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Less tape-commits with server-processes like Backup Stg, Migration and Reclamation to improve throuput

TSM does a tape-commit (and thus a time-consuming backhitch on the tape drive) every time the backup-date, the nodename, the filespace or even the managementclass within a single filespaces of a single node changes. This is regardless of / precede...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

Metadata only Replication for Spectrum Protect

Entering this request on behalf of Kroger Company Provide the ability on the Spectrum Protect Server to Replicate Meta Data only to an alternate Spectrum Protect Server located at a secondary site used as a Disaster Recovery site.
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Spectrum Protect (TSM) client for Linux on System z has no GUI client since 8.1.2 release

The IBM Spectrum Protect client for System z no longer has a means to access a newer release (8.1.2 or newer) server due to so called improvements in security between clients and server. Previously, clients were able to communicate with the server...
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 6 Future consideration

Support Windows 2019 on the SP B/A client

More and more customers are asking about when we will support Windows Server 2019 to be able to install the B/A client.
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Planned for future release

Support ILM pool migrations in stretched cluster without killing WAN

Currently when migrating files between replicated storage pools in a stretched cluster, intense load is experienced on the WAN. This is because the migration is essentially a copy of the files (hopefully?? respecting readReplicaPolicy) and the wri...
over 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

FS7200, use interfaces more dynamically

FS7200 network configuration is not suitable for our network design and security aspects.
about 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

CES Group failover, within the locality, when using a stretched cluster

Client in a active-active Spectrum Scale stretched cluster using protocol nodes. They have 6 protocol nodes in total. Nowadays, in case of 1 node failure, the CES IP can be failover to any nodes, either in the same site or to the remote site. This...
almost 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

Display freeze time for remote copy remote copy relationships in Storage Insights

Customer has requested to be able to view Freeze Time for remote copy relationships within the Storage Insights GUI.Other remote copy information is viewed through navigating to: Resources - Block Storage Systems - Click the storage device - Click...
over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 3 Not under consideration

Session status failed -99 received before schedule duration not ended

Hello, Description: Please be informed that when some SP client is reboot (Because OS patching) during the backup, SP server report event "failed -99". 6/12/24, 22:23:34 ANR0480W Session 2335563 for node [Node_name] (Linux x86-64) terminated - con...
6 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Display of Servers --> Maintenance tasks history improvement

Tasks which run into the next day are shown in the history as running and not finished. The history seems to only check the job in one day. It should check the process id for the finished or aborted status. Also it would be helpful to see the dura...
6 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

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