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IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

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File Indexing - Change default SSH port 22

For file indexing restore the SSH service must be running on port 22 on the server. Please add an ability to change default SSH port 22 to other.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Inherited VM options on a per backup policy level

Backup policies defined on a per tag basis are allowed to inherit the parent options associated with the tag (i.e. defining proxy server, snapshot retries, application/filesystem consistency, etc.). As these options get defined for a single tag, t...
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Enable Replication to start on backup completion rather than having to state a start time

Enable Replication to start on backup completion rather than having to state a start time.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 3 Not under consideration

Report showing which VM is assigned to which VMware Tag

Prospect requests a report showing which VM is assigned to which VMware Tag
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

IBM SPP to allow MS-SQL Restore to Standby State

Customer would like to have the ability to restore MS-SQL database to the Standby state.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

Spectrum Protect Plus VADP proxy transport modes reset during code updates

During code updates, VADP proxy transport modes get reset to default - SAN, Hot-Add, NBDSSL and NBD
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Is a defect

VM Restore Types - Change Naming

Change the VM restore naming types – They are confusing mostly because test creates an active clone and clone doesnt! In my opinion Test should be renamed Instant Access (can still create an active clone that you can move into production or cleanu...
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

Enable setup of cataloging of file metadata at an SLA level as well as a VM level

Enable the catalog metdata option at an SLA level as well as VM level. This is so its easier to enable in larger environments when a customer wants to enable across the entire estate. Also be good if we provided a standard GPO to enable the rollou...
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Disk and Replication Reporting in Dashboard and Reports

Disk Reporting Want to see capacity used, capacity free, capacity growth % in the last 24 hours, 48 hours, 1 week, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 1 year, 3 years e.t.cInfo should be available on the Dashboard, in ackup Storage and in reports Nothing o...
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Proactive alerting

Proactive alerts setup to alert when CPU, memory, configuration catalog, recovery catalog and file catalog are reaching 75%+ to flag more resources will be required shortly.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration