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    Flashcopy Offload Optimization of db2_all command

    Offload apparently waiting for several minutes.We saw issues during our offload testing with failing db2inidb commands when the log directories were not there. That is why we created the piece of code to create the log directories. Since for multi...
    almost 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

    DECOMMISSION NODE' is not updating RETENTION RULE

    Retrule contains decom vm nodes which result in failed retention set copy.Decommission node do not update retention rule so that every decomission node action requires a manual maintenance for the retention rule
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Is a defect

    Allow swapping a DRAID member drive without triggering a RAID rebuild.

    We would like to be able to do a drive swap of a DRAID member without triggering a RAID rebuild. The same current functionality of TRAID charraymember.
    over 6 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    Tiring by occupancy

    Add the ability to define tiring rule, that takes node occupancy into account.
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    Add a column to the file report with the backup time

    We are missing a column in Spectrum Discover file report for Spectrum Protect, which shows the latest backup date and time for each file.
    over 4 years ago in Storage Discover 0 Not under consideration

    Scale IP balancing code with NFS and Samba

    Nfs crash on protocol nodes brings down samba with ces root. "While waiting for the abrt trigger, please investigate why NFS crashes bring down Samba. There are cases that NFS crashes do not bring down Samba in the past.
    over 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

    Request to forcibly disconnect multiple TS7760s from the grid by command operation.

    The customer is requested to be able to forcibly disconnect multiple TS7760s from the grid by command operation.
    over 6 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Future consideration

    Backup of Cloud Apps

    More and more applications are available online in the cloud such Exchange Online, SharePoint online, Dropbox and OneDrive Business.This areas do many think it's including backup, but the backup is limited and not even close to many customers SLAs...
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

    If primaray server hang, baclients tried to connect on secondary replication server and never come back on primary.

    If primary replication server hang, clients tried to connect on the secondary and never come back on secondary until CAD service isrestarted. I think this should not append and clients should automaticly reconnect on primary. Also, this is for bac...
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Not under consideration

    3 or more ISKLM IP address for TS7700

    Intesa San Paolo, the biggest Italian Bank, with 3 Grids-3way installed, is asking for an ehancement for TS7700, related to ISKLM IP address.Custumer would like that more than 2 ISKLM IP address can be defined, at least 3.
    over 4 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Planned for future release

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