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1620 callhome event

1620 mdisk group offline did not callhome due to event being and error 2 event.
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Instructions are not given for how to start IP Quorum on Boot

Stretched (enhanced and HyperSwap) Spec Virt environments, as well as clustered Storwize devices, require an IP Quorum. AIX, Linux, and Windows are supported for this function. However, writing the appropriate startup scripts or service files are ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Planned for future release

LISTING/PREVIEW of ALL tapes required for a RETRIEVE or a RESTORE

Retrieve and Restore function should have preview option to list the volumes which will be required for the Restore or Retrieve;
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

Enhance RAS to add a mmhealth threshold update Funktion in mmhealth framework

Currently to change a parameter in the mmhealth thresholds this is only possible with delete and add this same rule. This is error-prone to change only on parameter.The support enhance the servicability to justify one parameter in the threshold ru...
about 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

Error/warning on degraded hosts

Currently when a host is in degraded state, the events are not showing any warning or error. Hence there is a chance that these degraded hosts goes unnoticed. So I suggest to have a warning/error to be reported in the events for any host went into...
about 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

Oracle 18c support SP 4 DB's

I have a client who is installing Oracle 18c now and have a need for backups They have used Spectrum Protect in the past and want to continue to do so
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Planned for future release

Spectrum Protect Plus Report Enhancement giving more detailed into

I believe a report is neaded the gives more details. This is the info that I would like to see in a single report:1. The full path to the VM that is displayed under the "Search for..." box in SPP panels such as: Manage Protection - Virtual Systems...
about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Azure AVS support for Spectrum Protect for VE and SPP

The client of a BP would like to continue using Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments as they migrate their vmware farm to Microsoft Azure AVS.
about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Future consideration

Bring more parity from Manager to Storage Account Admin portal for managing Container Vault

The request is to enhance the Storage Account Administration Portal to bring it more in line and parity with feature/functionality offered for Standard Vaults. Things like being able to track throughput with a chart (like aggreate Accesser through...
about 2 years ago in Cloud Object Storage System 0 Submitted

Support custom certs on endpoints using Vault Proxy

The Vault Proxy feature does not work if the Accesser Device (or Access Pool) is using Customer signed certificates. The feature will only work when the IBM signed certificates are present. For customers that require using their own organization's...
about 2 years ago in Cloud Object Storage System 0 Submitted

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