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Spectrum Copy Data Manager needs to support Metro Mirror or Metro Mirror with Consistency volumes

CDM needs to support Metro Mirror in addition to global mirror change volumes. This would decrease the need for additional space on the primary storage.
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

Advanced Analytics and cataloging for Spectrum Protect

At present, Spectrum Protect does not seem to provide an advanced method of querying its database to find things such as duplicated files around the environment, file ownership, usage by owner, etc. This capability can make it difficult to find ob...
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

Supporting Cloud-Container Storage pools on zLinux

Cloud-container storage pools is a feature that that already exists on Spectrum Protect family but it is not supported neither has a roadmap for it on top of Linux on Z.Today Sicoob already uses Spectrum protect on Linux on Z and not having a prop...
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Storage Insights to retrieve Timezone from DS8 HMC configuration and not from DS8 internal OS

We have found during a problem ticket TS001724631 we had raised to SI support that SI is pulling the timezone for a DS888X system from the internal OS running on the array, and not from what is configured in the HMCs as it should be. Please update...
about 5 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Enable the use of VPC Endpoint Interface URL for S3 bucket access when defining Cloud Container Storage Pool in Operations Ce

When defining a cloud container storage pool, an option of 'Other' URL is given, and in the CLI a CLOUDUrl can be specified with a custom URL. Instructions say to use the region S3 endpoint URL. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/spectrum-protect/8.1.11?...
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 2 Future consideration

Need Practice Volume Support for SVC GM with Change Volumes

Need the ability to have CSM manage copysets in SVC GM that include change volumes and practice volumes.
over 7 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Future consideration

Backing-Out CSM upgrade on DS8K Box.

1. The ability to revert/back-out/uninstall a CSM upgrade on a DS8K machine and reinstate the CSM server software that was just overlaid with the new code.
about 5 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

Database Report

the SPP does not have a specific report for databases with the total consumed separately from the VMs
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

support Datamover and Proxy 8.1.6 on Windows Server 2016 SAC (not LTSC)

Consider to add support for Windows Server 2016 LTSC and Windows Server 2016 SAC for Datamover and Proxynode TSM for VE 8.1.6
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Future consideration

OPCenter server can access the internet through a HTTP proxy

IBM Ticket : TS007157717 Hello, I would like to contact you beacause I am simply looking for an answer to a question.I'm looking to implement the auto-deploy feature for a client. The OPCenter server can access the internet through a network proxy...
over 2 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

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