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multiple backup cycles support in TSM for VE.

Multiple backup cycles support for each VMDKs is needed.
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

Ignore/Skip Windows RC Codes during Backup

As you can see in the PMR we got a big problem with some files on a netapp filer. This files were created by randomly by netapp filer. Problem is that these files have no owner, or other NTFS securitys so an windows RC appears if the BA Client try...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Is a defect

Enable REST via commandline

REST API has to be enabled using Open Webbrowser, Login, and Check the "Enable REST" Checkbox.
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

TSM on GPFS quota support

del fi on repl target using dedup and GPFS . Problembeschreibung when running some del fi on a repl target using dedub and having DB, LOG and STGP on GPFS caused by the Dedup Deletion Worker the archlog was used to the given maximum by quota, i gu...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 3 Not under consideration

Migration from CPS

Provide capability for customers to move from legacy CPS hardware to fusion
almost 2 years ago in Storage Fusion 2 Not under consideration

Requesting that customer system name be included in Call Homes for ESS and IBM Storage products.

It has been noted that ESS Call Home cases (inclusive of other IBM Storage as well) do not have the name of the system in the cases description. We are requesting that this change so that system names are included in the call home for the CSP case...
almost 2 years ago in Storage Scale System 0 Future consideration

Provision of vdisk protection time for unmap and delete

Currently there is a parameter "vdisk_protection_time" is available to configure on SVC to avoid any unforeseen deletions by an error. We need to have a different parameter for unmap of volume and a similar parameter for protecting against deletio...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Ability to migrate TSM DB from AIX to x86 Linux server

Our Server Support team manages and supports hundreds of x86 Linux and MS Windows servers, and are very efficient and adept at doing so. They have retired all older Solaris and AIX servers. However, we still run our TSM servers on AIX, because tha...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Probes fail against Brocade Switches (v9.0.0b)

v.5.4.2: Unable to Probe Brocade Switches (v9.0.0b) - java.lang.NullPointerException/RestBrocadeSwitchProbe.run()] [ERROR] Error writing protobuf to ProbeOutput file
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Control 0 Is a defect

Modify Spectrum scale GUI theme/layout to avoid security finding

Security findings: For the Wireless, open a ticket with the vendor to determine how to change the theme or layout of the web/gpfs login page and/or a feature request to change layout due to graphics definitions in the HTML matching wireless access...
over 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration