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Request local support for storing passwords in a one way hash.

Request local support for storing passwords in a one way hash.
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Allow for use of two factor authentication in lieu of username/passwrds for TSM

Allow for use of two factor authentication in lieu of username/passwrds for TSM
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Allow for use of PK certificates for authentication of a TSM client to a TSM server and vice versa.

Allow for use of PK certificates for authentication of a TSM client to a TSM server and vice versa. The certificates could also be used for encrypting communication.
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

new feature for Exchange 2010 Online Archive

I would to restore the ONLINE ARCHIVE MAILBOX, the new feature provided by Exchange 2010; Now we are able to restore this, but only including the restore of the entire database into a RECOVERY DATABASE and after this is only possible with a lot of...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 1 Not under consideration

exclude.archive.dir

Provide an exclude.archive.dir option. Without that exclude all other directories, beside the one which should be archived, are scanned and archived. That is particularly an unwanted behaviour when one want to archive a folder from a NetApp snapsh...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Not under consideration

Node replication (Query REPLIcation) is not showing current throughput, remaining objects, ETA information as such.

Node replication (Query REPLIcation) is not showing current throughput, remaining objects, ETA information as such. Our intent is to use this feature for DR testing and an indication would be well appriciated in planning the test itself. If the no...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Shouldn't the ITM for TSM agent packages have a separate installer - possibly covering all the agents?

Shouldn't the ITM for TSM agent packages have a separate installer - possibly covering all the agents?
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

You want to control simultaneous access to various directories, as a performance item, such that TSM balances the workload

You want to control simultaneous access to various directories, as a performance item, such that TSM balances the workload across multiple spindles/heads/whatever. This is a request to allow ADMINs to somehow map underlying knowledge to TSM entiti...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Reclamation continuation until specified x% reached even if some tapes are not available inside silo.

Reclamation continuation until specified x% reached even if some tapes are not available inside silo.
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Have control over specific file systems to use for INPUT and OUTPUT of certain (if not all) server operations

You want to have control over specific file systems to use for INPUT and OUTPUT of certain (if not all) server operations. This is primarily a DISK MIGRATION requirement (i.e., out with the old, in with the new). You mentioned yourself that this m...
about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

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