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Restore "not backed up disks" as empty disks in VMWare

Following DR Scenario:VM with a database on it. We backup only the root and opt Disks using VMware backup, DB and log gets backed up using SPP DB Backup. 4 disks:Hard Disk 1 --> rootvg (SCSI0:0) backupHard Disk 2 --> dbvg (SCSI0:1) no backup...
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Server support for Red Hat 8

Spectrum Protect server needs to run on latest Red Hat Enterpise Linux editions 8 and 8.1.
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Planned for future release

Check customer informations consistency in both HMC

In the case, the second HCM did a call home, but the customer EMAIL was not present (it was in the first HMC). the problem is certainly an installation problem, but despite this, this problem prevent the support to email back to the customer (writ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

ISP code should be able to handle the same input/output volume when multiple parallel reclamation processes need access to the volume

When using the following stgpool configuration with ISP there is a limitation torun parallel reclamation for multiple tape pools within the setup: 1. protect stgpool container_archive_prim --> copy_container_archive_prim2. stgrule copy containe...
12 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Increase number of SVC Partnerships

Increase the maximum number of SVC partnerships (current max is 4)
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Planned for future release

more granular scheduling in Spectrum Protect OC Reports

The OC accepts only scheduled reports for daily or weekly. No Day of week or month nor time could be selected separately for each configured report.
almost 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 2 Future consideration

Reports need to include graphs

We simply need the ability to include the displayed graph that is visible on dashboards or performance reports when we choose the "Create Report" option. All of the reporting options are currently text based and can include an over time reports bu...
8 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Automating the management of certificates on devices

The creation, renewal and deletion of server certificates on devices is a manual process that has to be done through the GUI. The management of this can be a lot when dealing with multiple machines and requires a reboot. In the future if, for comp...
over 1 year ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Future consideration

Ability to export backup data from directory container Storage pool and mover node data from a Directory Container stgpool

SYSTEM: Product IBM Spectrum Protect ACTOR: User requires additional option of the export/import node to include backup and archive data stored on directory container object storage pool, both on on and off premise.Function to back up a directory ...
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Future consideration

SPP File restore selection and Progress

SPP File restore has good feature but selecting restore files is really not easy.
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 3 Future consideration

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