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Enable ESS and Scale GUI option to enter an editable text box or a drop-down list

Add the ability, in the ESS and Spectrum Scale GUIs to be settable as a GUI login default an editable text box or a drop-down list for searching files. For example, add a search field option to search, export and apply filter for counting differen...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

8.1 Backup Archive client support for Linux BE on Power

No BA Client is available for 8.1 on SLES 11 on Power Big Endian.
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

Provide cross platform recovery of .nsd files for Lotus Dominos using Tivoli Data Protect for Dominos

Customer is migrating Dominos from AIX to xLinux, and interested in being able to recover .nsd files from AIX backups into xLinux platform.
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Not under consideration

SP for DATABASES SQL 8.1.4 should support SQL 2016 EXPRESS

SP for DATABASES SQL 8.1.4 should support SQL 2016 EXPRESS.Currently it is not listed into the supported DB
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Not under consideration

Request to develop VSC ability to blacklist SVC ports when automatic zoning. Prevent usage of SVC internode ports.

VSC is not able to restrict zoning for SVC ports dedicated for internode communication.The reason of this request is to ask IBM to develop some blacklist option for VSC automatic zoning in order to block the use of some selected SVC ports.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Control 2 Not under consideration

disk to tape migration from large server

Current disk to tape migration process starts a single process when moving data from disk to tape. We are converting to Spectrum Scale using HSM for a server that has 2 PB of data. A single migration process will kill the conversion project.
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 0 Not under consideration

Support for local deduplication cache when using API clients

Logged on behave of the customer. They would like formal support for a local deduplication cache when using the TDP (API) products, such as TSM for Databases (eg SQL).
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 0 Not under consideration

Add feature to the BA client to automatically pull down a new version, install as part of a scheduled incr backup

This is not to be confused with Autodeployment.This feature would add the ability to configure the B/A client to download and install a new version either from its Spectrum Protect server or from public.dhe.ibm.com on the next scheduled incrementa...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

More detailed logging of security events

logging of security events uses a generic message rather that providing the details. For example, unlocking a user account provides the message "A setting was changed" where as it should state the account of user X was unlocked by user Y on date/t...
about 7 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 2 Not under consideration

OC STG Settings flexibilisation

In a large Installations monitored by Operational Center are settings for Storage Pools too inflexible.The thresholds could be set only for all Spoke Servers and all Storage Pools. Especially by using of Storage Pool from type FILE with predefined...
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 0 Not under consideration

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