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Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)

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include/exclude a directory structure from archive

include.archive and exclude.archive options do not work for a directory structure. F.i. it is possible to exclude files from directory /exampleDir using definition 'exclude.archive "/exampleDir/*"' and also from all its subdirectories using defini...
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Future consideration

IBM SP Client/API encryption

Allow the client and api to use external source for encryption keys storage, like SKLM.
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Future consideration

dsmcutil updatepw /validate:no doesn't accept FQDN commserver

dsmcutil updatepw /validate:no doesn't accept a FQDN server name by design. FQDN must be used with CA signed certificates and should therefore be supported.
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

IBM Spectrum Protect and ZFS support in Linux x86_64

We need to backup files in ZFS fs in a system with Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.5 installed using IBM Spectrum Protect BA client.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

why exclude.dir not favor archive?

why exclude.dir not favor archive?and there is no other option for exclude dir for archive backup.
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

Spectrum Protect client using port 9081, same as BigFix

The new tsm client 8.1.7+ is using default port 9081 for file level restore operations via web.The problem is that is the same port as tsm4ve and the same port as bigfix. IBM should not release different products using the same default port. One o...
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

Spectrum Protect support for gluster filesystems

Spectrum Protect client should support the gluster filesystem.
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

support cephfs with full ACL support

cephfs is a scalable filesystem with full posix campatibility. The need to support this filesystem with full ACL support is needed.
almost 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

Better client messaging for unsuported node replication settings needed

A better client messaging is needed to better find the root cause of incorrect node replication settings.
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

GM needs Ubuntu supported for the Spectrum Scale HSM Client asap

Customer has purchased 130PB SP License and needs to run Ubuntu for the Protect Server and HSM Client
about 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration