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    Move node data from/to container storage pool

    Migration of data from/to directory-container storage pool to/from disk or tape based storage pool is not possible.We need the ability to choose where the data reside and move them as needed without using the node replication feature that requires...
    over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    Support for concurrent uCode update on DS8000 FCP-attached SCSI disks for 21CS VSEn customers

    Currently, based on very old experiences with IBM z/VSE and DS8000 uCode upgrades, on the Customer "Must-Read" Information for DS8000 Code Updates https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6585326 for example IBM DS8900F Microcode Customer Informatio...
    10 months ago in IBM DS8000 3 Not under consideration

    Support for Microsoft Server 2025 - WinGet

    The IBM Storage Protect BA Client for Windows uses a complex installation process. spinstall.exe handles C++ package installation, language-specific MST files, and a file-by-file structure. This creates problems for mass deployment on Windows Serv...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

    SMB - implement expiry date on user / groups information

    when a user first time authenticates to AD server, winbind stores all the group info in samlogon cache. Unless user re-authenticates or cache is removed, user's group data is taken from cache and not from AD. But it happens every now and then that...
    7 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Submitted

    Support routed networks for management and fsp networks

    ESS documentation states that the FSP and Management networks for a stretched cluster has to be: All networks are flat, single namespace (ESS stretch cluster requirements) which I interpret to mean they must be same subnet, not routed. Practically...
    almost 3 years ago in Storage Scale System 0 Future consideration

    Enhance "Categories" Panel to Differentiate Between Scratch Volumes and LWORM Retention Volumes in Pending Deletion

    Description : Currently, in the "Categories" panel of the TS7700 (R5.4 & R6.0) related MI interfaces, there is no distinction between volumes that are truly in Scratch status and those that are still under LWORM Retention and only become Scrat...
    over 1 year ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1

    IBM Storage Protect Client Installation/upgrade in Windows environment Windows System should not reboot to take effect

    This is regarding a customer query related to the IBM Storage Protect BA Client on the Windows platform. When an end user installs or performs a version upgrade of the Storage Protect BA Client, the installation process currently triggers a Window...
    10 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Submitted

    Protocols - NFS: health event if FD hard limit is above threshold

    Ganesha NFS server has a limit of max. open files, which is calculated by 80% of the maxFilesToCache parameter. If Ganesha Server is reaching this limit, Ganesha NFS server will stop working and all NFS clients will loose access to data. In curren...
    over 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

    Extend node replication to allow it to also replicate decommissioned state of nodes

    In a replication environment (data and metadata is replicated from source to target server) it is currently not possible to "decomm node" for nodes that are replicated. One has to first disable replication for nodes before being able to decommissi...
    10 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

    move stgpooldir command

    I'd like to se a command likemove stgpooldir <oldstgpooldir> <newstgpooldir>that move all containers in one stgpooldir to another automatiacally and in the background.or change the move container command to accept wildcard and a maxnum...
    about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

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