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    Reorg of the container files

    Because we must delete 800.000.000 million orphaned chucks on two TSM servers there is coming many free storage in the container files but all the filesystems are 97% filled. If we can do a reorg then the filesystems can we schrink.
    almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

    Retention set enhancements for multiple copies and replication

    Currently creating multiple copies of retention sets are restricted. Firstly, you cannot create multiple (tape) copies of a single retention set. Secondly, if a node is replicated between multiple SP servers, you cannot create a retention set on b...
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    Spectrum Protect Plus direct archive to on-prem COS

    Archive in an SPP SLA policy is only available to cloud services (ICOS, AWS, etc). I am requesting that the archive function in SPP allow for S3 connectivity to on-prem COS. I have a similar request in ID#151074.
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 3 Future consideration

    IAM functionality via REST API

    I’d like to raise our concern on Storage Protect product violating one of our internal guidelines by being incapable of providing required service. It is expected to manage Storage Protect administrative accounts from enterprise internal Identity ...
    about 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

    Data Management Service: Clusters should show a warning on Summary dashboard when in a disconnected state

    DMS works much like Data Protect local console. It is very simple to use, but the health status can be misleading. Clusters should show a warning on Summary dashboard when in a disconnected state
    about 2 years ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Planned for future release

    Call home Support Report

    When you go to call home cloud facility to view the z Machine and we have the report tab to see the channel & Adapters but I could not able to see the DS8k. if you have create like z Machine then it would be helpful. Kindly find the attached d...
    about 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    Fusion Backup - Support Entra ID or shared access signatures (SAS) for Azure Blob

    Currently, Fusion support Azure Blob as a storage location using the account name and key as described here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-fusion-software/2.7.x?topic=locations-adding-backup-storage-location This approach is contrary to reco...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Fusion 3

    Provide a CLI (OS) command spp_status on the SPP Server to have a quick view if all required processes are up and running

    Similar to the CLI (OS) command vsnap_status on the vSnap server provide a CLI (OS) command spp_status on the SPP Server to have a quick view if all required processes are up and running.
    about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

    Retrules for databases and Exchange filespaces

    Ability to create long term / ad-hoc achives from already backed-up data is critical to our customers. We can not afford of re-reading the same data under different nodename to store it under different retention policy. There is a need for retenti...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Future consideration

    Need a way to move clients between vsnap servers to load balance use of vsnaps

    Customer would like the ability to move clients from one vsnap to another to help balance the use of the vsnap servers in their environment.
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

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