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Expand mmrsync to accept filelist

mmrsync accepts the filenames only as parameters. Extend it to also accept a filename containing a list of files to sync.
over 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

Create empty nodeclass

We need to create nodeclasses before we have nodes available to assign to the node class. This will allow us to set GPFS configuration for the nodeclass through our configuration management scripts and help ensure we have standardized configuratio...
about 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

Add option to backup VM with Shared Virtual Hard Disks.

With the current release of IBM Spectrum Protect for Hyper-V, VM's with Shared virtual disks cannot be backed-up (error message: ANS2552E Backup of a virtual machine that has a shared virtual hard disk is not supported.). Add an option similar lik...
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

Multi-factor authentication support for shibboleth identity providers

Johns Hopkins uses shibboleth identity providers as SSO and MFA, they would like to have this work with the SVCs and Flashsystems (FS9150, FS7300s)
about 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Add WAIT=YES and Nodename masking options to GENERATE DEDUPSTATS

I would like to request the addition of a WAIT=YES parameter and node name masking to the GENERATE DEDUPSTATS command. It is a long-running command and it would be nice to be able to script the QUERY DEDUPSTATS command to run immediately upon comp...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

TSM for Virtual Environments VBS (Proxy/Datamover) Virtual Appliance

Deliver TSM for Virtual Environments VBS as a virtual appliance (VBS = Vstorage Backup Server, also known as "proxy" or "datamover").
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

DRP Pool -> Migrate vDisk between DRPs

Introduction of the migratevdisk command for DRP pools.
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

Canceling sessions by name

Running sessions can be cancelled only by session id. .Please add a funcionality to cancel all sessions from one node with a single command. Further: Please add a option to cancel all sessions and prevent reopening of sessions by a node. Thank you...
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

Smartcard Authentication for VE web GUI

Our organization enforces the use of smartcards or tokens to authenticate to servers, workstations, and applications. We are requesting that IBM add a smartcard option to the Spectrum Protect for VE "Web GUI".
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

Add Timezone Attribute to Node for calculating Scheduled Client Events

Client schedules are currently run based on the current time on the Spectrum Protect server. For cases where the clients are not in the same timezone as the server, this can lead to client schedules running at unexpected times. While adjustments c...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration