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Support for EMC Atmos cloud storage platform

Customer requested support for TSM to use Atmos cloud storage as they are migrating off of EMC Centerra device.
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 3 Not under consideration

mmhealth incorrectly reports Windows nodes as FAILED

Scale 4.2.3NSD nodes on x86, rhel7.3client nodes on x86, rhel and Windows 2012 R2When executed on NSD node, mmhealth incorrectly shows Windows node as FAILED:---# mmhealth cluster show node Component Node Status Reasons----------------------------...
about 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Is a defect

SVC - Debug mode collection enablement

Ability to enable an extended debug mode for gathering deep information from a cluster and a tool to provide analysis of that data for onsite review. The intent for this is to perform deep level testing prior to deployment of new code sets.
about 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

ESS GUI in mix env (emsp9 & emsp8)

In mix env where there is EMS P8 + ESS GL systems, and EMS P9 + ESS5K/ESS3K, we can not move to 1 EMS P9 as active GUI - since it report old HW as unknown state.
over 3 years ago in Storage Scale System 0 Is a defect

Implement SNMP on SVC/Storwize

Please implement readonly SNMP V2 server on the device to allow for asset management and discovery
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Keepalive option for Library client mount requests

Require library client sessions to use a keepalive or retry mechanism to keep from being timed out by firewalls. Library client is in one part of the network, library manager is in another, separated by firewall. Security rules insist that a timeo...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Issues in IBM Spectrum Protect Operation Center Reporting

Using IBM Spectrum Protect Operation Center Version 7.1.8.0 The "At-Risk" does not work on archives. It works solely on backups as is indicated by the message "At Risk" (Policy: A backup did not completeduring the configured status interval (by de...
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 0 Not under consideration

Provide ability to add custom logo in Discover UI header

This is a high priority RFE from Princeton per discussions directly with customer, offering management (Par Hettinga), and sales team (Brian Seery, et al).Suggested Solution Provide customer with ability to display their own graphic in header line...
over 3 years ago in Storage Discover 1 Future consideration

Keep alive packets

I would like the client and server to send and answer keep alive packets on the main restore connection so that stateful firewalls will not time out the connection when the restore takes a long time due to many tape mounts or other reasons. It's o...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 3 Not under consideration

Several users connected to the IBM TS4300 tape library at the same time

Currently, only one person (on Operator Panel or Management GUI) can be logged in to the IBM TS4300 tape library at the same time. The customer would like several person to be able to connect to the library at the same time.
over 3 years ago in Linear Tape-Open 1 Not under consideration

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