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TSM for VE - File-level restore process similar to TSM BA GUI

In a virtual environment, be able to execute file-level restore to alternate location using a backup operator account and keeping the original Windows folders/files permissions. This process would be similar to TSM BA client restore process, that ...
almost 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

1620 callhome event

1620 mdisk group offline did not callhome due to event being and error 2 event.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Need to be able to move data between container pools

Need to have the ability to move data between container pools as needed. This includes: Directory to DirectoryCloud to CloudCloud to Directory
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

TDP for VE 8.1.2 should not update the VMware guest notes field

Starting with IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments - Data protection for VMware 8.1.2.0, each completed VM backup updates the guest notes field.This can be a problem when that same notes field is used for other internal processes.There is...
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration

Bare Metal Restore (BMR) from backupsets

I get confirmation from developer that we have no valuable workaround with the WINPE + ASR method . We will update the WINPE document .As said before you must open a RFE if you need this functionality to be added in the future.
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

SP Operations Center group assign Alerts

Add a functionality to manage (assign and close) Alerts faster and in groups (bulk selections) in the Spectrum Protect Operations Center. Or make the assignment drop-down menu part of each alert so that it's easier to assign.Please design the OC i...
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Most Expedient Full Datacenter Restore from Cloud

The copy to cloud offload feature is used generally as a secondary backup after the initial backup on vSnap and a secondary backup to a vSnap at another site. During the backup process, the changed blocks from the last snapshot are uploaded to the...
about 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

Enhancement Grid control function to fence a cluster automatically when the grid network were unstable.

When the grid network was unstable Hydra Domain Manager on each cluster could be also unstable and cause to wait for logical volume mounting. If the network disconnected completely, the status of the cluster(s) could be changed into "not operation...
about 2 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 9 Not under consideration

Option to select the GUI language to override browser config

Provide the ability of selecting the GUI language rather to override the browser configuration if desired.
about 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Spectrum Scale Call Home for AIX

Provide the Call Home feature for AIX like the Linux feature
about 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

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