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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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Error handling for failed node replication - ANR1893E and ANR3824W

Since ISP 8.1.14 we always see this error messages in the log - and monitoring system - for node replication, because some files are skipped. The reason for the skipped files is, that database log backups always occur during the replication. This ...
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Reorg of the container files

Because we must delete 800.000.000 million orphaned chucks on two TSM servers there is coming many free storage in the container files but all the filesystems are 97% filled. If we can do a reorg then the filesystems can we schrink.
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

We would like to store all our archive data on a S3 AWS cold tier target.

We have a use case in our environment for sending our archive data to a cloud container pool that would exist on the Spectra Logic BlackPearl device that supports AWS cold tier functionality. With an S3 cold tier cloud container option we would no...
8 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Future consideration

Spectrum Protect Windows server as virtual machine on KVM based hypervisor.

In order to be compliant with IBM to get support and to have more flexibility around Spectrum Protect, we need to be able to run Spectrum Protect server as a virtual machine on a KVM based hypervisor (RHEV/Proxmox VE/Native KVM etc...) with Window...
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

allow encryption of database backups not only for cloud but also for tape and file

Please allow encryption of database backups not only for cloud but also for tape and file device classes. This is a requirement from security regulations in Germany.
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Directory Container Erasure Coding

I have multiple smaller customers where we only have 1 Storage Protect server and are not using any tape to be able to run protect storage pool. This is little bit of a risk and also we put all our data in to one solution and if we get bad contain...
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Under review

Litigation Hold Property on File Spaces.

Provide an ability to prevent expiration processing to occur for a file space when a node becomes part of a "Litigation Hold" issue. The status of enabled would over-ride expiration processing of files/folders in the file space. Microsoft Exchange...
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 5 Not under consideration

SnapDiff API - NetAPP un-deprecated snapdiff ZAPIs in both 9.10.1 and 9.11.1 P-patch releases

Let me also give you some background information on SnapDiff APIs. Originally SnapDiff v1/v2 ZAPIs were deprecated in ONTAP 9.10.1 and 9.11.1 but were un-deprecated in both 9.10.1 and 9.11.1 P-patch releases. As long as you are on the most recent ...
almost 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Query files content of a container

Be able do list the files stored in directory/cloud container.
almost 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

would like a ballance stgpooldir command

This occurs when adding directories for added space to a spectrum protect container. The existing directories are very full, and the newly added directories remain very empty. There is no balancing of data across the newly added and existing direc...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration