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IBM Spectrum Protect Plus

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Ability to configure start time for SPP "inventory" jobs

Customer requires functionality to configure start time for SPP inventory jobs.Default Application Server InventoryDefault Hypervisor Inventory
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

VMware Tags support in SPP

Current VMware Tags support in SPP need to be enhanced so customer can control backups with VMware Tags. GUI Enhancements:SPP GUI need to show VMs added to a policy with a VMware Tag under Hypervisor/Backup/<vCenter>/SLA Policy, similar to i...
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

File Recovery Options in SPP

Client expects more innovative and easy to use features when it comes to file recovery in SPP. Customer expect modern software to be as easy to use as an iPhone! Non Indexed VM:It should be possible to recover files from a non-indexed VM. Function...
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

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.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

Edit SLA Policy name

Enable the customer to edit the name of an SLA Policy.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

When adding SMTP information provide a Test button which will send a test email

When adding SMTP information provide a Test button which will send a test email.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Add hyperlinks from status icons on SPP Dashboard

When accessing the Dashboard the customer would like to have the summary sections at the top of the screen as hyperlinks.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

Update VM success/failed summary for a job dynamically

When multiple VMs are being backed up there is no indication of how many VMs have been saved or have failed until the job is complete. The audit log for the job shows that some VMs have completed successfully and some have failed. Can the successf...
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

Login with certificates during file indexing on Linux

Case number: TS000844605 Customer REQUIRES use of certificates when logging into the Linux environment, currently SPP does not support login with certificates during indexing of files.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

RFE: Chargeback reporting in SPP

Request from State of Arkansas for chargeback reporting based on the amount of data backed up in SPP per VM. (Not the amount of data stored on the vSnap server, after dedup compression - only amount of data backed up during backup job.)
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Not under consideration

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