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allow encryption of database backups not only for cloud but also for tape and file

Please allow encryption of database backups not only for cloud but also for tape and file device classes. This is a requirement from security regulations in Germany.
9 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

LCP : Dynamic Management (increase and decrease) of Safeguarded Capacity

This idea would benefit all IBM z customers who are using, or who are considering implementing Logical Corruption Protection (aka z Cyber Vault) of data hosted on DS8000 storage subsystems. It would be of particular value to large installations wh...
almost 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

Node replication based on managementclass or storagepool

Currently node replication can only be issued on a node/filespace basis and backup/archive data. A big global bank has the requirement to replicate all data cross country which are older than 5 years. The data can't be distinguished by filespace o...
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

Add aborted command/transfer metrics to SI

Spec V systems don't incorporate response time metrics into the performance stats for IOs that were aborted. The hosts would have actually been impacted by these IOs because IOs are typically aborted once they have hit some kind of timeout value. ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

add a button on the policys page for email testing

when you set up policys for alerts, there is no way to test to make sure it works..we use ops genie and it would be nice to confirm it is working
9 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

SPP: Implement link feature for jobs

Currently SPP only offers a job scheduling by time. To leverage the backup (and replication) window at a maximum, it would be great to have a "link feature" for jobs.
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Default behavior of formatting a vdisk should be selectable

Default behavior when creating or expanding a vdisk is to format the new capacity. Please allow the customer to customize at the cluster level whether the default is to format or not format.
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

Spectrum Protect Plus native application-aware snapshot/recovery support of Google Cloud Platform VMs

Support for SPP to snapshot/recover Google Cloud VMs via API (like VMware VM support). Need capability of installing both the SPP server and vSnap in GCP.
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Future consideration

Migration of Backup-Jobs between SPP MasterServers

Export/Import of specific SLA's, Nodes, Backups incl. all necessary data from SPP Server1 to Server2 (e.g. new install SPP or existing installations) on node level on SLA level on backup job (SnapShot) level
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 0 Future consideration

vSnap Failover Functionality

Currently, vSnap servers do not have integrated failover functionality. This means if a vSnap is not available, and a backup runs pointing to this vSnap, backup will fail. Automatic failover should happen if a vSnap is not available. Backup then s...
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

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