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Enhancment to replicate node commando to only replicate nodes in send or sendsync mode

I try to create setups without and errors or warnings from housekeeping scripts.I also try to work with opt-out mechanisms as much as possible for customers that agree to use that backup philosophy. When you build a two-way replicating Spectrum Pr...
almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

[Fusion Backup] Add resource check list at restore time

When we execute a restore we can select if we want restore all PVs or just check a specific one. It would be great to add same functionality for resources so customer can select a specific ConfigMap or specific Secret instead of recovering all. If...
2 months ago in Storage Fusion 0 Under review

[Fusion Backup] Add overwrite option to Restore UI

Currently to overwrite resources at restore time you need to create a custom recipe. Also, if you decide this time you need overwrite the backups should be done with that recipe. So you can't choose overwrite or not overwrite at restore time, you ...
2 months ago in Storage Fusion 0 Under review

cert_distribute.sh script should allow customized new client cert file names

In the current implementations, the cert_distribute.sh shell script at levels 8.1.21 and 8.1.22 is using random file names for the newly created client cert (crt) file. For customer environments with multiple, maybe hundreds of Storage Protect ser...
9 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

Consolidate multiple HW event messages affecting the same session in short time frame

While running a secondary migration of GDPS managed GM or MM pairs, there is the step after running the Prepare for Secondary Migration was processed. This is where the external DR/CG solution should suspend the pairs before executing the Perform ...
about 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

Increase number of extents per cluster

Currently a system with extent size of 1 GiB does only support a managed capacity of 4 PiB. We need more scalability without using a larger extent size, e.g. managed capacity of 8 PiB with an extent size of 1 GiB.
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Change SPP requirements for WinRM for AllowUnencrypt due to security issues

Currently ISPP requirements for Windows (SQL/Exchange/Windows File Indexing) say to set AllowUnencrypted to true :winrm s winrm/config/service @{AllowUnencrypted="true"}and"Both servers must have a Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service that is...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 4 Planned for future release

vsnap storage migration from EOS/EOL Backend storage to new storage on same vsnap

We have no approved solution to migrate the attached LUNs on a vsnap server to new LUNs on same vsnap server. We need that if backend storage is going EOL/EOS. Currently there is only one solution and this is to create new vsnap server with new LU...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

Only Report Status on Relevant Paths from Storage Systems Panel

In our environment, we have IP to z/OS connectivity enabled. As such, we have ZOS:NATIVE connections and IP to z/OS connections to other LPARs. For the ZOS:NATIVE connections, it is not possible for the Standby server to connect via FICON to the s...
6 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

encrypted standard/archive copy to S3 like SP

If I want to save the data securely in the cloud - without extra encryption of the buckets by S3 Provider, then the vSnap encryption on the VSnap doesn’t help either. The bucket file is always stored unencrypted. We would like to implement a func...
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

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