IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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V7000 - Retention Based Logging (SYS4987)

Improve Userid security/ individual accountability in IBM Storage Devices
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

TSM for ERP Support for DB2 10.5 on SAP

TSM for ERP cannot restore the DB2 10.5 database running on SAP R3. DB2 10.5 is not supported by TSM for ERP..
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 4 Delivered

Maximun Path length

Windows Backup client crashes when the directory path length is exceeded. Customer is interested in avoing this crash or increasing the path length.
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

disable fw upgrade if its a V7000 Unified

I had a lot of customers so far, which updated the V7000 firmware if the use the V7000 in a V7000 Unified. The result is, the the file modules can't contact the V7000 anymore and the customer need to downgrade the V7000 firmware with dataloss. The...
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

After upgrading software, then a notice to say component upgrades maybe undertaken at this time.

Feedback from client after having concern with machine immediately after an upgrade. Feedback: It would be nice if the upgrade process would indicate that firmware is being applied to enclosure components.
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

TDP for SQL security authorization

Enable TDP for Microsoft SQL to be Active Directory aware so that SQL database access plus TDP flashcopy console access can be restricted and secured. Currently a local SQL account has to be used within the TDP agent for backups and restores. This...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Delivered

Agent:Support for Oracle Enterprise Linux

Certified OS agent for the followingOracle Linux 5.9 (Redhat compatible kernel)Oracle Linux 5.9 (UEK kernel) Certified TDP agent to run on above OS with Oracle versions10gR2, 11gR1++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Certified OS ag...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

Request that FCM functionality be enhanced to support nested mount points that are stored on more than one volume group.

We request that FCM functionality be enhanced to support nested mount points that are stored on more than one volume group. There is no indication in the FCM error message to indicate why this functionality is not in FCM. The error message simply ...
over 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 2 Delivered

v7000 GM-Change Volumes GUI Re-Design (no more 99%)

Strange behavior with "Consistent Copying" and progress bar at "99%" all the time is irritating for customers.So let's suppose that customer will have 20-30 active LUN relationships. It is not "normal" to explain the customer that everything is OK...
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

V5010 Direct Attach

We require V5010 to FC5735 fibre card as a direct attach configuration. This is part of a DS3700 to V5010 migration project.HArdware Case RCMS 018HD8B,866AIX PMR TS001875011
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

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