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allow encryption of database backups not only for cloud but also for tape and file

Please allow encryption of database backups not only for cloud but also for tape and file device classes. This is a requirement from security regulations in Germany.
11 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

To enable option within SPP for setting multipe bandwidth throttle limits

At the moment, SPP has the option only to set single throttle limit for replication & copy operations, but will it be better to allow the option to have multiple bandwidths throttling limits, during varied time schedules. Example as below: Bus...
almost 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 0 Future consideration

add a button on the policys page for email testing

when you set up policys for alerts, there is no way to test to make sure it works..we use ops genie and it would be nice to confirm it is working
11 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Enable individual throttling for Replication and Cloud copy jobs. Also add support for Internet Proxy for Cloud offloads.

We use IBM Spectrum Protect Plus offload (copy) to Cloud feature in addition to Replication (another copy) to a IBM Spectrum Protect (classic) repository server for a subsequent tape backup. Due to a huge volume of data already being backed up by ...
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Future consideration

Customize At Risk intervals to reflect real environment

In order to have the Operations Center reflect correctly the risk status of Spectrum Protect nodes we should be able to inform accuratedly when the backups really run. Some clients, for instance, have nodes that run backups only on weekdays, so th...
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

GUI snapshot deletion from oldest to newest

Due to inode manipulation, it is a best practice and less effort to the GPFS to delete the oldest snapshot first. However, when doing the snapshot deletion manually, in the client using the GUI, it should also order it from oldest to newest.This w...
over 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Future consideration

Enhanced RBAC with command specific granularity

Implement enhanced RBAC policy configuration based on a per command configuration policy. We want to specify per defined adminitrator which actions/commands can be executed. Command approval as implemented in the latest versions is to limited
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Future consideration

Spectrum Protect for Databases SQL in Linux

We need us to implement Backup/Restore Spectrum Protect for Databases SQL in Linux Servers
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 2 Future consideration

Migration of Data/Backups between VSnaps

In backup operations, it is becoming increasingly apparent that existing backup jobs are growing larger and larger, reaching the limits of a VSNAP. Adding new VSNAPs only helps new backup jobs or distributes existing backups to different VSNAPs. A...
almost 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

RENAME DEVCLASS

We have to rename some tape based DEVICE CLASSES for organizational reasons.Unfortunately, there is no RENAME DEVCLASS command defined. The DEVICE CLASSES mentioned have storage pools with large amounts of archive data (many PB)with expiration tim...
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration