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Add functionality to Python SDK for Spetctrum Discover

When run in OpenShift, every pod that uses the SDK seems to require root privileges because the SDK mounts data connections under /nfs-scanner/. We have some Python scripts that use the SDK to work on files and apply tags to them in Spectrum Disco...
over 1 year ago in Storage Discover 0 Planned for future release

Web Client Access for TSM 815

Provide support for TSM web client connection to 815 TSM for NDMP data restore
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Planned for future release

3 or more ISKLM IP address for TS7700

Intesa San Paolo, the biggest Italian Bank, with 3 Grids-3way installed, is asking for an ehancement for TS7700, related to ISKLM IP address.Custumer would like that more than 2 ISKLM IP address can be defined, at least 3.
over 3 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Planned for future release

Node replication at lower priority

Ability to have 'repl node' command run at a lower, or user definable, priority.
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Planned for future release

Present option for high performance Volume Group Snapshots

IBM i workloads and Epic Cache/Iris each have blueprints and best practices to use 64KB grain sizes for Thin Provisioned volumes and FlashCopy grain sizes. This is done with traditional FlashCopy and mkvdisk commands through the CLI. There are no ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Planned for future release

Decommissioning Commands

To implement a "DECOM NODE" command so node is automatically renamed as per default configuration and data to be automatically deleted when provided retention period is reached
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Planned for future release

Fiserv has standardized on PingID V1.36 as the MFA software of choice for their enterprize platforms and they would like to have IBM certify PingID with FlashSystem.

Fiserv has standardized on PingID V1.36 as the MFA software of choice for their enterprize platforms and they would like to have IBM certify PingID with FlashSystem Spectrum Virtualize 8.5.4
almost 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Planned for future release

Pre-Requisites Check Script

In order to consider and check all points on the pre-requisite checklist for FCM on Unix, Linux a checking utility would ease the work a lot. Currently, the checklist is very complex and not all of the points are directly clear. Some points refer ...
over 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 2 Planned for future release

TS7700 BVIR utility Copy Audit ? add additional fields to help identify LVOL's needing attention.

Request to make changes to data being reported in the TS7700's BVIR (Bulk Volume Information Retrieval) “Copy Audit” utility. Currently Copy Audit reports the volser, the copy mode for each cluster and the removal state for each cluster. The custo...
over 5 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Planned for future release

SPP: way to browse files for restore

Give a way to pull up an index of files that were backed up for a specific VM on a specific day. Basically copy pulling up a point in time restore browser that is in the normal SP client.
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release