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Inheritable CLOPT

Allow the ability to nest client option sets such that they can inherit from each other.
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Bootable restore CD with TSM 7.1 client GUI

We would like to have a bootable disk with a TSM 7.1 GUI for performing bare metal Windows OS restores on a server.We have created a Windows PE disk with the command line client version, which works.However, performing a restore from the command l...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

SNMP 64 bit counters + CIM support

Proper 64 bit counters. Obtaining correct SNMP values (E.G. for pool sizes) is not as simple as it should be.
over 10 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 4 Not under consideration

AFM queue control

Complete control over the order of each prefetch (analogy: priority WAN transfer queue for GPFS)
over 10 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

Allow Spectrum Protect web GUI to support SSL

After we upgraded SP from version 7.1 to 8.1.3 we lost the possibility to restore NAS filer via web GUI.We need to get back the feature to restore NAS filespaces via web GUI (or if you implement that the thick BA client can do the same operation)....
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 3 Not under consideration

Test SnapDiff with NetApp Infinite Volumes in Cluster mode

We need to have SnapDiff tested in Infinite Volumes on NetApps cluster mode. We currently are using NetApps 7-mode, but are in the process of upgrading these appliances to cluter mode. NetApp documentation states third party SnapDiff works in Infi...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 5 Planned for future release

SSL Config for Spectrum Protect client

SSL Config is tied to TCPS name/ip, and this must match server certificate. A different method of validating the server certificate must be present. Possibilities in the dsm.opt may beSSLCheckFingerprint = FingerprintvalueSSLCheckCommonName=Server...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

mmhealth incorrectly reports Windows nodes as FAILED

Scale 4.2.3NSD nodes on x86, rhel7.3client nodes on x86, rhel and Windows 2012 R2When executed on NSD node, mmhealth incorrectly shows Windows node as FAILED:---# mmhealth cluster show node Component Node Status Reasons----------------------------...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Is a defect

SVC - Debug mode collection enablement

Ability to enable an extended debug mode for gathering deep information from a cluster and a tool to provide analysis of that data for onsite review. The intent for this is to perform deep level testing prior to deployment of new code sets.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Issues in IBM Spectrum Protect Operation Center Reporting

Using IBM Spectrum Protect Operation Center Version 7.1.8.0 The "At-Risk" does not work on archives. It works solely on backups as is indicated by the message "At Risk" (Policy: A backup did not completeduring the configured status interval (by de...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 0 Not under consideration

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