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ENCRYPTIONType AES256 can be reduced to AES128 with a client option set

Extend the client option srvoptsetencryptiondisabled that even the encryptiontype can't be overruled with a client options set.
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Is a defect

Using DB2 JSON functionality in Spectrum Discover

We've found a need for more complex tag values in our use cases for Spectrum Discover. An example of this is the ability to associate an entity with a document, where the entity has its own attributes. One such entity could be a "creator", with at...
about 3 years ago in Storage Discover 0 Not under consideration

Missing Error messages when silent installation of Spectrum Protect for VE Recovery Agent fails

After installing successful the datamover in silent mode with this command: spinstall.exe ISFeatureInstall=Client,TSM4VE /silent ComponentsToInstallBa=BackupArchiveGUI,BackupArchiveWeb,Api64Runtime ComponentsToInstallVe=LAP,TSMLicence,documents SU...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

Store backup CRs with Application

CRs should be stored with the application namespace so they are versioned with application and backed up as part of the namespace backup. Storing the backup CRs with the Backup namespace means restore is limited to clusters that are manage by the ...
over 1 year ago in Storage Fusion 0 Future consideration

IBM SP Client/API encryption

Allow the client and api to use external source for encryption keys storage, like SKLM.
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Future consideration

Change nodenames for SP for Hyper-V during installation

Please make it possible to be able to change nodenames for the Hyper-V nodes when installing Spectrum Protect for Hyper-V
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 3 Future consideration

Implement S3 management interface in GPFS GUI

S3 object management interface is not available in current version of GPFS GUI. Only available for SWIFT. We need this interface so that customer who want to use S3 API can manage the object easily.The customer who want to use S3 API have to use c...
over 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

DS8000 Create Certificate Request permit alternate HMC DNS entry

When using the Create Certificate Signing Request dialogue (for defining HMC addresses), it is only possible to define one HMC DNS host name. Client wants to be able to define both a common name and a subject alternative name for the DNS entry. Ap...
about 6 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

FCM: Central Management GUI

The customer which are using FCM require a central management GUI to manage all FCM environments. In addition, it would be a good idea to integrate the gui with TSM. Also it is interesting because FCM under UNIX platforms don't have any graphical ...
over 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 3 Not under consideration

Support for Infiiband on Storwize (SVC, V7000 and or V5000)

Infinband usage is being seen in competitors products and need to know when it will be incorporated in the Storwize offering. We're losing deals in DoE labs and NASA to NetApp and Dell because we don't have IB connected storage..
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

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