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DMAPI session info truncated on non-session nodes

observed on Spectrum Scale 5.1.0 + 5.1.5 invoking dm_query_session on the session node returns session info as expected. However, invoking the same call on non-session nodes returns the first 8 bytes of session info only, followed by the NULL cha...
about 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

DMAPI dm_getall_disp returns unexpected dispositions

observed on Spectrum Scale 5.1.0 + 5.1.5 For the set of sessions and dispositions: M1 - session which has called dm_set_disp on the global handle to receive mount events F1 - session which has called dm_set_disp on an fs (fs1) during a mount event...
about 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

Spectrum Storage Insights Pro on-prem array access credentials protocol requested

RPQ required for Spectrum Storage Insights Pro. The storage system credentials are required for Storage Insights to be able to collect data. These credentials are encrypted before being stored in the Storage Insights database, and the databases it...
over 6 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Fs Permission denined still Backup reporting as completed with this error TS004208374

we are facing backup issue, we have NFS volumes backups. one of the volume backup not happening, and schedules showing backup got completed. Please find the below error. 08/20/2020 03:30:10 ANS4007E Error processing '/netapp/bocfshanamc36-sapds-sv...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

Spectrum Protect for Ubuntu Server for IBM Z and LinuxONE

Since more about 3 years now I'm fighting to get support from IBM for an Enterprise Backup solution (TSM / Spectrum Protect) for Ubuntu Server for IBM Z and LinuxONE.This already harmed IBMs and Canonical's business, since customers asked already ...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 1 Future consideration

TCP/IP Transmission Statistics

I received a request that TDMF show in performance reporting at a Session, and optionally at a Volume level, the gross amount of data bytes to send to remote sites over TCP/IP and the accumulated number of bytes processed. Including Percent Comple...
over 4 years ago in TDMF z/OS 0 Future consideration

Production restore folder

"Restore in production mode if Vcenter is down" option works but this restore creates a directory in the datastore with the name of VM. If the VM folder is not identical to VM name, the production restore doesn't maitain the original name.
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Spectrum Protect Can not replicate nodes based on policy domain membership

IBM Spectrum Protect Server v8.1.9.300:Can not replicate nodes based on policy domain membership Currently, the replicate node command works on node names, lists of node names, wildcards of node names, node groups, or lists of node groups. We wish...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Future consideration

Spectrum Contol and Dell/EMC VPLEX

We would like to Spectrum Control to monitor Dell/EMC VPLEX. We use SC to monitor most of our IBM Storwize/SVC installations. We use performance monitor to look at performance statistics and array monitoring for alerting, reporting and billing. We...
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Control 2 Future consideration

CSM to include text of event in email subject for email notifications

It would be very helpful if the email notifications from CSM could include not just the event code, but the text of the event in the email subject.
over 6 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

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