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IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

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SPP during Resouce Registration have option to sign to resource group

During customer Meeting, it was asked if during registration of resource they could have the ability to assign resource to a resource group
almost 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

add NetApp SnapVault Scheduling and File Indexing to SPP

In Spectrum Protect Plus it should be possible to trigger NetApp SnapVault snapshots to NetApp Secondary Storage Systems on Prem or on Cloud and to list existing snapshots and index the files they contain. Possible restores should also be triggere...
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Future consideration

CDM integration with Power VMR-DR

Today CDM does not support integration with VIOS on AIX as it does with ESXi. VMR-DR integration on the power side of the house would allow for a complete package to be presented for customers on AIX looking to do Disaster Recovery.
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

SPP Enhanced VMs view. Colomns sorting.

Enhanced the view of the VMs. Sorting by columns. Adding colums in the view so we can see options selected per VMS. Options per VMs in a reports also.
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Production restore folder

"Restore in production mode if Vcenter is down" option works but this restore creates a directory in the datastore with the name of VM. If the VM folder is not identical to VM name, the production restore doesn't maitain the original name.
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

SPP - Support for Centrify dzdo where sudo is called

Spectrum Protect Plus has a requirement for the Linux sudo command to be present for installation and configuration tasks. My customer has a security requirement where sudo commands are not allowed. Customer uses Centrify dzdo to provide the eleva...
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

resync backup after loss of the cbt

The vmware backup mechanism is based on the vmware CBT to make incremental backups. After an esx crash, the cbt is reset and a FULL backup is made (new base backup). a resync backup feature will be helpful this would take a lot of time to resync b...
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

SCDM On IBM Spectrum Virtualize can not do FC/GM Workflow

when crating an SLA selecting Spectrum Virtualize, can not doa FC then GM workflow, this is fully supported by the storage
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

SCDM 3-site replication target support

on FS storage when a 3-site replication is setup, SCDM can not do any action on the 3-site replication target volume
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Define a launch window by SLA

The need is to be able to set an SLA time from which everything left in the queue in the SLA is canceled.
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

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