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    Add equivalent of "issue message" command to DSMC, so it will be logged on client as well

    Recently I answered an RFP question regarding different automation techniques, including the use of Issue Message dsmadmc command to send a message to the server activity log. I realized that this functionality would be enhanced if we could issue ...
    almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

    PDU Power Cord for 92F too short for CMA

    The two 2.8m PDU power cords for the 92F high density expansion are too short for the cable management arm it is supplied with. The power cords avialable for the 92F in econfig should be longer to allow the cable management arm to be extended, con...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    Remove distinction between private and public IP address ranges

    Remove the distinction between processing for private IP address ranges 10.0.0.0, 192.168.0.0 and the other one and public IP address ranges. Process the private subnet ranges the same way public IP address ranges are processed. Remove the undocum...
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    Prevent media with read/write errors to be reused

    When a tape has a write error, it should not be reused when it has returned to scratch pool. We need some method to track media statistics across the life time of a tape, from all the SP host that has used the tape. Each SP server should send tape...
    over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    Include resource request and limits in Fusion deployment

    All Fusion critical pods should have a resource request and limit assigned at deployment time and that could be reconfigured after deployment to match new requirements. A profile concept would be created to change/set the request and limit of thes...
    over 3 years ago in Storage Fusion 1 Future consideration

    Support for wildcards in directory restore command.

    Support for wildcards in directory restore command.We want to have same wildcard ussage for Query backup command and Restore command. Now are wildcards in restore command restricted to be used in the file name or extension; they cannot be used in ...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

    Allow migration of Local Page DS volumes

    Active Local Page DS volumes are the only volumes that cannot be migrated by TDMF. However, when all active local pages on a volume are set into Drain mode (read only), there should no longer be I/O to the volume that TDMF cannot handle. TDMF coul...
    over 3 years ago in TDMF z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Ability to restore a mailbox to a PST without connecting to an Exchange Server

    Customers require to restore mailbox without needing to connect to an Exchange Server
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

    encryptkey with LAN-free does not work on Spectrum Protect v8.1.6

    End User upgrade their IBM Spectrum Protect to version 8.1.6. They requested to have client encryption to fulfill their security requirements. However, the client encryption function that supported before is told no longer working now ("encryptkey...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    To develop a report that shows overall capacity consumed per user that adds up local and offline files and versions

    Current quota management on Spectrum Scale only considers consumed space of local files. With the introduction of features such Transparent Cloud Tiering for COS, it is needed a control over the space users are consuming for both local and offline...
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

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