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SVC GUI enhancement request

In the SVC GUI - when viewing hosts:The host mappings column shows a no or yes and disk symbol. Suggested change:Also display the number of volumes that are lunmasked.
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

check computability of Line tape version 3 .0.60 VS Kernel 3.10.0-1160.25.1.el7.x86_64 , 3.10.0-1160.el7.x86_64 OS RHEL 7.9

Hi Team as advised by PFE Ref to case TS011516098 to open RPQ Ref to old case TS006661327 Devlopment and PFE advised to upgrade from line tape 3.0.56-1.x86_64 to line tape version 3.0.60 in the coming PMN to overcome issue of CPU hang /TSM server ...
about 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

DRP Pool -> Migrate vDisk between DRPs

Introduction of the migratevdisk command for DRP pools.
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

Add WAIT=YES and Nodename masking options to GENERATE DEDUPSTATS

I would like to request the addition of a WAIT=YES parameter and node name masking to the GENERATE DEDUPSTATS command. It is a long-running command and it would be nice to be able to script the QUERY DEDUPSTATS command to run immediately upon comp...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

SPP - Ability to deploy SPP server VM in KVM

Customers requires to run SP server and SPP server in one box / server HW, but SPP server is not supported to run i KVM.
about 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

Official support for DB2 HADR in Spectrum Protect Server

Although it is easy to find IBM documents recommending DB2 HADR as a replication solution for Spectrum Protect Server database (f.i. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6212198) it is not oficially supported. For this reason these products are ...
about 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Smartcard Authentication for VE web GUI

Our organization enforces the use of smartcards or tokens to authenticate to servers, workstations, and applications. We are requesting that IBM add a smartcard option to the Spectrum Protect for VE "Web GUI".
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

TSM for Virtual Environments VBS (Proxy/Datamover) Virtual Appliance

Deliver TSM for Virtual Environments VBS as a virtual appliance (VBS = Vstorage Backup Server, also known as "proxy" or "datamover").
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

Add Timezone Attribute to Node for calculating Scheduled Client Events

Client schedules are currently run based on the current time on the Spectrum Protect server. For cases where the clients are not in the same timezone as the server, this can lead to client schedules running at unexpected times. While adjustments c...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Canceling sessions by name

Running sessions can be cancelled only by session id. .Please add a funcionality to cancel all sessions from one node with a single command. Further: Please add a option to cancel all sessions and prevent reopening of sessions by a node. Thank you...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

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