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TSM Script Editing feature that was in the Administration Center to be in Operations Center

would like the TSM Script Editing feature that was in the Administration Center to be in Operations Center.The Admin Center Script editor was pretty “low function”, but at least it allowed changes and cut and paste. And it had a nice syntax checki...
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

The GUI should work with multiple proxies (Proxy-HA)

The support of several proxy servers (proxy-HA) is a widely used method throughout the routeClient -> Hardware Loadbalancer -> Proxy server -> Loadbalancer -> GUI-HA to ensure reliability.
almost 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Future consideration

CSM Option to Send Alert When Session Returns to Normal Status

We would like the option to have CSM send an alert when sessions return to a Normal status after they have gone to a Warning or Critical status.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Future consideration

TSM client Web GUI in TSM vwersion 8.1.4

TSM client Web GUI availability in TSM server version 8.1.4.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 2 Not under consideration

SI Pro and Hitachi VSP FICON Adapters

For Hitachi VSP G1500, G1000, and 5500 storage, SI/SI Pro only reports on Fibre Channel adapters that are installed in the system. It does not properly reflect the FICON adapters / ports installed in the system. If you go to Properties -> Confi...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Is a defect

Provide License Report Granularity on Users/Roles/Resource Groups

In order to represent and determine a cost model for the usage of SPP, please enhance the licensing report (System > License) to be able to select additional options/filters. Filters should be bound to resource groups, users or roles. Target is...
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

CallHome feature add to use SMTP in addition to HTTPS

System: ESS EMS node models: 5148-21L 5105-22E Actor: Client needing additional CallHome feature ESS EMS node is a mandatory component of ESS building blocks. CallHome is currently supporting HTTPs protocol through internet via proxy server. Clien...
almost 4 years ago in Storage Scale System 1 Not under consideration

REST API should support managing fileset access control for remote mounts

Customer wants to change which filesets their compute cluster has access to, based on which group of users are using it. This is to protect groups of users to see each others files, even for root. They will implement filesystem encryption to prote...
almost 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

Add Host Connections Column to Block Storage Systems

Add the number of Host Connections as an available column in the Storage Systems table view. We already have Pools, Volumes, Drives, Remote Connections, etc, but we're missing the number of Hosts.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Future consideration

Add ability to export data by management class using the export node command

I propose that the TSM export node command is enhanced so that specific management classes are targeted for extraction. This will enable administrators to extract specific data ( typically long term data ) and leave out all the unnecessary data. T...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

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