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    Optimize HSM file scan logic to prevent recall and re-backup of stub files after file move.

    At Present, when a HSM stub file is moved, a subsequent TSM backup recalls the file and backs this up again. This is a huge problem in large HSM installations and causes significant issues for the administrators supporting the system, and IBM supp...
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

    An error Icon should overlay the question mark

    In a CSM HA Configuration (Standby Server is configured) it is the case that if this server is down that a question mark is displayed at the top menu (e.g. at the “Storage” Menu bar”). So far so good.If now an outage happens (e.g. from one storage...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Future consideration

    Document CLI based upgrade of SPP server

    Our team uses IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server for data backup and for data reuse. However, we need to upgrade IBM Spectrum Protect Plus server component to current version but we cannot access the admin interface on port 8090 cause this IP port i...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    Users should not be able to view every other users' filespaces

    Currently, any authorised user of TSM can view the list of filespaces owned by any other user (provided that user is running on the same platform) by giving the "fromnode" argument to 'query filespace' in dsmc, for instance:> q fi -fromnode="my...
    about 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    In clustered (HA) environments, Spectrum Protect should support installing interim fixes without downtime

    We are using Spectrum Product for Data Retention in a document centric application step, that serves access to contract statements over the web in an always on environment. Maintenance (major version or scheduled FP upgrade) is expected to be deli...
    over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    An option to disable unmount mount for bulk selective recalls using multiple file lists from the same tape.

    If you do bulk selective recalls, with multiple file lists coming from the same tape, storage archive unmounts the tape after finishing the list. After starting the new list, the same tape is mounted again. This causes massive delays mounting and ...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Storage Archive 2 Future consideration

    Make the dashboard more focused on showing information and enabling actions at a per VM and application level

    The product needs to be a lot more VM and application centric from a management perspective. What end users would like is backup information per VM and application in the dashboard, a list of VMs and applications showing when each VM and applicati...
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

    Automatic failover/failback target replication server for Backup &Archive operations

    Automatic failover/failback target replication server for Backup &Archive operations.
    about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    NDMP backups to the cloud

    Our customer is rolling out 24 Spectrum Protect servers, and we have found that there is no way to get NDMP into the cloud. Also, NDMP TOC data cannot be replicated at all. Because AIX does not support CIFS mounting Azure (requires SMBv3, which wa...
    about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 5 Not under consideration

    SP Client LNX set offline password

    We are deploying linux systems automatically without any user interaction. For this delivery we need to set the password for the SP Client after installation. There is no solution in SP Client linux to set password by scripts or command.On windows...
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

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