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Enable assignment of volume extents to a specific tier level within an easy tier hybrid pool

Can you enable that all extents of a specific volume can be assigned to a specific tier level within an easy tier hybrid pool configuration ? Example: hybrid pool contents of 3000 GB Flash Tier and 50000 GB Enterprise tier. Create new volume and a...
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Independent Certificates for Key Servers

Need to separate the client and server certificates for SafeNets Gemalto Key Servers. Currently, they are on the same certificate.
about 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

Tooling for updating device login credentials from outside Spectrum Control

I need a method for programmatic management of the login credentials of devices managed by Spectrum Control. Security best practice requires that the passwords/keys are regularly changed.changing through the GUI for even a moderate number of devic...
about 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Control 1 Future consideration

backport (AIX) 8.1.14.x server fixes to 8.1.13.x

There are a number of fixes included in Spectrum Protect server 8.1.14.0 (plus some DB2 security fixes just postponed to 8.1.14.100). However, 8.1.14.x drops support for AIX 7.1. Having to also upgrade (still supported) AIX 7.1 to AIX 7.2 or 7.3 j...
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

SPP: use OpenJDK for vSnap VADP Proxy

Currently SPP installs openJDK pkg during installation and upgrade phase. However Oracle Java is still beign used for VADP proxy of vSNAP server. Due to licensing we would appreciate if only one Java has been used.
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Is a defect

Please Expand the Maximum value for HSMMAXRECALLTAPEDRIVES

The maximum value for HSMMAXRECALLTAPEDRIVES is too low to use. I wish the maximum value can be set up to 128.
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Space Management 1 Future consideration

SPP 10.1.3 Exchange DAG Production Restore: User must put in name of .EDB file

If you select "Production Restore" you can restore to the original location on the original instance or a alternate location on the original instance. If you are restoring to the original location on the original instance, you do not need to enter...
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

IBM Exchange Mailbox recovery tool takes a long time open a small mailbox

In our SPP training lab we have 5 DAG's separated on 10 Servers. The DAG consists of 2 dedicated Exchange Servers Each.When trying to open a Mail Box using the tool after the SPP granular recovery completes. It can take between 15 to 20 minutes to...
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Add parm to allow some control over the calculation of available space to avoid false positive ANS1311E errors

Add a parm that could specify the estimated amount of data reduction to use when calculating if the storage pool has sufficient space. so setting this parm to 75 would tell TSM to assume the pending backup is going to get at least a 75% reduction,...
almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 0 Not under consideration

allow non default dsm.opt and tdpexch.cfg file for remote management

It is possible to configure the MMC GUI on Exchange server to use non default dsm.opt and tdpexch.cfg files. Managing backup from a non Exchange server is not possible if the Exchange server is configured with non default dsm.opt and tdpexch.cfg.
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 2 Not under consideration

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