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    Enable REST API in Opscenter via Commandline not manually via Browser

    Enabling REST API is only possible using a checkbox using a supported webbrowser. It might be helpful for automation issues to do this without manual intervention.
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

    Add a status message to dsmwebcl.log on startup indicating POLLING or PROMPTED mode

    Please add a status message to dsmwebcl.log on startup indicating whether POLLING or PROMPTED mode is being used, as well as the polling period (if polling).
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

    scheduled command messages are wrapped in activity log - ANR2753I

    When ANR messages are logged as a result of commands run inside of an administrative schedule, the messages are wrapped at approx 40 characters. see ANR2753I. This makes programmatic processing of the logs very difficult. Log messages should never...
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

    Querying actlog with option MSGNO can only be done with one argument, this should be extendend to use more arguments

    The search in Actlog with the msgno option should be extended so that it is possible to search for several message numbers. For example, msgno=0293,0294 should be possible in a query so that you can see the start and end of an action, therefore yo...
    about 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    Ability to define the mirrorwritepriority parameter during creation of a vdisk mirroring in the GUI.

    Ability to define the mirrorwritepriority parameter during creation of a vdisk mirroring in the GUI.
    almost 13 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

    Collocation for Cloud-Container Storage pool

    System: IBM Spectrum Protect v7.1.7 or v8.1 (TSM) Requirement: Customer want to collocate data for Cloud Container STGPOOLWe archive medical data of hundreds of Hospitals (with hundreds of servers) to tape using collocation by node. Collocation op...
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    Add navigation arrows to timeframes in Spectrum Control - Storage Insights

    Add navigation arrows to timeframes in Spectrum Control - Storage Insights.
    over 6 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 2 Future consideration

    TS7700 BVIR utility Copy Audit ? add additional fields to help identify LVOL's needing attention.

    Request to make changes to data being reported in the TS7700's BVIR (Bulk Volume Information Retrieval) “Copy Audit” utility. Currently Copy Audit reports the volser, the copy mode for each cluster and the removal state for each cluster. The custo...
    over 6 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Planned for future release

    Fields for frame/tray/disk expandability

    Currently in a DS8k storage GUI we can see the little graphic of the frames connected and all the components inside each frame. we need the ability to see this graphical information in columns so we can determine if a frame has any expand-ability ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

    Ignore/Skip Windows RC Codes during Backup

    As you can see in the PMR we got a big problem with some files on a netapp filer. This files were created by randomly by netapp filer. Problem is that these files have no owner, or other NTFS securitys so an windows RC appears if the BA Client try...
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Is a defect

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