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OSSM Proxy on the same server as SP OSSM Server

currently on VSNAP servers we have the ability to also run the vadp proxy on the same server. with OSSM this is not possible. we need to have separate proxies as using the SP OSSM server as a OSSM proxy doesnt work. having separate vm proxies requ...
9 months ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

HADR priming with online database backup

The current process to configure Tivoli Storage Manager for HADR is documented here: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Electronic%20vaulting%20using%20deduplicated%20remote%20cop...
about 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Include a section with fix number and description of fixes in the release notes

One of my customers opened a support case for an issue with CSM, the Support team found out they hit a bug in CSM and suggested to upgrade the CSM to a newer version (6.3.6.0) that included the fix, but they were not able to find any information i...
over 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Not under consideration

Option Needed to Disable Implicit WRITE_ACL Permission for Owner on NFSv4 ACLs

According to https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/STXKQY_5.1.0/com.ibm.spectrum.scale.v5r10.doc/bl1adm_admglnv4.htm Spectrum Scale grants implicit WRITE_ACL permission to the owner of files and directories in conflict with the NFSv4 specifi...
almost 4 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Planned for future release

Add ability to suppress ANS1115W ( File skipped due to exclude ) message

SITUATION1. TSM allows the exclusion of files and folders from its backup regime.2. At present, TSM will produce error messages for files/filders skipped due to the configuration.3. The messages are classed as 'warning' even though this is clearly...
almost 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Replication hung sessions are not getting cancelled on source and target TSM automatically after network disruptions

Replication sessions are getting hung due to network disruption and those sessions are not getting cancelled when the network issue is resolved. It took almost 4 hours for those sessions to get cancelled by TSM server which delayed DR replication ...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Is a defect

Increased number of concurrent SSH connections and allow us to manage open ssh connections

Allow an increased number of available ssh sessions into an SVC and allow us to terminate or timeout hung or idle connections.
about 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

Flash/SSDs Wear & Endurance GUI Monitoring

Urgently requested for Spectrum Storage Insight and Spectrum Virtualize GUI feature enhancement, to include tracking and monitoring of the Flash/SSDs devices on their wear and endurance. Competitors already having such features on their GUI dashbo...
over 5 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Raising iSER sessions to 1024 per node

PayPal/GoPay purchased some 9200s for a large VMware environment with iSER connectivity, and we hit the 256 session limitation per controller. We desperately need to increase the iSer sessions from 256 to 1024 per controller. The iSER cards are co...
about 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Proactive support service within Operations Center

Operations Center Proactive Support with Health monitor and Advisor.
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration