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Storage Protect Family

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    New Client Option to force backup by file attribute change

    Configuration: Linux/UNIX Filesystem B/A Client Problem: After a chmod or chown command on a file, it is not possible to go back to the state before customers change when a new file backup was made. Because only the attribute in the DB was...
    about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

    Spectrum Protect - Retention Lock for retention sets

    System: Spectrum Protect Server - all platformsActor: User needing new function Description: Request to develop a new feature which can lock a retention set from being deleted prior to its set expiry day. The feature can be termed as "Retention Lo...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Future consideration

    vSnap Failover Functionality

    Currently, vSnap servers do not have integrated failover functionality. This means if a vSnap is not available, and a backup runs pointing to this vSnap, backup will fail. Automatic failover should happen if a vSnap is not available. Backup then s...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    SnapMirror 2 Tape NetApp - Restore Data to a different NetApp (CASE: TS013360935)

    SnapMirror 2 Tape NetApp - Restore Data to a different NetApp (CASE: TS013360935)
    about 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

    VSNAP uses NFS in v.3 in VM test restore. How can we force VSNAP to use NFS in v.4

    It will improve security, performance improvements, improved stability and scalability. NFS is in v.4 due to this ensure VM restores and other operations are performed in the most efficient and secure manner possible.
    9 months ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 0 Under review

    Please, support to restore NDMP-formatted data retrieved from NAS in a cluster configuration from [tape media](LTO) to another NAS storage system

    Why is it useful? : A common-sense solution for backup restoration is achieved with the combination of NAS storage, ISPs, and tape media.Who would benefit from it? : Nearly all users operating tape backups on NAS storage with a cluster configurati...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

    File Level Restore Enhancements

    Requests from customer to improve the File Level Restore recovery capability in SPP and add the following: 1) Add an include list as well as an exclude list under VM options > select options 2) Collect data for and add a date modified field so ...
    about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

    Spectrum Protect Data Retention should be able to delete Copy Storage Pool Volumes

    In Spectrum Protect Data Retention it is not possible to delete any data manually, which is the key functionality of the product.In case of duplicating the data stored (i.e. on tape) we use Copy Storage Pools. To allow an exchange of the underlyin...
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Future consideration

    move stgpooldir command

    I'd like to se a command likemove stgpooldir <oldstgpooldir> <newstgpooldir>that move all containers in one stgpooldir to another automatiacally and in the background.or change the move container command to accept wildcard and a maxnum...
    about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    Output of prepare command need to be send via OC email or copied to an S3 target to support Airgap protection

    Output of prepare command need to be send via Operation Center email report (for multiple servers) or copied to an S3 target (e.g. prepare devclass=cloud) to support Airgap protection. Optionally the S3 bucket should be WORM protected.
    about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Future consideration

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