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RC=12 is not required for successful processing.

When the IBM Spectrum Protect backup/archive client detects that a self-signed digital certificate has expired, the expiration date is updated, but RC=12 is returned and "ANS1579E" is recorded.The process is successful and I would like RC=0 to be ...
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Is a defect

Add vSnap Utilisation to the 'Protected VMs Report'

There is not currently an option within SPP to show how much capacity a particular VM is using on the vSnap Storage. This could be displayed either in the vSnap Utilisation Report, or the Protected VMs report.
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

Increase the number of nodes in a Storwize cluster

Increase the number of nodes in the Storwize cluster. Users want an SVC cluster to have 16-32 nodes.
about 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Need function in Spectrum Protect Plus to delete all backups of SQL Server database

Customer requires functionality in Spectrum Protect Plus to delete all backups of a SQL Server database. This is related to GDPR.
about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 4 Future consideration

Add system node name to the description/title of any CSP ticket generated from a call home.

The overall request is to add the system node name of the originating device into the case description whenever a call home occurs that results in a case being opened. From the sample case the customer provided, the case description is “9100 DSK00...
about 2 years ago in Storage Scale System 1 Future consideration

More flexible VMTAG processing

Version 7.1.6 gave us the possibility to use VMware TAGs to help control the exclusion of a VM and the Spectrum Protect (TSM) management class a VM should use. Even if this is a great improvement, I think that it could easily be extended to give u...
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration

TSM for VE - File-level restore process similar to TSM BA GUI

In a virtual environment, be able to execute file-level restore to alternate location using a backup operator account and keeping the original Windows folders/files permissions. This process would be similar to TSM BA client restore process, that ...
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

Reallowing non-root Spectrum Scale connections to Spectrum Discover after ESS security enhancements

Spectrum Scale connections are considered the most effective way to provide metadata from IBM ESS storage to Spectrum Discover since both systems are IBM-based. The following IBM video guide outlines the steps for correctly set up Scale connection...
about 3 years ago in Storage Discover 1 Functionality already exists

Allow for import of Wildcard Certificate on FS5200 for securing WebUI

Currently on the FS5200, you have to create a certificate request and then upload the certificate generated from the request in order to secure the WebUI on the FS5200. We use Wildcard Certificates so that we don't have to order a new cert for eac...
about 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Summary of all SLA Timings

A Gannt view of SLA timings would illustrate resource utilisation, where it may be useful to change schedule times to avoid contention and where extra resources may be neededCould also compare the previous night with the average from the past week...
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Planned for future release