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DS8880 misses option to display possible and used virtual Capacity from WEB GUI

We use ESE volumes with small extents. In the WEB GUI we really miss a simple way to show the configured virtual Capacity as well as the max available virtual capacity. We suggest to add a bar beside the bar showing the physical capacity
over 5 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

Combine snappdiff and SM2T as complete backup solution

At the moment there is no fast way with TSM to restore single files / directories and also complete volumes on Netapp filers with cDot. With Snapmirror to tape (SMTT) we can restore a complete volume quickly, but there is no possibility to restore...
about 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Exchange large files (> 4GB) between Spectrum Scale and Spectrum Archive clusters

ZF has the requirement to exchange mainly large files (> 4GB) between Spectrum Scale and Spectrum Archive clusters in Germany and Poland. The capacities to be exported are up to 500 TB per day. The requirement is that the files that are exchang...
over 4 years ago in IBM Storage Archive 1 Future consideration

Report Restore VM in SPP

Auditor person want to report restore same as menu function report vm backup history but in ibm spectrum protect plus not have
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 0 Not under consideration

TSM operations center option to set or disable 'at risk' for RC4 and RC8

Tivoli Storage manager operations center shows clients as 'at risk' when backups are completed with RC8. We would like to see an option in which you can specify when a client is at risk:- backup must be completed with no messages- backup may be co...
about 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 0 Not under consideration

FILE class mount retention

Enable MOUNTRET on FILE class volumes.
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

LDAP enhancements related to RFC2307 mappings on Spectrum Scale/GPFS Windows

Currently, GPFS Windows has functional, performance, and HA limitations related to the LDAP AD lookup. The details are documented in IBM Case Number: TS005919437. https://www.ibm.com/mysupport/s/case/5003p00002YlqdkAAB/kosmos-gpfs-windows-filesyst...
over 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

Changing dynamic pagepool can cause the system to hang

The proposed changes to prevent system hang are as follows: 1. The code checks for available memory and if the available memory is less than the requested value, return the value users can change 2. As it takes time to allocate memory, the code re...
over 4 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Is a defect

File restore GUI: Microsoft Windows user account cannot access its own user folders

When using File Restore GUI to restore single files to a Windows vm you get an access denied error when trying to restore files and folders protected by UAC. This can be profile folders (C:\Users) or the DATA folder in a SQL instance. The problem ...
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

Provide qualified third-party firmware upgrade software packages with ClevOS

ClevOS currently provides IBM branded hardware firmware upgrade packages as part of the ClevOS appliance image. It has been requested to also include similar upgrade packages for COS qualified third-party appliances, such as the HP devices and the...
over 2 years ago in Cloud Object Storage System 0 Submitted

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