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    Pre-Requisites Check Script

    In order to consider and check all points on the pre-requisite checklist for FCM on Unix, Linux a checking utility would ease the work a lot. Currently, the checklist is very complex and not all of the points are directly clear. Some points refer ...
    over 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 2 Planned for future release

    TS7700 Flash Copy - Allow customers to Write to Flashed LVOLs - more like DS8K Flash Copy

    DR Test RPQ- North Carolina Farm Bureau (NCFB) recently implemented a 2-way Tapeless Grid, Local primary Site (Raleigh, NC) replicating to Remote DR Site (IBM BCRS in Sterling Forest, NY). Prior to implementing the Tape Grid, NCFB sent physical ta...
    over 7 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Planned for future release

    Ability to run initckdvol as it is often needed during DASD refresh

    During DASD refreshes, we perform multiple times full data push to the new frames so that the application teams can do as much testing on the new frames. And IBM recommends us to run initckdvol before we do a new full push to the new frame since t...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

    Single Sign On with OKTA

    intergrate with OKTA or other single sign on technology
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Not under consideration

    Transparently change the secret key stored on the DS8000 during creation of the cloud construct for TCT.

    Transparently change the secret key stored on the DS8000 during creation of the cloud construct for TCT.
    over 5 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    GMCV with Practice session

    CSM currently has GM with Practice session and would like to have GMCV with Practice session added. We would use this for our DR tests and for specific application testing scenarios.
    over 5 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    FreeBSD support for TSM Client

    FreeBSD support for TSM Client
    over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

    Suppport FreeNAS S3 as S3 compatible Object Storage

    FreeNAS/TrueNAS is a commonly used small to medium software appliance for storage. It provides S3 API via Minio and is compatible with S3.
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    Centralized reporting for Tivoli FlashCopy Manager

    We would like to request a centralized reporting facility for Tivoli FlashCopy Manager, specifically FlashCopy Manager for Exchange 2010 first, if possible (although all applications managed by FCM would benefit). This reporting facility would be ...
    over 13 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

    IBM Spectrum Protect API for DB2 does not allow to set 'set protect size' info. Hence OC does not count it for License check

    Nodes being used for DB2 database backup using TSM client API are not reporting to front end capacity usage (in Operation Center). Hence unable to utilize OC for license calculation. Refer PMR Numbers TS001718996 and TS002594393.
    almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

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