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Simplify Ubuntu/Debian install instructions by using apt instead of dpkg

Since apt/apt-get nowadays (well, since apt 1.1 released in 2015) support installing from local file, https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQVQ_8.1.11/client/t_inst_ubuntu_x86_64client.html should probably be changed from multiple dpkg -i...
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

different failoverhladdresses for nodes

there is only the option to set failoverhladdress globally. but if there are tsmnodes coming through many different interfaces, there is no way to set this for each interface or at least node-specific
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

Enable option to manually add ESXi host for restore onto

Restore function request – Recover to ESXi host - should option to manually add rather than just poll inventorised ESXi hosts
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Enable the setting of a VM name on clone and production restores

Enable the ability to set a VM name on clone and production restores and on move into production and clone operations for active clones (test restores)
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

VM details in Dashboard

Show list of VMs protected and SLA protected under and VMs not protected as a list in the Dashboard. Customers want to know which VMs have successfully backed up overnight and which have failed. The Dashboard does a good job of showing this at an ...
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

SQL log backup status

The status of the SQL log backup is found only in the job log. We would like the log backups to be more visible and easy to check for success or failure. The Dashboard or on the section named Application - SQL - Backup would be helpful.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

spectrum Protect Plus reports is missing

Requests to add to the report's data of who performed the recovery.
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Backup data from ESX host without vcenter

Spectrum Protect Plus requires vcenter in virtual machine backups.But not every customer has vCenter, their virtual environment only runs on the ESX host.In addition, many backup products can take backups from the ESX host without the need for vce...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

Spectrum Protect Plus add Zero Trust Compliance to match Spectrum Protect Implementation

We are looking for Dual admin execution for removal of backup data. Similar to Spectrum Protect.
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Future consideration

Archive feature for S3 compatible devices

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus supports Amazon S3 Glacier to archive backup data.But for S3 compatible devices it only supports standard object storage buckets not archive.https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/does-ibm-spectrum-protect-plus-support-s3-comp...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Future consideration