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Simplify and Enhance the Copyset Build Process using the GUI Copyset Build Wizard

We utilize CSM in our environment a lot and that utilization is increasing. Typically and probably for most users, we build the session and then have to go out to excel or some other method externally to build the .csv to build the copyset pairing...
about 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

SPP - Auto-delete Old SPP System Logs from "/opt/ECX/tools/logcollect/archives"

After generating a SPP System Log:sudo /opt/ECX/tools/logcollect/logcollectThe files are stores here:"/opt/ECX/tools/logcollect/archives" There is currently no automated process that removes old System Logs. We recently had an issue with SPP where...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Enable Admin with Policy Privilege to "upd no sessionsec=trans" (currently fails with ANR2035E)

Admin user has been granted „Policy Privilege: WIN“ and can execute "unlock node" and "update node" for resetting password.BUT upd node fails with "ANR2035E UPDATE NODE: Administrator XYZ is not authorized to issue this command." when resetting fo...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Being able to backup different nodes on an Always-on to dfferent vSnaps

We should be able to backup different nodes on an Always-on structure to different vSnap servers. If there are 2 or 3 nodes on an Always-on structure we can backup a chosen node to desired vSnap. But it doesn't allow us to choose which node to bac...
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Future consideration

Backup SLA hung

More generic job timeout option if for any reason a database/VM backup would hold the entire job
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

When Safeguarded Copy is out of capacity, allow for either oldest to delete or newest to not be created

Give Safeguarded Copy customers a choice to either not create a new copy, or delete the oldest copy when SGC capacity is not sufficient to create a new copy
about 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

Enable messages trapping for Account Creation/Modify/Deletion to be sent via Rsyslog so we can alert on these events

Enable messages trapping for Account Creation/Modify/Deletion to be sent via Rsyslog so we can alert on these events It is my understanding after speaking with IBM that these messages are captured but the system is only designed to send Login / Lo...
9 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

Need to sort VSNAP by name or by site in SPP GUI

We have more than 60 VSNAPs and we need to sort them by name or by site
about 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

support for openzfs on linux

Please add native support for backing up the openzfs on linux filesystem. OpenZFS on linux is used quite extensively at the national labs. Current workaround options to get by such as using virtualmountpoints are unwieldy. pools may have a large n...
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

Db2admin member of local administrators group

Due to security policy the db2admin user should not be member of the local administrators group in Windows. The DB2 service can run as a service but the Spectrum Protect Server needs to be a member of the local admin group.
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

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