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    Idea for Flash Grid Promote (with only one flash system)

    As in previous versions, please bring back the "in this same controller housing" feature that was available when setting up partnership, as it allows practice and demonstration of PBR settings in a single controller housing, which is useful for pr...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

    VADP Proxy should be available as an appliance

    The SPP server is available as an appliancevSnap server is available as an appliancebut VADP Proxy requires install of RHEL and installation of VADP Proxy software.This doesn't make any sense since the VADP Proxy already are part of the SPP server...
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

    Client is using single-node IBM Spectrum Archive EE(LTFSEE)/IBM Spectrum Scale(GPFS) cluster on RHEL 7.9 x86_64. The current version of LTFSEE is at 1.3.2.4. Client wants to relocate the *exsisting* server to other location/other network so that IP and hostname of the server needs to be changed. Local support team has asked the procedure to adapt LTFSEE for the changed IP and hostname to GDL LTFS development by LTFS RTC item #86989. Development has answered that there is no procedure to do it as of now. The server relocation is sometimes required with the relocation of customer’s server room or various reasons. Customer strongly needs the verified procedure and/or utility on LTFSEE to adapt IP/hostname change of the server asap. Note: GPFS has such procedure. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-scale/5.1.8?topic=topics-changing-ip-addresses-host-names-cluster-nodes

    The verified procedure and/or utility on LTFSEE to adapt IP/hostname change of the server asap.
    over 2 years ago in IBM Storage Archive 1 Future consideration

    TS003991821

    Being that the Distributed AG is a collection of multiple AAG's, my initial thoughts are that each AAG would be configured per the guide with a unique set of nodenames (ALWAYSONODENAME, TDP nodenames, and, if performing VSS backups, B/A Client nod...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 0 Not under consideration

    Easier Flashsystem configuration Export/Import

    A customer requirement is that if a situation arises where a failed storage device is to be replaced, the original storage controller configuration can be easily and immediately imported as a new storage controller configuration. We would like to...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Functionality already exists

    Define SQL Server backup replica node in SPP for SQL Availability Group

    SPP uses the SQL Server backup preferences to choose the replica SQL Server node where the backup will be made in an Avalilabity Group. However, we would like to have the possibility to define the node where the backup will take place in the SPP i...
    almost 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    When we increase a disk of a VMClient a Full VE backup is the result.

    When we change a VMClient disk for example from 5TB to 10GB TSM is making a full VE backup.
    about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Future consideration

    Add completed timestamp on failed administrative events

    Add "completed" timestamp to administrative events if the administrative schedule fails.
    almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

    IBM Spetcrum Protect or SPP cross-hypervisor restore for image level backup (Azure to VMware , VMware to Azure)

    Cross-hypervisor restore feature for image level backup (Azure to VMware , VMware to Azure) is a feature already supported in competitor solutions ie Commvault .
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    Show Unprotected VM detail from Protection Summary

    The Protection Summary section of the Policy Overview page shows protected and unprotected Virtual Machines. However I would expect to be able to click on the 'Unprotected' icon, for example, and get a list of unprotected VM's, but this is not the...
    about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

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