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Metro DR configuration in Fusion SDS with internal container native storage (ODF/FDF)

Two of our largest banking customer in France are planning to deploy an OpenShift environment based on their common requirements in terms of storage resilience using several data centers. This means primarily the setup of a two site Metro DR confi...
over 1 year ago in Storage Fusion 0 Future consideration

Changes for ISP Server/Client

Will there be an Systemd-Daemon file one day for better controlling of the system processes of the ISP software?Because the ISP server and client software haven't yet an native systemd-daemon and are using still the old SysV-Init-Daemon files whic...
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Pick a backup to offload in a cloud object storage or SP as archive

Hello support, I would like to know if it is possible to pick a backup that i want to offload in a cloud object storage or SP.We can define a SLA to to it as a politic. But the goal is to do it in onetime. example:do an incremental backup every da...
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 0 Future consideration

Support IBM S3 interfaces provided by IBM products on SPP+

The only supported S3 interface from IBM is "IBM CLOUD SORAGE". Technote 1087149 lists the "s3 compatible storage providers" and there is not ONE product listed there from IBM. Spectrum Protect, and Spectrum Scale come to mind, but I am SURE there...
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Allow client migration from VSNAP to OSSM and back again

Currently to migrate a client from OSSM to Vsnap storage requires deleting ALL recovery points for that client. This is worse than migrating to a different backup vendor. I have NO backups for that client simply because I want to change my backend...
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Since Repository server will not allow SPP+ Catalog backup , support "S3 Compatible on TSM server", Then backup Catalog to S3 on TSM.

I have an open PMR because I already have TSM with a tape based Disaster recovery solution because I have no networked second site to use as a DR capability. We are not Internet connected with these systems, which removes typical S3 DR solutions, ...
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Snooze alert in Storage Insights

As a SI user admin , I want to be able to Snooze a notification so that I can prioritize the work to be done
about 5 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

ESS support RoCE lossy Network

ESS support RoCE over lossless setting by adapter and switch. But lossless network will limit the overall cluster size. We need ESS to support RoCE Lossy network. As we known, The full IB network has the best performance, followed by RoCE, and the...
over 2 years ago in Storage Scale System 0 Future consideration

Azure AVS support for Spectrum Protect for VE and SPP

The client of a BP would like to continue using Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments as they migrate their vmware farm to Microsoft Azure AVS.
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Future consideration

Lock retention on SLAs to keep data from being expired/deleted

Option to define a SLA that will lock the snapshots from deletion until further notice.
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

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