants to install SAP HANA 2.0 SP8, but we heard this is not supported with SP for ERP SAP HANA 8.1.11. Our SAP colleagues told us, t...
about 1 month ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Submitted

Ability to send both configuration logs and information log to a syslog server

Customer is requesting the ability to send all types of event messages to the syslog server. Currently either configuration logs, or information logs, are able to be sent to the server but not both. The specific request is that the capabilities of...
about 1 month ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 0 Under review

We hope IBM will also create a system configuration guide for us.

This time, I selected the TS4300 for convenience.My request applies to all storage hardware products. In Japan, computer equipment manufacturers create guides called "System Configuration Guides." These documents explain what is required to connec...
about 1 month ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 0 Under review

Ubuntu 22.04 lin_tape support

I noticed that some requests have been made for this support, but I really would like to see some attention given to this issue, because the last driver update is over 3 years old. I need to move on because the end of support for Ubuntu 20.04 is a...
over 1 year ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

TDP SQL GUI more efficient for search restore point in allwaysOn cluster

Configuration: AlwaysOn DB configured on TDP for database SQL with 11 instances (Active/Inactive) with more than 70 SQL databases with MMC. Problem: When selectively restoring inactive data for a particular database, it takes a long time, up to 45...
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Future consideration

Support for Ubuntu 22.04

We have a customer who wishes to use Ubuntu Server version 22.04 with Storage Protect and FC attached TS4300 with LTO9 drives. Whilst the interop for SP suggests that this code level is supported, the SSIC for the TS4300 shows the latest support w...
almost 2 years ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 2 Not under consideration

Ubuntu 22.04 lin_tape support

More and more applications are running on Ubuntu and we see a larger increase of request to add tape support for multiple applications such IBM Storage Protect, Storage Scale and other running on Ubuntu. But to combine does applications with a tap...
almost 2 years ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 2 Not under consideration

SP DP for SQL on windows server 2025

Having customers already installing server 2025, and are in need of a working DP from SP.
10 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 0 Future consideration

Improve LTO9 Optimization Process

The (wizard) process to OPTIMIZE LTO 9 Media is a painful long process that does not allow the library or drives not involved in the optimization to be used. We would like to see an improvement not only in the time it takes to optimize the media (...
over 1 year ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 10 Not under consideration

TDP for Database SQL

ISP Server V8.1.11ISP Client V8.1.9TDP for Database SQL 8.1.9 AlwaysOn DB configured on TDP for Database SQL with11 Instance (Active/Inactive) containing more than 70 SQL Database using MMC. Problem:When doing selective Restore (Active and Inactiv...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Not under consideration