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Manage Automatic Move Container process

Create an option to manage the time that the IBM Spectrum Protect server can start the Automatic Move Container processes.
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Client Deployment Request

I understand it is a requirement of automatic client deployment that clients contact the server on the address as configured by the SERVERHLADDRESS. In our environment, the SERVERHLADDRESS set on the TSM Server cannot be contacted by the client be...
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 6 Not under consideration

CSM Topology Details Export to Not Add Spaces to CG/Session ID

Currently when we export the CSM Topology Details if there are Sessions/CG's which are a single character long, the CSV export will export those like ' 7' instead of just as 7 which means if we are using the data in another spreadsheet, we have to...
over 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 4 Not under consideration

Improve NQR Performance

When doing an NQR on Nodes with tens of millions of files, the initial TSM database search and sort operation which takes place on the server takes several hours. We noticed that the hardware resource utliziation (CPU, DB2 Disks) is not very high ...
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Implement CRLs for SSL/TLS communications for ISP

DoD customer implementing IBM Spectrum Protect. Reviewing usage of PKI with IBM Spectrum Protect Server and Client. DoD requires the use of DoD provided Root Certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists. Currently IBM Spectrum Protect supports th...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

LIN_Tape device driver support for RHEL RealTime Kernel

Customer is evaluating IBM Spectrum Protect and would like to have the ability to install/configure the IBM LIN_Tape-3.0.46-1.src.rpm (downloaded from IBM Fix Central) on the Real-time RHEL7.5 kernel. The customer is not able to successfully compi...
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Support to backing up MongoDB on Ubuntu servers

We have MongoDB on Ubuntu servers and need to backup them.
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

Backing up prefered SQL Always-on node

We want to be able to choose which node to backup on a SQL Always-on infrastructure.
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

Time Machine over SMB

Since the last OSX release, Apple has deprecated they're "AFP" protocol and want to use SMB for everything, TimeMachine included.In order to have a SMB share working with TimeMachine, it need to complain some specs. Here are the specs: https://dev...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

TSM4VE - requirement of Windows proxy for file-level restore in Linux environments

Setting up a TSM4VE file-level restore for Linux in a Linux only environment requires a Windows based TSM4VE proxy. Customer requested support for a Linux only based TSM4VE proxy instead.
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

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