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    Flashcopy support in DS8K when using Metro mirror dual leg

    Mirrored volumes between two DS8K support and keep the mirror intact when using Flashcopy. We have functions in example DSS like:FCNOCOPY FASTREPLICATION(REQUIRED ) FCTOPPRCPRIMARY(PRESMIRREQ ) SW functions in DB2 have made utilities that uses the...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM DS8000 2 Planned for future release

    SPP GUI Language Option

    Starting from SPP Version 10.1.4 the GUI detects the browser language to automatically choose the language for the Web GUI (for example to german). We need a way to configure the language for the Web GUI for the logged in user. This is because som...
    about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    One authentication for a group of Dual Operator Notifications actions, such as disabling multiple scheduled tasks

    Currently we have 100+ scheduled tasks for CSM SGC backups. As we have Dual Operator enabled, this currently creates a Notification for each task. Would it be possible to group this type of action together to Approve as currently the overhead is s...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    IBM Storage protect setup for safeguarded tape functionality

    We are finding a description of the setup and recommendations for Storage Protect in combination with Safeguarded Tape.
    9 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

    lowInodes Callback for filesets

    The noDiskspace callback is triggered on several occasions, one being an inodespace running out of inodes. At that point n time the filespace is already full and users see "no space on device" errors. We'd need a similar callback that triggers ear...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Future consideration

    Add the IBM Case Number to the DS8K Event when a Call Home is performed

    By having the Case Number in the Events logs, this saves time involved with logging on to the DS8K HMC to obtain the Case Number. It can also be useful in identifying situations where AOS is not operating correctly (no Case Number generated).
    about 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Functionality already exists

    include log backups in additional copies

    In version 10.1.8 transaction log backups (e.g. for MSSQL or MS Exchange) can be replicated between vSnap servers to produce redundant copies.In the "additional copies" feature only the incremental backups of the DBs/applications are copied to the...
    almost 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

    Dashboard "Volumes" option like On-Prem

    In the On-Prem version of Insights (Spectrum Control), we have the "Volumes" option under "Storage" tab on dashboard panel which displays all the volumes from multiple IBM SVC clusters but can't find that on the cloud version. Can you please have ...
    about 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 3 Not under consideration

    Add option in Spectrum Protect OC to send reports in PDF format

    One of my customers requested to have the option to send Spectrum Protect reports in PDF format via email. This is the same functionality that they have today, since they are using Tivoli Monitoring for Tivoli Storage Manager and IBM Tivoli Common...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 2 Future consideration

    Installation of kubernetes support componentes for ISP Plus from ISP Plus GUI

    To install kubernetes backup support for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus access to Kubernetes Cluster node is required on the OS level via ssh.Several steps on the OS level are required to deploy the needed pods into the kubernetes environment.It would ...
    about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

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