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    Since Repository server will not allow SPP+ Catalog backup , support "S3 Compatible on TSM server", Then backup Catalog to S3 on TSM.

    I have an open PMR because I already have TSM with a tape based Disaster recovery solution because I have no networked second site to use as a DR capability. We are not Internet connected with these systems, which removes typical S3 DR solutions, ...
    over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    TSM for VE - VMware - VM Tag support

    We would like to request the VM schedule tagging functionality to VE. Not being able to do it at the VM level is creating a lot of unnecessary workarounds and exceptions. Is this something that is in scope for future releases? Thanks.
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration

    Update on "best effort" Support

    Our University uses TSM Client for our site-wide backup and archive strategy. However we have multple Ubuntu, Debian and CentOS instances. Some are under "best effort". Recently the actual debian (v8, released in April 2015) is not in this list. I...
    over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

    Problem with EXCLUDE/INCLUDE Backup (Option SET FORCE=NO)- overwrite global exclude/include to some local server

    Hello LABS,it would be important to notify IBM Labs Spectrum Protect to put a check on the "define clientopt" command which signals the warning message if you want to set the FORCE = NO / YES option with the option_name = INCLEXCL or DOMAIN, it si...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    SP for VMware multiple proxies in web client

    In some SP for VMware environments using just one proxy node may not be optimal or even possible.The SP for VMware Vsphere Web client integration must be able to handle multiple proxy node configs.
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

    We want to be able to copy a key from one key group to another on the same TKLM server

    We are talking about the TKLM product. We want to be able to have the same encryption key in 2 different key groups using the same TKLM encryption server. We need this because we have several key groups and Device groups on one TKLM server. Approx...
    about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 3 Not under consideration

    policy admins need ability to remove replication configuration in order to remove node

    We provide TSM as a service and grant policy rights to our server users who create/delete their own nodes, schedules, and the like. Previously, they would delete their own filesystems ande then remove the node. However, since implementing node rep...
    about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Planned for future release

    SpecV queue full condition not being properly retried/recovered by MSDSM

    Ian Mac Quarrie and Bill Passingham are aware of this issue at GEICO. Spectrum Virtualize in combination with Windows MSDSM is currently experiencing issues when Spectrum Virtualize hits a queue full condition. This condition needs to be fixed.Bil...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Is a defect

    Make connmgr pod persists its memory state to avoid stalled scans

    When the connmgr pod in OpenShift is restarted while a scan is running but not fully indexed into DB2 yet we're stuck in a loop. A newly started connmgr pod does not know about its previuos scans hence it can not commit a scan when asked by the co...
    over 2 years ago in Storage Discover 1 Not under consideration

    Add functionality to Python SDK for Spetctrum Discover

    When run in OpenShift, every pod that uses the SDK seems to require root privileges because the SDK mounts data connections under /nfs-scanner/. We have some Python scripts that use the SDK to work on files and apply tags to them in Spectrum Disco...
    over 2 years ago in Storage Discover 0 Planned for future release

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