IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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Spectrum Archive Function Enhancement - MD Anderson

MD Anderson Cancer Center has requested that IBM provide integration between Spectrum Protect backup (GPFS) and Spectrum Protect archive (LTFS) to integrate a “BACKUP REQUIRED BEFORE MIGRATION” functionality in order to eliminate the possibility o...
over 7 years ago in IBM Storage Archive 1 Delivered

TSM client support for Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 has been released; how soon will it be supported?
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

TSM Client for Macintosh OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)

Apple released OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) yesterday - and as a free upgrade. As such, users have already upgraded to this OS, and want to be able to backup their systems
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

SVC ability to select multiple hosts field is too small to see long hostnames

SVC ability to select multiple hosts is not good enough, the field is too small to see long hostnames and no grouping can be done
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

"MAXPROCESS" Parameter for "BACKUP NODE" Command

Presently, when issuing the "BACKUP NODE" command against a NetApp or System-N filer (without specifying a volume, or volumes), a backup process for every volume on the filer is immediately, and concurrently, created. The filer, of course, cannot ...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Delivered

Increase scalabilty of SVC Change Volumes (SYS4942)

IBM GTS SO requests STG to increase scalability of SVC GM CVs.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Node Replication needs to replicate nodes without filespaces as well

Node Replication only replicates nodes with filespaces.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Delivered

Use DB2 compression for TSM DB backup

Enhance the TSM server command "BACKUP DB" to allow for DB2 backup compression!
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Delivered

Storwize V7000 Microcode Update behavior

Change the Storwize V7000 microcode update behavior. The client should be able to decide by his own how long the delay between a node upgrade should be during a microcode upgrade. Without using the manual V7000 upgrade procedure. Therefore it shou...
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Service user role should be able to execute dmp (recommended action)

The V7000 service user role should be able to execute dmp (dynamic maintenance procedure) or recommended action in the GUI. Other user roles like "admin" or "secure admin" has to many other rights. Client's request a stricter definition of the use...
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

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