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    A new policy update from BA client .optfile that does not allow overwrite a management class from BA client.

    A server admin can update the .optfile from BA client by human error causing an overwrite of a management class at Spectrum Protect server, that is causing unexpected expiration of backups. For example, a configuration mistake pointing the .optfil...
    about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 3 Future consideration

    add support for PowerHA AIX cluster configuration for File system backup and restore

    DCU (Customer) did a CDM snapshot across the 2 AIX servers. Then a situation came up where they had a need to do a restore and it failed with the exception “com.catalogic.ecx.ibmsvcprovider.exception.IBMSVCExecCommandException: CMMVC9071E: Cannot ...
    about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

    SnapDiff API v2

    As written in the NetApp KB, ISP is not able to use the SnapDiff API *v2*. https://kb.netapp.com/Advice_and_Troubleshooting/Data_Protection_and_Security/SnapDiff/When_performing_a_SnapDiff_incremental_backup_of_a_FlexGroup_volume%2C_Spectrum_Prote...
    about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

    TSM &HSM independently backup data & metadata

    It is about making TSM (SpectrumProtect) and HSM ready to deal with large number of files and huge data pods by doing backup of data independently from meta data.
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    Spectrum Copy Data Management missing RHEL 8 support

    Currently Spectrum Copy Data Management 2.2.13 does not support Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Planned for future release

    IM SPectrum Protect support for expired data report

    URGENT Requirement : Nedbank, in South Africa, are a large consumer of Spectrum Protect ans many other IBM products and are an ELA customer.. They urgently require assistance with an enhancement for them to be able to see when files were expired/d...
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

    CDM compatibility with RHEL8 for SAP HANA -

    One of the largest customer in ANZ for SAP HANA on Power is running HANA 2.0 over RHEL 8 and want to use Spectrum Copy Data Management (CDM) v 2.2.12 As per the current compatibility information
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Planned for future release

    CDM - request to not wait for the Flashcopy to complete copying before ending the job in the storage controller

    - During restore the FC "volume snap" is currently mounted successfully via CDM- but no access is possible for an application e.g. VMware. - CDM waits for R/W operations until the complete FC is restored. Thus no immediate restore + use with CDM i...
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    Spectrum Copy Data management duplicate job option

    Customer would like the ability in the jobs tab.The ability to right click a job and to duplicate.
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    S3 Object Agent: Allow non ISPP application the use of "coldpool"

    In the actual release of Spectrum Protect (8.1.12) the use of the "coldpool" in a Object Domain of Spectrum Protect is limited to the archive feature of IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.External S3 clients are can only use a directory container pool as a...
    almost 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

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