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gpfs mmputacl command

Currently there isn't a mmputacl -R option to recursively put permissions on nested directories as you can usually do we aclput -R. Not sure why that option was left out from the beginning.
about 6 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 6 Not under consideration

Need to sort VSNAP by name or by site in SPP GUI

We have more than 60 VSNAPs and we need to sort them by name or by site
about 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

rc.dsmcad RC script should be able to stop individual dsmcad processes

TSM for VE datamover server requires multiple dsmcad RC scripts.The TSM for VE installation manual descripts how to copy the rc.dsmcad script into /etc/init.d and name it something different and how to change the export statements.The service comm...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 5 Not under consideration

Allow GDPS ksys in the IGNOREGOPS

Allow GDPS ksys in the IGNOREGOPS list since GDPS provides the KSYSOFF=YES setting.
almost 3 years ago in TDMF z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Ability to Clone/Copy SLA Policy

Add the ability to clone SLAs i.e. keep the retention/schedule/replication/offload settings and just give the option to set a new name
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Let BA client access replicated data when dissimilar policies are on

I work for a BP, long term working with ADSM and TSM (started when I was IBM) and now with SP. I always tried to keep informed about new features and this time we found a customer interested to REPLICATION to protect data and extend retention with...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

More granular level of tape data retention than just categories

At the host, a user can set more than one retention period for a category/media type for an LPAR. The TS7700 allows only one retention period per Category by design. The issue is that if a host user modifies the retention period at the host (malic...
almost 5 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Planned for future release

Spectrum Protect Client and Microsoft Onedrive backup failed.

IBM Case #TS001008967 The Spectrum Protect Client is crashing when it takes backup of files within the Microsoft's Onedrive synced folder. Example:06/08/2018 10:07:37 ANS9999E ..\..\common\winnt\ntrc.cpp(765): Received Win32 RC 362 (0x0000016a) fr...
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Is a defect

Add Spectrum Virtualize (SVC) lslicense information to Spectrum Control

Add a report to Spectrum Control which gives an overview of the required licenses for all monitored SVC clusters. (SVC CLI lslicense output). The current SCU license overview (settings->licensing) are the licenses needed for Spectrum Control wh...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Control 0 Future consideration

Spectrum Protect Plus - Remove from SLA button

When modifying subject being backed up by a specific SLA, it would be more user friendly if you added a "Remove SLA" / "Unassign from SLA" button. Now i need to "Select a SLA Policy" to actually unselect a subject from a SLA.
almost 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration