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snapdiff option for clustered ontap (netapp)

HelloWe have new Netapp filers in prodcution since 2 months and these use the new clustered ontap version (8.2). I have opened a PMR because the snapdiff option didn't work on these filers and the support told me that snapdiff was only possible on...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 11 Delivered

Storewize syslog server for Audit log

We would like to have the option of the Audit log to be sent to a syslog server.The following are some events that are of interest:Create user, delete user, change privilege user, change password, successful login, failed login known user, failed ...
about 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

CSM - Email alerts for dual access control

We would like to have the option to enable email alerts for certain dual access control groups.
over 4 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

Replication data communication encryption in transit using TLS

Encryption of data at flight: Currently our spectrum Virtualize software is able to do a encryption of data at rest. This capability means that data is encrypted as it is written to disks by the IBM Spectrum Virtualize Controllers, and not by disk...
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

V7000 and SVC replication via onboard IP links

We'd like to request the ability for the Storwize V7000 and SVC to be able to replicate via Global Mirror using the onboard IP ports on the V7000/SVC. This will eliminate the need to use 3rd devices for FCIP translation and simplify the current an...
over 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 13 Delivered

Please add formal support for "Storage Groups" on SVC/V7K

There is currently no formal functionality to create a 'storage group' (or container) on SVC/V7K platforms as of version 6.4. Users are forced to either create many multiple individual host-to-lun masks OR create 'arbitrary' storage groups by labe...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Delivered

Dynamic volume expansion for HyperSwap volumes

We urgently need the support for dynamic volume expansion at HyperSwap volumes. Currently one HyperSwap volume copy needs to be removed to enable the volume expansion and afterwards to be re-created &re-synchronized again to do this. This resu...
about 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

VTS Physlib enhancement - TS7760T

For library maintenance operations, the TS7770T has to be put in Service Prep mode. Hence during all operations even planned ones, this cluster is unavailable.From ATS: unfortunately the Physlib is not designed for "planned outages". See the Host ...
over 5 years ago in IBM TS7700 2 Delivered

Storwize - simplify flashcopy restoration process

Currently in the event of restoring a volume using a flashcopy it is required for a reverse flashcopy to be created and then the new mapping to be started with the -restore flag. This requires a degree of understanding of how the technology that i...
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Delivered

Enhanced VM excludes for TSM for VE

Enhancement to TSM for VE set up to allow an include/exclude file for selective exclusion / inclusion of VMs from backup (similar to BAClient model).
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 6 Delivered

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