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Logfiles that would include all execution outputs

Currently the TDPSQLC.exe has a LOGFILE option that only outputs the summary of its execution. Today, if I wish to see the summary and the execution of each database backup I need to provide both the LOGFILE and a redirected log path such that I c...
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Not under consideration

Make a setting that indicates internet access available or not

Secure installations does not grant internet access to any hosts directly, neither in nor out From fw logs, we can see that SPP tries to connect to outside servers, and that causes just noise in logs. I would like settings that enables or disables...
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Connect to an AWS S3 bucket with an IAM Role

Our customer wants Spectrum Protect to be able to connect to an AWS S3 Bucket using an IAM Role without the need of the access key and the secret key. Today other products are able to do it.
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Add functionality to TSM Operations Center related to Tape Drives Usage/Mounts Reports

System: Spectrum Protect Operations CenterActor: Spectrum Protect Operations CenterUser needing reporting features to assess tape drives usage/mounts in order to provide analysis for future needs in tape drive growth/usage. Description: Operations...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 0 Not under consideration

SI should flag/alert when firmware or microcode level is End Of Support

I would like to see (Maybe in Insights Advisor) if the Storage Firmware or Software is End Of Support. On IBM SVC family for example.. SVC hardware node may not be end of support, but it’s running a firmware code stream that IS end of support. Thi...
over 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Schedule policy/job to execute every 4th saturday of the month

Policy can be set to start on the day of the month (1st, 2nd,...) and can be set to start at Saturday but repeat it every 4 weeks, because some months have 5 weeks it's not acceptable. We need it to be set(because of load) every 4th saturday of th...
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Future consideration

Outboard copy inhibit

Provide capability to reset "Outboard Copy Inhibit" flag on the DS8000. This flag is set by mvs software - e.g. TDMF and can be reset by MVS DEVSERV commands. However, a backdoor DS8000 method to do this is absent.
almost 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

SI Pro Software Update Recommendations to List Current/Minimum/Recommended levels in More Information field

In the Storage Insights Notifications there are new notifications for Software Update Recommendations. Under the More Information field no information is shown, but if the alert is opened up then it shows the Current/Minimum/Recommended Level in a...
about 5 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

TSM API for IBMi

The TSM API is no longer supported on an IBMi. During our upgrade to V7.1 we opened a PMR because we had a question/problem but the PMR was closed with a resolution that the API is not supported.We implemented an IBMi to TSM solution as a logical ...
almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 1 Not under consideration

Tape libraries (TS4500, TS4300, TS3200, TS3310, and TS3500) to alert if any tape is written with no encryption

Tape libraries (TS4500, TS4300, TS3200, TS3310, and TS3500) to alert if any tape is written with no encryption for any reason. This helps to avoid any unencrypted tapes being created in the environment.
almost 4 years ago in Linear Tape-Open 3 Planned for future release

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