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Provide option to prevent object-splitting on tape

Having clients archiving and restoring directly to and from tape we're trying to have the least possible amount of tape mounts. However at the end of a lot of tapes the last file gets split when EOV occurs. There should be an option to consider a ...
about 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

followsymbolic option for windows

There is no option to back up a content of a linked (or junction) directory on Windows.
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

Improve handling instructions for VTS CBR3750I messages

The IBM TS7700 hardware produces a lot of information, warning and alert messages in the format of CBRxxxxx – similar to DFSMSrmm and DFSMSoam messages – which may require operator intervention by the client to mitigate or fix errors before escala...
almost 5 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

Define object limits per user

Hi In case we are creating partitions on the Storage, and now for example OCP env using CSI driver , customer is now define user and script to create volumes/snapshots.If there is human error - the script can run in a loop - cause the system to re...
5 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Central gui for agents

New GUI that you can install on a machine and then use to add all your backup agents, and where you can centrally manage backup/options/restore, and maybe even read log files.
5 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

New client/API interface

Make a new client interface for data communication on SP-server. Which can support new functionality and to which ALL new clients will use. Clients can then have: * Auto upgrade clients, option in server and node* Better agent, functionality* And ...
5 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Planned for future release

Enhance mmfindinode Performance and Provide SDK API for Path Query by Inode

This RFE requests enhancements to the mmfindinode utility in the GPFS/Spectrum Scale filesystem to significantly improve its performance. Additionally, it proposes the development of an SDK API that allows querying file paths based on inode number...
10 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

SPP should disable vSphere storage vMotion during backup

If vSphere storage vMotion is performed during SPP VM backup there may be left orphaned VMDK files on datastores. This causes operational problems for customers
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Planned for future release

Remove -force option from stopsystem command when issued via the GUI (or make it optional)

When using the GUI (node actions -> power off) to power off a specific SVC node (eg a hardware repair action) the -force option is used in the command svctask stopsystem -force -gui -node x This bypasses the checks for volumes going offline or ...
10 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Under review

Tiering rules need more flexibility for Filesystem and/or type of data (Backup/Archive)

I would like to see the tiering rules to be able to be a bit more flexible. I have a node that has Backup and Archive data.Backup data is more often needed quickly so a backup location in ContainerPools is valid.The Archive data is kept 10 years a...
5 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

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