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    TDP for VE 8.1.2 should not update the VMware guest notes field

    Starting with IBM Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments - Data protection for VMware 8.1.2.0, each completed VM backup updates the guest notes field.This can be a problem when that same notes field is used for other internal processes.There is...
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration

    Move backups between nodes (datamovers)

    Moving data from a datamover node to a datacenter node is not possible when it is mis-stored. Currently, with container pools, the only option is to delete those backups, or manually track them separately.
    about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    Spectrum Scale integration with HyperV

    I have a customer which is pure Microsoft oriented. I wanted to sell them File storage and would like to use Spectrum Scale. As whole project will quite huge I would like to use as much of their infrastructure as it is possibly. I would like to us...
    over 9 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 5 Not under consideration

    REPLTCPSERVERADDRESS override

    baclient and API need to allow persistent override of REPLTCPSERVERADDRESS or similar functionality.
    about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 3 Future consideration

    remove systemV init.d script for DSMCAD

    The current packaging of TIVsm-BA includes a symbolic link /etc/init.d/dsmcad -> /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/rc.dsmcad which results in the creation of the directory /etc/init.d if it does not already exist. This is incompatible with the chkc...
    over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Under review

    Make the Operations Center Server Activity display user-configurable

    Customer would like to see the Operations Center Server Details...Summary tab "Activity over 24 Hours" be more configurable. Specifically, it would be helpful the Activity period could be lengthened and the mouse hover show the actual date and time.
    about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 2 Future consideration

    SP Operations Center group assign Alerts

    Add a functionality to manage (assign and close) Alerts faster and in groups (bulk selections) in the Spectrum Protect Operations Center. Or make the assignment drop-down menu part of each alert so that it's easier to assign.Please design the OC i...
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    Incompatible "username" setting between the TSSC "Call home settings" of TS7700 and the CSP tool

    In the TSSC "Call home settings" of the TS7700 unit it is not possible to enter a space in the "username" setting from the panel "Location Settings" while it is required to be compatible with the waited informations in CSP.
    almost 5 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Planned for future release

    DEACTIVATE DATA command enter a list of nodes, or date range or possibly of another platforms (DB2, SQL) NODEGROUP

    Will DEACTIVATE commands be able to be executed to enter a series a series of NODES, or for a NODEGROUP? Will the commands be able to be executed for a certain date range, and not only with the current option of TODATE=TODAY-xx days? Is it planned...
    over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    SVC and Storwize Machine Location field schould support special characters

    In the GUI of the SVC / Storwize / FS systems (exception FS900) you can only use alphanumeric characters. Special characters are only possible on the command line. This should be adjusted on the GUI.
    almost 5 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Is a defect

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