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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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Export operations increased to 256kB blocksize

IBM labs has detected Export operations blocksize to be a performance bottleneck.All other tape operations are said to use 256kB blocksize whilst Export operations use 32kB blocksize. The request is to start using 256kB blocksize for Export operat...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Not under consideration

Spectrum Protect and Open LDAP

A lot of customer use an openLDAP to secure their IT and enforce all application to use it.
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Move backups between nodes (datamovers)

Moving data from a datamover node to a datacenter node is not possible when it is mis-stored. Currently, with container pools, the only option is to delete those backups, or manually track them separately.
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Spectrum Protect - Add functionality to the deactivate data command

Expand the deactivate data command to apply to other clients besides Oracle. It is urgently needed for SQL backup clients. The deactivate data command should be expanded to work on SQL, DB2, Informix, and all other API-style backup products.
almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Need to be able to move data between container pools

Need to have the ability to move data between container pools as needed. This includes: Directory to DirectoryCloud to CloudCloud to Directory
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Change of srvmon directory to different path instead of instance path

Our instance home directory which is 20 GB in size is getting full as the hidden collection folder in srvmon directory is using up to 15 GB of the space in instance directory before it can get purged.
almost 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Add query volume for NDMP snapmirror backup

Add a query volume option for BACKUP NODE TYPE=SNAPMirror Sample: QUERY BACKUP NODE [node] TYPE=SNAPMirror This would simply the backup for backup operators without access to the NetApp filer. The workaround "BACKUP NODE cluster1node1 TOC=No TYPE=...
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

SP Operations Center group assign Alerts

Add a functionality to manage (assign and close) Alerts faster and in groups (bulk selections) in the Spectrum Protect Operations Center. Or make the assignment drop-down menu part of each alert so that it's easier to assign.Please design the OC i...
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Replication should not hang if target pool is hung

When replicating to a cloud pool target, if a Disk to Cloud Transfer is hung, then replication hangs. Replication should have a timeout so that it can skip, abort, etc. rather than winding up locks.
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Is a defect

Enable Aspera for Spectrum Protect on Power Linux server

The customer has ISP on Power AIX server and want to enhance BCP between two sites with low bandwidth.I understand that Linux on IA server is supported.But this customer want to get end to end support from IBM.And we also want to exclude competito...
about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

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