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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.
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 4 Future consideration

LISTING/PREVIEW of ALL tapes required for a RETRIEVE or a RESTORE

Retrieve and Restore function should have preview option to list the volumes which will be required for the Restore or Retrieve;
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

Spectrum Protect Plus SQL Log backups not snapshotted replicated until DB backups initiated

SQL Log backups in SPP in CIFS share are not snapshotted until the next DB backup and its subsequent snapshot. Similarly, SQL log backup snapshots are only replicated when the SQL DB backup snapshot replication is scheduled.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

Spectrum Protect Plus backups with VMware Storage DRS

Client has VMware Storage DRS enabled. Spectrum Protect Plus checks the previous location of the VM on the datastore. If it has been moved as a result of DRS, it performs a full base backup.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

Insights NAME field to reflect HMC NAME field or add it into Insights

It has come to our attention that the NAME field within Insights is actually a reference to the VOLSER from the HMC system. This i s normally not a problem, except on a multi-client box where we put the client name/code in the NAME Field. Without ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

1620 callhome event

1620 mdisk group offline did not callhome due to event being and error 2 event.
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Instructions are not given for how to start IP Quorum on Boot

Stretched (enhanced and HyperSwap) Spec Virt environments, as well as clustered Storwize devices, require an IP Quorum. AIX, Linux, and Windows are supported for this function. However, writing the appropriate startup scripts or service files are ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Planned for future release

Choose wich disc to restore in Data Protection for Hyper-V

In Dataprotection for Hyper-V it would be very nice if we can choose wich disc to restore.
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration

Oracle 18c support SP 4 DB's

I have a client who is installing Oracle 18c now and have a need for backups They have used Spectrum Protect in the past and want to continue to do so
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Planned for future release

Spectrum Control - Add a capacity planning modeling function

IBM Spectrum Control uses capacity information to provide an estimated zero capacity date. I would request that this same information be utilized to allow customers to perform capacity planning modeling. Current workaround: Perform this manually u...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Control 2 Not under consideration

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