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DB2 problems are not reported to TSM

see also 36996,033,724. here the TSM server crashed hours after the first error occurrence. No warnings in actlog. thats not acceptable. DIA8411C A file "S0035583.LOG" could not be found.DIA8312C Disk was full.
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Spectrum Protect server activity log to show detailed file restore and tape volume.

Hi Team, As a requirement for auditing we would like to have the server actlog show the file restore in detail and the tape volume it was restored. At the moment we have to restore from the client using restore/pick option and screen shot to...
over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Functionality already exists

HyperVFull backup command failing when guests not available

HyperVFull backup command failing when guests not available. even though hyper-v guests not availabe backup command should returned return code ZERO instead of 12.
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

Request option for previous SVC GUI behavior to modify characteristics of volumes

Previously in SVC 7.5 code, the volume characteristics could be edited in the GUI from the properties menu of the volume. This was changed in 7.6 so that modifications (such as a cache mode change) were made available in the GUI in the actions men...
about 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

SP Command builer stand-alone port for windows/linux

Create a stand-alone or dsmadmc integrated version for windows and/or Linux of the SP Command builder currently integrated in the SP-OC.
about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 0 Not under consideration

Backup Client for Debian Linux

Debian und viele andere Linuxdistributionen (z.B. Ubuntu, Univention, Knopix, ...) nutzen nicht das RedHat Packeage format rpm, sondern ein anderes Format namens .deb. Damit ist man bei der Erstellung der Pakete immer auf zusätzliche Konvertierung...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

SVC Audit Log Only Viewable for Privileged User

Currently the audit log can be viewed/downloaded by a ‘monitor' level accountThe audit requirement is that this information should only be accessible by a privileged (admin) account or an auditor level account as per DS8000Applied to SVC and V7000
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC Configurable SNMP Alerts

Repeat SNMP alerts for errors not fixed within a given window should be configurable
almost 11 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.
over 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...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Control 1 Future consideration

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