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this applies to Spectrum CDM: Show Jobs IDs and SLA Policies IDs in CDM GUI

Client remark: When a user defines in Spectrum CDM GUI a new backup or restore job, and also when a user defines a new "SLA Policy", a unique ID is assigned to the job and a unique ID is assigned to the SLA Policy. Both IDs are used @ storage subs...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 4 Future consideration

Node replication based on managementclass or storagepool

Currently node replication can only be issued on a node/filespace basis and backup/archive data. A big global bank has the requirement to replicate all data cross country which are older than 5 years. The data can't be distinguished by filespace o...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

IBM Spectrum protect support for Huawei cloud

Currently in IBM reference, spectrum protect only support the following list of cloud object storage https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg22000915.There are huawei cloud customer that wanted to see that they want to use spectrum prote...
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under 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...
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

Log backup of SQL system databases

Log backup of SQL system databases should be supported in Spectrum Protect Plus
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

move or migrate cloud container

There's no way or support to move or migrate the content of a cloud container.
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

Spectrum Protect Server in Oracle Cloud

Spectrum Protect Linux Server in Oracle Cloud
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Operation Center Client Deployment Support for Ubuntu/Debian

Operation Center does not support Linux86 Ubuntu platform for client deployments.
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Support for Spectrum Protect Container Storage Pools Greater Than 1PiB

Currently, container storage pools have a limit of 1PiB per Protect server. For backing up very large environments (such as Spectrum Scale), this can lead to a proliferation of Protect servers, increasing the complexity of the solution.
almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 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.
almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 0 Not under consideration