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IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

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    vsnap storage migration from EOS/EOL Backend storage to new storage on same vsnap

    We have no approved solution to migrate the attached LUNs on a vsnap server to new LUNs on same vsnap server. We need that if backend storage is going EOL/EOS. Currently there is only one solution and this is to create new vsnap server with new LU...
    almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

    Instant VMDK Restore with Overwrite Capabilities

    German customer would like the option of restoring VMDK over top of the exisiting original VMDK. The restore today only mounts the VMDK in parallel when recovered back to the original. Competitor VMware VDP for which SPP replaced was able to do a ...
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

    Report showing which VM is assigned to which VMware Tag

    Prospect requests a report showing which VM is assigned to which VMware Tag
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

    Change SPP requirements for WinRM for AllowUnencrypt due to security issues

    Currently ISPP requirements for Windows (SQL/Exchange/Windows File Indexing) say to set AllowUnencrypted to true :winrm s winrm/config/service @{AllowUnencrypted="true"}and"Both servers must have a Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service that is...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 4 Planned for future release

    Re-seeding of backups from secondary to primary vSnap

    SPP doesn't support re-seeding of backups from secondary to primary vSnap in the event of primary vSnap pool corruption/data loss. A full baseline backup is initiated if backups pointed to secondary or to a new built primary vSnap.
    about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

    Allow SP Plus backups to Spectrum Protect server w/o requiring a backup to the vSnap storage first

    A backup to Spectrum Protect is not possible w/o doing first a backup to a vSnap. The dependency on vSnap should be removed to allow leveraging the Spectrum Protect server storage hierarchy.
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

    Include SNMPD in appliance

    Please add snmpd module to the appliance.
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Planned for future release

    SPP: Enable filesystem & DB Backup at the same time

    When looking in the System requirements for SPP, the following restriction is mentioned: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6421231 Only one application server or file server can be assigned per host. For example, if a host is registered as a ...
    about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

    Restart failed backup

    SPP should provide the option to restart backups and try again to protect failed VMs of the previous run.
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

    SPP connection to ILMT

    In our environment we collect all necessary licenses with ILMT for IBM spectrum protect. In SPP 10.1. according the documentation license requirements could be captured with ILMT (Chapter 19. Licensing).But with clarification on ILMT-side (TS00381...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

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