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IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

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    Much better documentation of the SPP REST API for container backup (OpenShift) is urgently needed

    The official reference to the REST API (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSNQFQ_10.1.8/pdf/RestApiRef_v1018.pdf) only deals with two of the basic functions for starting an inventory search and an ad hoc backup with regard to OpenShift, if all other ste...
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    Enable individual throttling for Replication and Cloud copy jobs. Also add support for Internet Proxy for Cloud offloads.

    We use IBM Spectrum Protect Plus offload (copy) to Cloud feature in addition to Replication (another copy) to a IBM Spectrum Protect (classic) repository server for a subsequent tape backup. Due to a huge volume of data already being backed up by ...
    almost 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Future consideration

    Additional SPP Support for Oracle XE Version

    Backup by SPP not possible for Oracle XE: Oracle Database 18c Express Edition Release 18.0.0.0.0
    almost 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Not under consideration

    Add support for NFS v4 on vSnap Servers to close Vulnerabilities issues caused by NFS v3

    Customer is having SPP 10.1.7 and Security team runs multiple Vulnerability Scan multiple times a year and they have identified vulnerability on vSnap servers related to NFS version. Current NFS version of the vSnap file system is V3. Can we inclu...
    about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    Add Azure native VM snapshots support to SPP

    As of March 2021 SPP on Azure is capable to backup some DBs on Azure, but not VMson Azure.Add support for VMs will give SPP on Azure similar functionality comparing to SPP on premise
    about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    avoid external ssh access to spp container pods for ISP Plus kubernetes backup

    In release 10.1.6 of ISP Plus ssh access to the spp agent container pods is needed from outside the k8s cluster (ISPP Server needs this access).There are security concerns at a customer site due to this requirement.SPP server to spp agent pod comm...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

    Improve Retension Policies

    Improve SPP retention policies.Make them similar to classic TSM. (1) Option to always keep last X copies - this means that if the backup fails to run, it does not expire your existing backups. We have been in a situation where SPP was down for 2 w...
    almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    SPP agent for file backups

    Please develop an agent to backup files directly from the VM (over WinRM or SSH/SCP) instead of through disk snapshots.
    almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Planned for future release

    Spectrum Protect Plus File level Restores

    Spectrum Protect Plus Restoration and cataloging not very user friendly.It would be nice if you can select and tick the folders and files you want restored. similar to Spectrum Protect (TSM) & Backup Exec and other backup software.
    almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    SPP - Have tha ability to move data off of one vsnap to another.

    Customer has asked for a way to do two items: 1) Recover from the loss of a vsnap server where the storage is still viable if mounted to another vsnap server. 2) As needed move data off of one vsnap server to another vsnap server.
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

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