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parallel threads of volume / vdisk migation in SVC GUI

It is not possible to change the amount of threads for vdisk / volume migrations between mdiskgroups / pools inside the SVC GUI version 6.x
over 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Not under consideration

Spectrum Virtualize 8.4 Password Policy

Per customer request:Spectrum Virtualize Password Policies Hello we would like to use the password policy in Spectrum Virtualize; however, we do not want the policy implemented for superuser, tpc user or storage insights (SIadmin) user. How can we...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SSD host identification for IBM i

SSD Host identification for IBM i is very crucial for customer who have invested in SSD in DS5000 and DS8K.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

DBMEMPERCENT Parameter do not allow value smaller 10

Parameter DBMEMPERCENT do not allow value smaller than 10. On a AIX System with a lot of Memory are 10% as minimum for DBMEMPERCENT for small TSM Instances too many.
over 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

v5000 shows as 2076 instead of 2078 when zoned to SVC

When customer adds a V5000 backend stores and zones to the SVC, it shows as a 2076 (V7000) instead of 2078 (V5000). Customer would like this to represent the correct M/T for the storage type added.
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Changing the mnt directory from root to dedicated file system

If we have a dedicated filesystem, it won't affect the space on root file system on Production servers. In our environment only, we faced the situation like the root file system is full due to this /mnt/spp/vsnapx/fspooly/ directory.
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

disable encryption during replication

We provide datacenter service, enterprise backup and disaster recovery services to our customers. That's why we need to backup our customers' data under the SLA we have committed.As we tested we are not satisfied about Spectrum Protect Plus's repl...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Planned for future release

Restoring deleted data on Object Storage

We provide datacenter and data protection service over Spectrum Protect Plus to our customers.We also provide cloud service over Zadara, added Zadara as S3 compatible on Spectrum Protect Plus. Zadara has a feature that enables us to restore a dele...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 0 Future consideration

Metadata Search for Repository backups

IBM Spectrum Protect Plus needs the ability to keep track of VMware metadata for backups once a a backup is moved off to a repository or S3 location. Not having the ability search for metadata (file search) on long term repository backups defeat s...
almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

'dsmc i' should never re-backup restored-unchanged files

'dsmc i' should never re-backup restored-unchanged files
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

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