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CSM to include text of event in email subject for email notifications

It would be very helpful if the email notifications from CSM could include not just the event code, but the text of the event in the email subject.
over 6 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

Remote Console - SVC

It is possible to have remote console access to the SVC engine - where there are remote sites, to be able to review if there is an issue during upgrade, or view boot process.
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

dsmc query backup -detail show all volume IDs

dsmc query backup xxx -detail only display one volume id, please display all volumes IDs or volume_names used by xxx objects.
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 0 Not under consideration

Support for Spectrum Protect Container Storage Pools Greater Than 1PiB

Currently, container storage pools have a limit of 1PiB per Protect server. For backing up very large environments (such as Spectrum Scale), this can lead to a proliferation of Protect servers, increasing the complexity of the solution.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

Allow multi-threaded backups/archive/expire via FileList methodology

Currently, we lose any multi-threading when we use the FileList parameter. The request is to allow multiple files to be specified, which can be handled by multiple threads (up to a specific maximum, when would then process the files in order but s...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

TS7700 Option to select any or all Cache Partitions to be Cache only

Within the TS7700T we have the option of create CP1 - CP7 (CP0 is cache only). When defining a new Cache Partition I would like to have the option of selecting if a Cache Partition is Cache w/tape or Cache Only. We would also like this option for ...
over 6 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

resync backup after loss of the cbt

The vmware backup mechanism is based on the vmware CBT to make incremental backups. After an esx crash, the cbt is reset and a FULL backup is made (new base backup). a resync backup feature will be helpful this would take a lot of time to resync b...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

2 factor authentication in the IBM Spectrum Protect Server (TSM)

As a safety factor, we now have the 2FA (2 factor authentication) issue. An example is DUO installed on aix machines.For the TSM Server application do you have something planned for this?If so, what is the forecast for the product?
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Spectrum Protect Plus support for TLS1.2 for VMware v6.0

Currently, TLS1.2 is supported for vSphere6.5+. Request for TLS1.2 support for VMware vSphere v6.0 for SPP v10.1.1.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

Bring lin_tape source into the Linux kernel

The lin_tape drivers are causing us trouble either when the OS kernel is being updated, or if the drivers need an update. Keeping a high patch level for security patches is very important on backup servers, since the backup servers generally have ...
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

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