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Spectrum Protect (Operations Center)

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TSM Auto-Deploy/OC and roadmap for ability to Custom Install Package

We are looking for the ability to add a custom installable component like "TSM Web Client" to an auto-deploy upgrade.
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

Ability to use the OC Autodeploy feature offline for client upgrades

Currently, for the OC Auto-deploy feature to upgrade existing clients it requires internet access and connectivity to the IBM repository.
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Not under consideration

Ability to send custom reports via OC as csv attachments.

Having the ability to generate custom reports as csv attachments provide extra flexibility for post-processing.
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

TSM_Daily_Operations_Report not showing daily logical backup size

TSM_Daily_Operations_Report not showing daily logical backup size on TSM Operation Report. on page nameData Protection CLIENT BACKUPS WITH THE MOST DATA Over the past 24 hSize0.0 B
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

ANR0991I alert/notification implementation

As you can see in the support case ID there is no possibility to receive alerts or notifications for the ANR0991I when Spectrum protect server s are shutdown. In the operational center the possibility seems to be there but it's triggering nothing....
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 2 Future consideration

customer needs to be able to manage Spectrum Protect volumes not in defined within a storage pool.

A customer needs more information in the Operations Center to be able to manage volumes not part of a storage pool. Specifically:- volumes containing exported data.- volumes containing backupsets.- DB backup/DBSnapshot media.- volumes correlated t...
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

customer needs more information in Operations Center to be able to effectively perform disaster recovery.

A customer needs more information in the Operations Center to be able to effectively perform Disaster Recovery (testing or real-life). This includes:- Volume history information for DB Backup/DB Snapshot.- DRM Volumes and status/location. - volume...
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

Customer needs more detail on client activity to be able to manage backups effectively

A customer needs more information to be able to effectively manage client backups. If a client experiences an exception, it is important to be able to look at its historical success and failure and workload. Specifically, in the details section fo...
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

Add information to Operations Center to make client management better.

A customer needs more information in the operations center to be able to effectively manage client backups, particularly exceptions in the data protection services. For example, the current columns that can be selected include the at-risk status a...
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

Proactive support service within Operations Center

Operations Center Proactive Support with Health monitor and Advisor.
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

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