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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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    Node lock

    Currently node is locked on first incorrect password. Problem is if the user wants a new password and we reset the node password on the server and inform user of the password, the user need to start gui/cli to enter new password. But the first thi...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

    Enable STG RULES to perform dual copy to tape of Object Client data

    There is currently a limitation in the product whereby the STG Rules feature cannot be used to create double copies of Object Client data received from IBM FUSION using the Amazon S3 protocol. The only option available to copy this type of data is...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

    Please, support to restore NDMP-formatted data retrieved from NAS in a cluster configuration from [tape media](LTO) to another NAS storage system

    Why is it useful? : A common-sense solution for backup restoration is achieved with the combination of NAS storage, ISPs, and tape media.Who would benefit from it? : Nearly all users operating tape backups on NAS storage with a cluster configurati...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

    Please redesign the AUDIT CONTAINER command and the storage rule so that lost chunks in an directory container storage pool volume are also detected and cleaned up.

    For unknown reasons, lost chunks may remain unnoticed in the directory container storage pool.These lost chunks are currently not detected by any check such as the AUDIT CONTAINER command or the AUDIT CONTAINER storage rule.Currently, these lost c...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

    Change QUERY OCCUPANCY to show the number of files backed up for each node/filespace in a directory container storage pool.

    Currently QUERY OCCUPANCY returns the number of 10GB fragments associated with each file/object. So if a file is 54GB in size it will report this under QUERY OCCUPANCY six files; where five fragments occupy 10GB, and one as 4GB. As a customer the ...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

    File list limited for 1000 lines using restore node commnad

    Hi team, we are using restore node NODE_NAME /FS FILELIST=FILE:/list_files_in_HEX.txt nametype=HEXadecimal. We are restoring data from NAS node. Customer is using France Diacritics in DIR and File names which impact filler on NAS side. Filler is u...
    almost 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Under review

    Retention rule Media be part of DRM

    If you are using Container Pool and want to create a air-gap copy of your data, either you do a protect storage pool to protect everything to your tape device or if you want to keep a offline copy for a longer period then the normal policy domain ...
    almost 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

    cert_distribute.sh should allow customers to input path to dsmcert.kdb file

    In the current cert_distribute.sh implementations as level 8.1.21 and 8.1.22 it is not possible to specify the path to the dsmcert.kdb file. The cert_distribute.sh script has a logic searching for the dsmcert.kdb file (function getWindowsCertKDBPa...
    almost 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Under review

    cert_distribute.sh script should allow customers to input a list of client nodes

    In the current implementations, the cert_distribute.sh shell script at levels 8.1.21 and 8.1.22 queries the Storage Protect server for all its Storage Protect client nodes, does some filtering to select only supported platforms, and then will asso...
    almost 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Under review

    cert_distribute.sh script should allow customized new client cert file names

    In the current implementations, the cert_distribute.sh shell script at levels 8.1.21 and 8.1.22 is using random file names for the newly created client cert (crt) file. For customer environments with multiple, maybe hundreds of Storage Protect ser...
    almost 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Under review

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