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Need a configurable timeout value for IBM Spectrum Scale replication

When a V7000 disk failure occured, whole RAID5 array couldn't complete I/O request from AIX OS at all, for about 100 seconds.After 100 seconds, the failed drive was removed from the array, then V7000 returned to normal operation and responded to A...
over 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

"Autoexpand" option for THIN and Compressed volumes on SVC

We are currently using IBM SVC v7.5.x and v7.6.x. We found that while creating THIN or Compressed volumes using GUI, option "Automatically Expand" option is enabled by default, however while creating THIN and Compressed volumes using CLI, we need ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Add dsmGroupHandler calls for archive objects, or a way to retrieve the last written ObjID

dsmGroupHandle() API calls are only implemented for backup type of objects.There is only a comment in the manual saying that this can be done in other ways using archives, but no examples? The dsmEndTxn() API calls, returns the groupLeaderObjId, w...
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Provide support for TSM for VE on PowerLinux (Linux-ppc64)

One of the advantages of running large backups/restores in a Power system is the use of in memory networking between LPARs. By increasing the MTU size of these inter-partition networks, we are able to get decreased backup times of several of our l...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

Easytier PROD,DEV,TEST

Allow tier participation, selection by LUN. Today, each LUN can only be selected easytier on/off.
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Client encryption for LAN-free to the IBM Spectrum Protect server V8.1.9.300

I need to run a backup with the option of client encryption for LAN-free to the IBM Spectrum Protect server V8.1.9.300
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Ability to have -vmfolder include sub-folders

In a large organisation, vmware and tsm will have different people administering them. The ability to include sub-folders would allow more flexibility.
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 4 Not under consideration

TSM backup support for 2016 Nano Servers

We are in need of the ability to backup 2016 Nano Servers with TSM EE
almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning 8.1.0 for HANA running on SUSE 12 LE

We need to have the IBM Spectrum Protect ERP 8.1 for HANA running on SUSE 12 LE on POWER.
almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 1 Not under consideration

Decomission Enhancements

We have been talking to multiple large clients regarding decommission feature.Decomission Node/VM is a great utility but it doesn't fully support all customers needs in it's current form. Decomission Node/VM should support the following options fr...
almost 8 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 0 Not under consideration

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