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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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Need online password validation option for Spectrum Protect database backup

The Spectrum Protect database backups need password to be specified to include master encryption key along with database backup. However, there is no option to validate the password when spectrum protection instance is up and running. The only way...
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Planned for future release

Ability to create empty structures in S3 Object Client

We would like to be able to create empty object structures in S3 buckets i.e.:aws s3api put-object --bucket test --key dir/myfolder I was told by support team, that this is currently a limitation to the MinIO used for the object agent.
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Planned for future release

Support for OTP or MFA

Ransomware is a hot topic and everyone need to secure there Backup environment as much as possible. We need to find as many features as possible to make a ransomware as hard as possible. By using multi factor authentication is one thing that could...
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Planned for future release

SP server to support IBM S3 cloud side retention policies, WORM features, object locking

When using Cloud Storage Pool in a Spectrum Protect Server , it should support all the features that can be set at the S3 level ( especially when the S3 cloud is IBM !! ) like Cloud side retention policies, WORM features, object locking.For retent...
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Planned for future release

IBM Spectrum Protect define replication server can use multiple ip on tsm server

we want define replication server use multiple ip on tsm server . or can we use hostname for replication server and then add multiple ip resolve onetc/hosts ?
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Planned for future release

Provide support for COS WORM (and other S3 or BLOB equivalent WORM features)

Multiple customers and BPs have requested that Spectrum Protect supports the WORM functionality in S3 offload, be that the COS specific or the general S3 protocol WORM functionality. While not specifically required it also seems prudent to extend ...
about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Planned for future release

IBM SP Protect server support on w2k19

I have to install a new IBM Sectrum protect server.I wish to use the OS Windows 2019 Server but I've seen that IBM Spectrum Protect 8.1.9 is not supported on this version.I really wish to use this version of OS (Windows 2019) is possible to know w...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Planned for future release

Waiting for Winodws 2019 Server support for Spectrum protect server and BA client

We need Windows server 2019 server support for the Spectrum protect for the TSM server installation and BA client as well
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Planned for future release

Spectrum Protect Server for SLES 15.X

No versions of Spectrum Protect are currently support SLES15
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Planned for future release

Enable a storage system to perform NDMP backups using the CELERRADUMP data format

Please add “DellEMC” to the Vendor-name list that are allowed to use “celerradump” dataformat
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Planned for future release

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