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Ethernet port failure not generating events within a specific time frame

jeffos (IBM)Oct 04, 2022, 13:43 Hello team, I have discussed this with our SME team and they do agree that since shared technician ports aren't used on the newer platforms, setting a shorter timeout seems sensible. They suggest to submit a Request...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

PCIE hardware - Allowing RCL to continue, rather than halt to perform repair (fail drive/replacement) before continuing.

This would benefit tremendously as a failure then requires coordination and scheduling to complete, which usually puts us outside our scheduled maintenance window with the potential of not getting another window at that time.
over 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

Allow GDPS ksys in the IGNOREGOPS

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

TSM for VE 'Monthlies' 'Yearlies'

Multiple different schedules and retentions are not supported when using the TSM for VE vsphere plugin or web client (or generally). This means a customer must create separate servers in order to keep a 'monthly' set of data for a year, otherwise ...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 3 Not under consideration

Prevent media with read/write errors to be reused

When a tape has a write error, it should not be reused when it has returned to scratch pool. We need some method to track media statistics across the life time of a tape, from all the SP host that has used the tape. Each SP server should send tape...
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Include resource request and limits in Fusion deployment

All Fusion critical pods should have a resource request and limit assigned at deployment time and that could be reconfigured after deployment to match new requirements. A profile concept would be created to change/set the request and limit of thes...
over 2 years ago in Storage Fusion 1 Future consideration

Spectrum Virtualize v8.2.1.9 'lsfabric' command does not support hostclusters

When tracking host fabric connections to a Spectrum Virtualize controller (especially with multiple IO groups) the command 'lsfabric -host <hostname>' can be used.However our VMWare cluster has 9 hosts, configured within a host cluster.The '...
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

Require HTTPS for Spectrum Protect Web Client

Currently only HTTP works when using the Backup-Archive Web Client. US Bancorp requires this communication to be transmitted over HTTPS due to Federal audit requirements. We know that the data is not sent in clear text, but the auditors don't, so ...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

Spectrum Protect Operations Center should display the TDP Client version as well as BA Client API version

In Spectrum Protect OC. I have TDP SQL clients showing version 8.1.7.1. That version does not exist for TDP SQL clients but it does exist for Windows BA client which means that the TDP node is showing the BA client version.
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

HADR priming with online database backup

The current process to configure Tivoli Storage Manager for HADR is documented here: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Storage%20Manager/page/Electronic%20vaulting%20using%20deduplicated%20remote%20cop...
about 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

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