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Spectrum Protect backup of massive sparse file /var/log/lastlog on linux

From the customer: I found five RedHat-based Linux clients that were ultimately waiting for tape mounts because they were trying to back up the massive sparse file /var/log/lastlog. This file reports as being 480GB in size, even though it is actua...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

Disable Simultaneous sessions of same user on ESS GUI

Same user is able to open multiple sessions on ESS GUI with different browsers /different system. Ideally, the application should allow only one active session per user. This is one of the security observations from the customer's security auditor...
11 months ago in Storage Scale System 0 Future consideration

Extension of the Table "Replicationview" by the columns batchesQ and batchesD

Hello, the command "show replication" shows the number of "batchesQ" and "batchesD".Is it planned to implement the number of "batchesQ" and "batchesD" in the table REPLICATIONVIEW?Currently I can't find any columns in this table regarding this. En...
11 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Under review

Understanding of spectrum Discover tables

As part of the use of CP4D it is important for Airbus to know the exact use of each of the tables that we could or should 'integrate' or not into CP4D/Cognos for example. This request aims to identify, for example, tables presenting data that has ...
11 months ago in Storage Discover 0 Future consideration

CSM To Include the System and Path for any Alert Message About Paths

Please include the system and the path in any email notifications about paths. Also these messages should be logged to the console as well as being sent in email.
over 6 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

Support Spectrum Protect for Space Management in Spectrum Scale 5.0 on Linux for System Z architectures

We need support of Spectrum Protect for space management (HSM) in Spectrum Scale 5.0 in Zlinux architectures.
over 6 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

Tag/Label backup sessions as well as backup/archive records.

Because of the Spectrum Protect way to register the backups/archive, it is challenging to track the backups.  For example, when customers lunch a multi-thread backup (DB, Files, Mail, VM), it is difficult to identify what kind of backup it is...
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Future consideration

Remote Cloning support for ProtecTIER native replication setups (will also work for all alternatively replicated data)

Implement support for Remote Cloning of "alternatively" replicated data. This request ist written with having IBM ProtecTIER native replication in mind.Implement some kind of "single domain behaviour" into TSM to have a TSM storage agent running o...
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 6 Not under consideration

Spectrum Scale to support quota management on external Storage pool.

Request Spectrum Scale to support quota management on external Storage pool.
over 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

add a NetApp Snapshot based backup and restore functionality to SPP

Addition of a function to secure NetApp file server with SPP on vSnap server. This should be done on the basis of NetApp snapshots. The feature should be able to replace the current Spectrum Protect feature for NetApp data protection at the file l...
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Future consideration

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