IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    Bind DNS out of date software version

    Agency is required to update to the current stable versions of BIND DNS. Internet Systems Consortium no longer issues security updates for out-of-date versions of BIND DNS.
    over 4 years ago in Storage Scale System 2 Future consideration

    Spectrum Protect support for gluster filesystems

    Spectrum Protect client should support the gluster filesystem.
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

    remove DP SQL MMC configuration deficiency when handling multiple instances

    The DP SQL MMC is only able to handle very simple setups with single SQL instances or multiply SQL instances backing up to a single client node. This is not realistic. When using multiply instances, one usually has to use different client nodes fo...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 1 Not under consideration

    change owner ID of archived objects, in GUI it is not possible to see the archived data if owner id not exist anymore

    change owner ID of archived objects.In GUI it is not possible to see the archived data if the owner id does not exist anymore. we were advised that we should open an RFE for this: Answer from IBM: There is not a way to change OWNER after the objec...
    almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

    TSM Client suport for Solaris on X86

    TSM client support for TSM 6.3 on Solaris x86
    over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Not under consideration

    Do not register mount proxy nodes in configuration wizard

    After installation, the Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments GUI needs to be configured. URL: https://localhost:9081/TsmVMwareUI/ If the GUI is called for the first time, the Configuration Wizard automatically starts. At the definition of the...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Future consideration

    Add functionality to Data Protection For Exchange to allow restore of soft deleted mailboxes

    System: Data Protection For Exchange Actor: User needing to recover soft deleted mailboxes.Data protection is a commonly used product that provides backup/restore for Exchange environments. Description: We use Data Protection For Exchange to prote...
    almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 0 Not under consideration

    Allow for import of Wildcard Certificate on FS5200 for securing WebUI

    Currently on the FS5200, you have to create a certificate request and then upload the certificate generated from the request in order to secure the WebUI on the FS5200. We use Wildcard Certificates so that we don't have to order a new cert for eac...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    Change dafault on deployments

    Reevaluate default settings for retention of events and how frequent you pull or generate them. Option set:Activity Log Retention: 120 Day(s) - keep actlog longer than 4 quarter time limit, 100 days bare minimum, old setting from a time when 1GB o...
    almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

    Ops Center Reporting

    similar to "To pull graphical representing reports from operation center (102024)". The canned "General Operations" report is very nice and useful. It would be nice if we could generate similar reports but there is no documentation on how to do that.
    almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 0 Not under consideration

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