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Different method to reset an expired password for MI users

At present when a password expires in VTS MI the only way to reset it is asking the CE to open a PMH to reset the admin user so it can reset the password of the user affected.The customer would like that each user can reset their own password with...
almost 8 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 2 Not under consideration

Password expiration granularity for VTS MI users

At present the password expiration policy for MI users is setup at global level, this makes that all users have to have the same password expiration policiy. The customer needs to be able to specify a different password expiration policy for diffe...
almost 8 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Not under consideration

TSM for VE / Reporting Enhancement / Daily Backups at VM level

Daily Status of TSM/VE backups at VM level with following columns: . Schedule start . Actual start . Actual finish . Schedule name . VM name . Cluster name . Backup Completion status . Error code if failed
almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration

Password expiration granularity for DS Storage Manager users

At present the password expiration policy for DS8000 is setup at global level, this makes that all users have to have the same password expiration polciy. The customer needs to be able to specify a different password expiration policy for differen...
almost 8 years ago in IBM DS8000 2 Not under consideration

Specific SVC User Group for FCM Actions

For the use of FCM with SVC, a specific SVC user is needed which has to be part of a specific group. Currently, the user must be member of the group "Administrator". As this group has a very high set of critical rights, it would be better to have ...
almost 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 2 Planned for future release

SVC - Flashcopy incremental sync report sizes

Currently when taking a SVC Flashcopy snapshot there's no way of recording or reporting how much was copied from the source to target vdisks.
almost 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Utilize FlashCopy Manager to do ad-hoc clones from the backup target volumes to eliminate impact on production systems

Customers are asking for the ability to clone their database applications (Oracle, ERP, etc..) and not impact the production system on an ad-hoc basis. They want to be able to 'clone on demand' during the day and the existing process causes a shor...
almost 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 3 Not under consideration

Bypass VSS_E_MAXIMUM_NUMBERS_OF_VOLUMES_REACHED limitation on

We need a new feature to bypass the VSS Limit of 64 Volumes during the Backups.
almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 2 Planned for future release

Minimize impact to DS8K when replacing an VRM

The customer had to replace failed VRMs in a DS8000 machine. After the VRM replacement and when passing from single CEC to dual CEC the redistibution of cache and NVS caused noticeable service impact. Please see PMH 46510,200,838. The customer wou...
almost 8 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

Changing the default path of the Staging directory

The following technote describes a case in which files stored in the staging directory are deleted:http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21692439 Instead of looking for workarounds, in the form of setting a different location in the dsm...
almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

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