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    IBM Spectrum Protect Client Encryption with IBM Spectrum Scale

    Spectrum Protect backup encryption using include.Encrypt for Spectrum Scale client is not working due to unrecognized format "Include Encrypt". Error:mmbackup does not recognize this include rule format: Include Encrypt. The tsbackup33 perl script...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

    Able to do mmcallback to stop the GPFS event, exemple prevent to unmount filesystems if services are still running

    It would be nice to be able to configure a mmcallback in Spectrum Scale where the return code of the command run by the callback could stop the GPFS event. Actually, from the IBM documentation, GPFS can make 3 differents things in a mmcallback : -...
    about 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 5 Not under consideration

    Teradata Data Stream Architecture (DSA) support

    Today they backup with TSM Teradata with BAR and would like to start using TSM with DSA. So they can use the new and enhanced alternative, and an eventual replacement to the legacy ARC-based BAR architecture that will triple backup performance and...
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

    Windows Spectrum Protect Client no need of Backupoperator to backup Shares

    We use System Protect Client for Windows to backup/Archive files on our NAS from NetApp. But the System Protect Client for Windows needs to run with backupoperator rights. This is ok, if I am the only user. But a user with this right, has at least...
    about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 1 Not under consideration

    StorM performance evalution problem

    StorM evaluates performance better than the actual machine.StorM evaluates at 300,000 IOPS or more/1 msec or less under the following conditions. The bottleneck is CPU Utilization.FS7200, 4.8TB FCM x 13, DRAID6, Read:Write=99%:1%, Block size=6KiB,...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    TRUE GUI

    Why the GUI has a limited window size ? When it will be modern ?
    over 2 years ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

    Spectrum Protect for Ubuntu Server for IBM Z and LinuxONE

    Since more about 3 years now I'm fighting to get support from IBM for an Enterprise Backup solution (TSM / Spectrum Protect) for Ubuntu Server for IBM Z and LinuxONE.This already harmed IBMs and Canonical's business, since customers asked already ...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 1 Future consideration

    Skip recall when files are open()ed with O_TRUNC

    Adding this feature it would prevent many unnecessary recalls. As recalls from tape are an expensive operation it would improve the performance of the filesystem.
    over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Space Management 1 Future consideration

    TCP/IP Transmission Statistics

    I received a request that TDMF show in performance reporting at a Session, and optionally at a Volume level, the gross amount of data bytes to send to remote sites over TCP/IP and the accumulated number of bytes processed. Including Percent Comple...
    over 5 years ago in TDMF z/OS 0 Future consideration

    Store SSL Certificate using name instead of IP on client dsmcert.kdb

    When connecting to a new Spectrum Protect server, certificate to the client dsmcert.kdb file is automatically added with a label of "ipaddress:port". This is problem with tunnel configuration where each Spectrum Protect server is associated to the...
    about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

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