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Spectrum Protect (Server)

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Add SP Server logging to SYSLOG for UNIX/AIX

Currently, logging to SYSLOG is only available on Linux. To properly integrate SP into SIEM/QRadar, it is essential to have logging to SYSLOG for UNIX/AIX, too.
9 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

SnapMirror 2 Tape NetApp - Restore Data to a different NetApp (CASE: TS013360935)

SnapMirror 2 Tape NetApp - Restore Data to a different NetApp (CASE: TS013360935)
12 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

Support replication of Retention Set information as well as the data

At present, retention rules and retention sets that are defined on the source replication server are not replicated to the target server. Only the data in the retention sets is replicated. This is a problem, in that should the source server be los...
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Automate scan and fix of "unavailable" containers for Spectrum Protect servers

Today I found that a number of vm's did not backup snapshots to the (container based) storage pool. This happened before and points to the error: ANS9351E Data was not available on server and was skipped. Processing snapshot ----------------------...
about 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 5 Future consideration

A function is required for directory container pools to balance the fill level of multiple storage pool directories

A function is required for directory container pools to balance the fill level of multiple storage pool directories, especially when an additional storagepool directory is added.Otherwise the Move Container scripts must be generated and started dy...
10 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

Optimize migration algorythm of seq. storagepool to collocated storagepool

Short:When migrating data from a file pool to a collocated tape pool a large number of mounts occur in the tape pool causing throughput to go down and maintenance can not complete in time. Setup:Data flowClient > (backup) > file pool > (m...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

success ful backup in database

So according to this case the filespace table in database, column "last_successful_backup" for Exchange TDP is only updated if replication is configured. If replication is not running, this value is not updated as it should.
about 2 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

Native support for Spectrum protect Server HA on RHEL cluster

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd (TKML) has recently changed there Spectrum protect server from AIX to RHEL. Customer was using Power HA based high availability solution for Spectrum protect server previously and now is expecting the same capability on ...
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Migrate/Tier older data from containerpool to tape

Hello, we use large file pools for our backups, these pools store a number of days of backups, then older/cold data get migrated to tape.Currently we have some severe pains with the file pools when migration is done to a collocated storagepool, se...
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

RETENTION SET migration from older TAPE format to newer format or Cloud

Data outlives the hardware technology when storing RETENTION SETS for 5 years or more. Being able to efficiently migrate from old to new media type would prove our dedication to the data and increase the longevity of our product.
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Future consideration