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DS8K Configuration menu should not accept an IPv4 address that ends in zero or one

DS8K Configuration menu should not accept an IPv4 address that ends in zero or one. These are typically reserved for gateways/routers on a network and should not be assigned to end devices.
over 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

DBBackup to the cloud

Our customer is rolling out 24 Spectrum Protect servers, and we have found that there is STILL no way to get database backups into the cloud directly. Because AIX does not support CIFS mounting Azure (requires SMBv3, which was rejected by AIX prod...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Segregation of Duties in Spectrum Protect server

Client wants to completely segregate the authority to manage accounts in Spectrum Protect from all other Spectrum Protect authorizations.Current setup where a System account is required to manage admin IDs and -rights which includes all other righ...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

SNMP v3 support for TS4500

Security hardening
almost 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

Add ability to create long term snapshot of TSM for VE data

At present, TSM for VE is suitable for storing short to medium term data. Where regulatory type backups such as 1-7 year retention backups are required, a separate node using the traditional Backup Archive Client needs to be set up to perform this...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

V3700 ThinProvisioning does not work as advertised

V3700 Thin Provisioning does not work as advertised.We consider "IBM Storwize V3700: Ideal for VMware environments" => http://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/tsf03029usen/TSF03029USEN.PDFSince Storwize does not currently support the VMware...
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Remove the need for reboot when installing BA and TDP clients on Windows

For the GUI to work some 2012 libraries has to be installed. This requires a reboot. IBM should change the code so that the BA and TDP clients are not dependant of additional software that requires a reboot. A reboot requires downtime and must be ...
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Add support in SP4VE/vSphere to restore to specific resource pool

Add functionality in Sp4VE/vSphere to restore VM's into specific resource pool in vSphere environment.
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration

Migrating IBM Spectrum Protect Servers from One Operating System to Another

Currently there is support of migrating an IBM Spectrum Protect server from AIX to Linux x86_64 via extractdb/insertdb but not the other way around.
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Provide meaningfull names for volumes created by HyperSwap volume pair allocation by CLI and GUI

When allocating an HyperSwap volume pair, the client input naming the HyperSwap volume (let's assume it is new_HS_volume) is only used to name the Master copy of the quadruplet created by the allocation dialogue. The 3 other volumes (Auxiliary, Ma...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

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