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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...
    almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 3 Future consideration

    access to the object is denied backup error does not fail a snapdiff backup.

    Snapdiff backup shows completed successfully even when encountering ANS4007E access to the object is denied. This error should result if a backup failure. If access denied shows up at directory/volume level then no data may be backed up hence defe...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    Allow more to be done through Operations Center

    You have a perfectly fine start to a really useful front end to Tivoli in the Operations Center but you can barely DO anything with it. I don't want to dig around and deal with 3 line long commands to accomplish simple tasks that are point and cli...
    over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    Optimize HSM file scan logic to prevent recall and re-backup of stub files after file move.

    At Present, when a HSM stub file is moved, a subsequent TSM backup recalls the file and backs this up again. This is a huge problem in large HSM installations and causes significant issues for the administrators supporting the system, and IBM supp...
    over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

    Limit SP client install to supported OS

    According to SP client release notes page:https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21052226The client is OS requirement is AIX 7.1 or 7.2, however the installation proceeds without any error on AIX 6.1 / VIO 2.2.xStarting the scheduler ju...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance Backup

    Customers are migrating SQL databases to Azure, running them either as Azure SQL Databases or Azure SQL Managed Instances. There is no IBM documentation which acknowledges whether any of the Spectrum Protect products support backup of SQL PaaS in ...
    about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    Spectrum Protect REST API : Further Development

    The Spectrum Protect Client Management Service allows REST API calls to start a backup, restore, update BA client configs, restart daemons, and so on. It is a great initiative. And we need something like that. More than ever now that the BA webage...
    about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    TSM Script Editing feature that was in the Administration Center to be in Operations Center

    would like the TSM Script Editing feature that was in the Administration Center to be in Operations Center.The Admin Center Script editor was pretty “low function”, but at least it allowed changes and cut and paste. And it had a nice syntax checki...
    over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    .NET Wrapper for TSM API

    A mono-project (http://www.mono-project.com/) wrapper for the TSM API is desirable, in order to ease development of utilities and add-ons to the TSM Server
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

    IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center - Security granularity

    IBM Spectrum Protect Operations Center - Security granularity
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

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