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    Please add ability to select individual VMDKs for inclusion, excluding all unselected VMDKs

    When configuring a Protection Group with a standardized configuration of the OS partition being on HDISK1, it is easier to select that one VMDK for inclusion rather than have to exclude all other VMDKs. Over time, VM configurations may change and ...
    over 1 year ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Under review

    Add support for Data Protect to Archive to Google "Archive" Tier

    Lowers cost for long-term retention of data.
    3 months ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Submitted

    Add ability in Data Management Service to perform most common Storage Protect actions

    Monitoring of Storage Protect is very basic in the current release. The product shows how many alerts on the Storage Protect server but not what they are. Operations Center is still 100% necessary for Storage Protect management. Would like to allo...
    almost 2 years ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Future consideration

    Restore more than 1 VM at the time with the tdpve web gui

    Restore Multiple VMS at ones from the web Gui from the same job ibm spectrum protect virtual environments
    almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    Customize At Risk intervals to reflect real environment

    In order to have the Operations Center reflect correctly the risk status of Spectrum Protect nodes we should be able to inform accuratedly when the backups really run. Some clients, for instance, have nodes that run backups only on weekdays, so th...
    almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

    parallel session when using node replication from tape

    Need support for parallel session when using node replication from tape.When for example run a RMAN Backup with 4 session to tape, we can replicate the data with 4 sessions over 4 tape and 4 drives to other side. With Node Replication only one ses...
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    Possibility to deploy/update Client Management Services (CMS) using Spectrum Protect Operation Center

    Update of Client Management Services (CMS) using Spectrum Protect Operation Center is not possible.
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 0 Not under consideration

    Data Management Service: Clusters should show a warning on Summary dashboard when in a disconnected state

    DMS works much like Data Protect local console. It is very simple to use, but the health status can be misleading. Clusters should show a warning on Summary dashboard when in a disconnected state
    almost 2 years ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Planned for future release

    Open Spectrum protect S3 agent for use by BRMS (iSeries)

    The intent is to open up the S3 Agent for use by entities other than Spectrum Protect Plus. Target for this request is iSeries BRMS which is currently using S3 to send backup data to cloud.
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    Defender Data Protect Agent needs to support customer-issued CA certificates

    Especially for big customers with their own customer CA, we NEED to support their own certificates with Defender Data Protect agents to comply with their strict security requirements.
    8 months ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0

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