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Management Class in Library Request Command LVOL

There is no way to see the management class for a specific volume with the Library Request Command LVOL. You will get a lot of information, but there are no SMS constructs in the output. In the MI you will find it via Volume Details, but there is ...
7 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 2 Planned for future release

Add host_unmap option in the auto config wizard

In case we have Flash system behind SVC storage and we are running the wizard of auto config for virtualization - it is important also to add option to configure host_unmap.since by default the wizard does not change the default value.host_unmap o...
about 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

SNMP v3 support for TS4500

Security hardening
about 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

In clustered (HA) environments, Spectrum Protect should support installing interim fixes without downtime

We are using Spectrum Product for Data Retention in a document centric application step, that serves access to contract statements over the web in an always on environment. Maintenance (major version or scheduled FP upgrade) is expected to be deli...
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

SPP multi-domain support

Please provide multi-domain authentication to SPP.
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Reusedelay-like option in Spectrum Protect Plus, similar to the option in Spectrum Protect

A reconciliation option between vSnap contents and SPP catalog, in the event that an SPP catalog restore is needed, so that at least some backup recoveries can be facilitated from those snaps missing meta data.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

CSM Incremental Flashcopy Options

Global Mirror Either Direction w/ Two Site Practice. We have the incremental option switched on in the session properties for 'H1-I1 and H2-I2 Options'.This is to allow us to take a daily flashcopy to the H2 volumes at the remote site. A full back...
over 3 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

Encryption - tool to check health status of all configured encryption servers

When Encryption is configured on a file system. the key server must be available to allow user file access. When the key server fails, data access is lost. We need a tools that can be run to check key server health, check retrieval of keys, and co...
almost 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Planned for future release

TS7700 Set LVOL to non used state for removing a TMC range of tapes

The customer wants a way to set a volser or a range of volsers to a TMC Delete state so that the volume will not being mounted as a scratch in preparation to remove the volser or range.
over 3 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 4 Planned for future release

More flexibility in assigning rights to administrators

In large/complex environments with multiple people having administrative access to the Spectrum Protect server, it is desirable to be able to have better granularity on the rights assigned to each person/login or group. This is in order to be able...
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

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