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Be able to configure the proxy server with IP ADDRESS and not only with FQDN

Some customers use the proxy server with IP instead of FQDN due to internal rules
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Unable to leverage Transparent Cloud Tiering and DFSMSHSM in a zGlobal Mirror (XRC) installation.

We are a zGlobal Mirror (XRC) shop. We want to reduce storage costs for customers by utilizing Transparent Cloud Tiering and DFSMSHSM. When using TCT and DFSMSHSM, restoration to volumes in a Copy Services relationship is not supported on the DS88...
about 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

Add maximum parallel sessions for NDMP backups

Limit the number of parallel backup sessions for NDMP backups of NetApp (or any other) NAS node.
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

BackupSet tape Migration

We have backupsets created on 3592-JB tapes and we need to migrate these backupsets to 3592-JD tapes.We are in the process of discarding all JB tapes and TS1130 tape drive.We will have only TS1160 tape drives which can not read JB tapes.
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

DBMEMPERCENT Parameter do not allow value smaller 10

Parameter DBMEMPERCENT do not allow value smaller than 10. On a AIX System with a lot of Memory are 10% as minimum for DBMEMPERCENT for small TSM Instances too many.
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

SSD host identification for IBM i

SSD Host identification for IBM i is very crucial for customer who have invested in SSD in DS5000 and DS8K.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

SnapDiff backup for volumes mounted to a junction point

NetApp's best practice recommends that volumes on a svm should be mounted to some junctions points not to the root volume (/). The result is that people cannot backup the FlexVols using SnapDiff. I understand APAR IT11729 has a fix for volumes mou...
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Loss of change block tracking files

Implement a mechanism allowing in the event of loss or corruption of CBT files not to redo a full backup.
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

Automated Rerun of TSM Schedules

I propose that additional client schedule options are added to customise the behaviour and reporting of the backup success.<br /><br />This would be achieved by adding an option to automatically re-run the backup as a whole a number of...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

Option to not automatically create mountpoints

When a Filesystem is created, GPFS makes sure, the mountpoint is created on all client nodes. We need an option to suppress this behaviour.
over 4 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

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