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    Data Protect as part of IBM Storage Defender and improvement for cluster-failover

    Assume there are two Data Protect Clusters in metro-distance (<30km). Both clusters are loosely coupled only. Just backup data itself are mirrored asynchronously, but no meta-data. What are the issues with that? As a consequence, in case of a f...
    over 1 year ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Under review

    Please add ability to select individual VMDKs for inclusion, excluding all unselected VMDKs

    When configuring a Protection Group with a standardized configuration of the OS partition being on HDISK1, it is easier to select that one VMDK for inclusion rather than have to exclude all other VMDKs. Over time, VM configurations may change and ...
    over 1 year ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Under review

    Add support for Data Protect to Archive to Google "Archive" Tier

    Lowers cost for long-term retention of data.
    3 months ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Submitted

    Add ability in Data Management Service to perform most common Storage Protect actions

    Monitoring of Storage Protect is very basic in the current release. The product shows how many alerts on the Storage Protect server but not what they are. Operations Center is still 100% necessary for Storage Protect management. Would like to allo...
    almost 2 years ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Future consideration

    I would like VGS to be added to SPS

    Goodday As part of our Oracle in a SAP environment landscape we do bi-weekly refreshes of PROD onto a QA system. We also get ad-hoc requests for other clones as well as clones for Projects that means we need to keep a snapshot around for 6-12 mont...
    over 2 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    Data Management Service: Clusters should show a warning on Summary dashboard when in a disconnected state

    DMS works much like Data Protect local console. It is very simple to use, but the health status can be misleading. Clusters should show a warning on Summary dashboard when in a disconnected state
    almost 2 years ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Planned for future release

    Defender Data Protect Agent needs to support customer-issued CA certificates

    Especially for big customers with their own customer CA, we NEED to support their own certificates with Defender Data Protect agents to comply with their strict security requirements.
    8 months ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0

    DMS/Data Protect NAS backup: Would be helpful if Scale GUI+CES+NFS requirement was displayed in Web GUI

    Using Storage Scale for NAS backup requires Scale GUI+CES+NFS. While this is noted in the documentation, it would be helpful if this was indicated in the GUI.
    almost 2 years ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Planned for future release

    Support Linux on Z for DMS / Data Protect

    Currently today the Defender Data Management Service / Data Protect only supports backups of x86 and Power. The IBM CIO team needs support for Linux on Z. They'd like to see the backup agent ported to Linux on Z. Other mainframe customers may want...
    almost 2 years ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Future consideration

    Support for Tanzu TKGi

    Some bigger customers are heavily invested in Tanzu, this includes Tanzu TKGi. Right now we don't support this with Defender Data Protect.
    10 months ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Under review

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