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Spectrum Virtualize v8.2.1.9 'lsfabric' command does not support hostclusters

When tracking host fabric connections to a Spectrum Virtualize controller (especially with multiple IO groups) the command 'lsfabric -host <hostname>' can be used.However our VMWare cluster has 9 hosts, configured within a host cluster.The '...
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

Protection of namespaces under AKS - Azure Kubernetes Services

We have customer in Brazil which would like to protect just the namespaces which they have on AKS, storing this backup on Azure Object Storage. Currently, SPP does not support AKS.
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

AFM for Object Storage Support

We have a large set of science data that we save on our IBM Spectrum Scale system and to be able to reduce the amount of spinning fast disk are we using IBM Spectrum Archive to extend our storage to tape. But now does our data science people ask u...
over 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Future consideration

Require HTTPS for Spectrum Protect Web Client

Currently only HTTP works when using the Backup-Archive Web Client. US Bancorp requires this communication to be transmitted over HTTPS due to Federal audit requirements. We know that the data is not sent in clear text, but the auditors don't, so ...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

Spectrum Protect Operations Center should display the TDP Client version as well as BA Client API version

In Spectrum Protect OC. I have TDP SQL clients showing version 8.1.7.1. That version does not exist for TDP SQL clients but it does exist for Windows BA client which means that the TDP node is showing the BA client version.
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

HADR priming with online database backup

The current process to configure Tivoli Storage Manager for HADR is documented here: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Electronic%20vaulting%20using%20deduplicated%20remote%20cop...
about 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Backup SLA hung

More generic job timeout option if for any reason a database/VM backup would hold the entire job
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Improved Monitoring of the Defined Premigration Threshold Limits of a CPx Partition on the TS7760

The IBM TS7700 hardware provides the possibility to start pre-migration in one or more CPx partitions when the Premigration threshold defined in the TS7760 is reached. This premigration may start at any point in time, whenever the threshold is rea...
over 4 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

Detailed License Report - Spectrum Protect Plus

The license report in SPP is not self-explanatory.Its very easy to get confused on the returned results. It would be a great help, if it was possible to expand the sources, so it was possible to see what VM's and what application instances the res...
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Add volume group filtering option to Add Copy Sets Wizard in addition to LSS

We would like to use CSM for our IBM i, Linux, VIOS, and AIX volumes. Unlike the mainframe storage team, we do not use LSS to manage our disk. All of our disk activities are performed via volume group in the DS8000 GUI. The flash copy option has r...
over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

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