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FLR from VM target replicated via Vsnap

In case that SLAs which replicate the backups. Then, if SPP restores a file or directory, this file or directory is always restored from the Vsnap source in case of the Vsnap replication. It should have the option to restore the file from Vsnap so...
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

REPLICATE NODE - option to mark on the remote server only the expired data

REPLICATE NODE command does not have an option to replicate (mark on the remote server) only the expired content.The expired content of a nodename is processed during the scan of the nodename, sometimes it seems that it is processed at the end of ...
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Planned for future release

Multi Vendor Support for Snapshots in FCM/TSM

Snapshot-based DP for Applications (with a broad Application Support, including Replication Control to a secondary Storage, for virtual and native Servers, including Application driven Single File Restores and Catalog Support) is seen more and mor...
over 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 2 Planned for future release

Execute failed VM backups within schedule

TSM for VE has been deployed as a replacement for other vendors solutions. It is being developed well but some of the core functionality is lacking, for example the ability to re-run failed backups without having to create new adhoc schedules ever...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

Identify each Restore Process choosing a name

In the jobmonitoring panel all restore process are showed with the same name " onDemandRestore". We should have the possibility to choose a name by restore process.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Single Sign On with OKTA

intergrate with OKTA or other single sign on technology
over 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Not under consideration

FlashSystem Refresh without host-side intervention

refresh an FS device to a new FS without requiring any server commands/intervention. This would supply a process to handle an FS device refresh where 100% of the activity is done at the Storage level only, preserving all of the following configura...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Planned for future release

Adding Mmgt-Class to the "query event" output

There is a customer requirement to generate a report from event table .. to have a daily overview from client backup .. to have start time, endtime, and status from each backup. Additionally the customer need the output from the client, which Mgmt...
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Functionality already exists

Spectrum Protect required two separate solutions for virtual and physical systems

My client needs two separate solutions for virtual and physical systems. They need IBM Spectrum Protect Plus for virtual systems and Spectrum Protect for physical systems, and that's a pain. It would be an improvement if they were combined.
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Functionality already exists

Database impossible to Backup and migrate to other platforms

Before assisting a customer using Windows that wanted to migrate to using UNIX, my client did not see any drawbacks to IBM Spectrum Protect. However, IBM Spectrum Protect does not offer an option to migrate from other operating systems. Additional...
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Functionality already exists

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