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    Adding Mmgt-Class to the "query event" output

    There is a customer requirement to generate a report from event table .. to have a daily overview from client backup .. to have start time, endtime, and status from each backup. Additionally the customer need the output from the client, which Mgmt...
    over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Functionality already exists

    DS8000 - Allow for volume names greater than 16 characters

    The IBM DS8000 currently only allows for volumes names less than or equal to 16 characters in length. This is highly restrictive for systems with hosts that have a large number of volumes. Primarily because it is hard to provide a meaningful name ...
    about 10 years ago in IBM DS8000 2 Not under consideration

    Spectrum Protect required two separate solutions for virtual and physical systems

    My client needs two separate solutions for virtual and physical systems. They need IBM Spectrum Protect Plus for virtual systems and Spectrum Protect for physical systems, and that's a pain. It would be an improvement if they were combined.
    over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Functionality already exists

    Database impossible to Backup and migrate to other platforms

    Before assisting a customer using Windows that wanted to migrate to using UNIX, my client did not see any drawbacks to IBM Spectrum Protect. However, IBM Spectrum Protect does not offer an option to migrate from other operating systems. Additional...
    over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Functionality already exists

    Working OOtB Spectrum Protect Client for Ubuntu

    System: SpectrumProtect Client for Ubuntu Linux.Actor: System administrator requesting to share some improvements with the world. Solution:-----------If IBM's .deb packages would1. use more features that the .deb format offers,2. be downloadable f...
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

    TDP MS Exchange restore performance issue

    "After the talk with development, we could change our incremental restore logic. At restore time, we know which backups we need to restore. We could cache it if it's all in the same restore command. This would be a pretty big re-write, but we thin...
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 0 Not under consideration

    Bulk adding tags to files via REST API without a policy

    We use a SQL select query to fetch files from the Spectrum Discover metaocean table and let a script work on these files. The script produces a JSON file with the fkey of every file and a JSON dictionary with tags that we want to add. Since we're ...
    over 2 years ago in Storage Discover 1 Not under consideration

    Define subrule (tiering) add syntax

    When making a "Define subrule" for tiering you are only able to use node_name. It would be perfect if it was possible to use node_group_name as well, just like in define subrule for replication.
    over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    Allow allocation of a cross-library dedicated cleaning slot without wasting 5unit slot

    Allow allocation of a cross-library dedicated cleaning slot (shared by all libs/tapes) without wasting 5unit slot. Generically, and possibly, allow also for logical libraries to be partitioned using an atomic unit less than 5slot (i.e. single slots).
    about 5 years ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 0 Future consideration

    Enable Case Sensitivity in SMB Protocol

    Externalize Samba Option on mmsmb to enable Case sensitivity for customer.
    over 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

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