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    TSM for VE within vCenter web client

    TSM for VE vCenter plugin currently integrated into the vCenter web client Since the direction VMware appears to be heading with the vSphere client is a web-only client (not a .Net "fat" client), efforts need to be made to create the same function...
    about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

    SP for Databases warning for restoring VSS backups

    A warning and summary should be implemented to confirm any kind of restore. When in the SP for Databases GUI, it is possible with 1 wrong click to initiate a SQL DB restore on a (production) system (log and full SQL)This should prevent "accidental...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 0 Not under consideration

    Allow DSMC Incremental to follow expiration logic of deleted files, even if using filelist parameter.

    When a typical DSMC incremental backup identifies that a file is no longer there, it notifies the TSM server, which places the file in inactive state, which then puts the retention of that file under control of the policy settings for files in tha...
    almost 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

    ALLOWREORGTABLE as a TSM command

    It would be nice if ALLOWREORGTABLE were a TSM command and we didn't have to restart the server and change the dsmserv.opt file. Production systems can't afford to take down the server and start the server in order to make a change like that.
    about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Planned for future release

    Update Behavior of TSM Node Fields

    The update behavior of several Node fields seems to be strange. e.g. The Field LASTACC_TIME is defined as the "The last date and time that the client node accessed the server". When a node with nodename NodeA tries to logon to a tsm server the ser...
    about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Planned for future release

    VMWare SRM + TPC-R + XIV Integration

    We use vmware SRM with VMs using XIV storage and using TPC-R for replica management and monitoring.Once the SRM has moved the VM, TPC-R shows an error message because the status is severe.IBM support explain us that the integration with SRM + XIV ...
    almost 10 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 3 Future consideration

    Business unit field per VM

    For reporting purpose it would be useful to have an option to add information per VM.
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    Alerts frequency for Spectrum Protect Serves

    We would like to request that an update to the code for the alerts frequency to be an adjustable settings, since as of now, it alerts every hour and cannot be changed.Thanks!
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

    enhanced encryption

    stronger encryption, for example encryption with the AES algorithm with a key with a length of at least 256.
    about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    CDM support for VVols

    Customer is looking for CDM to support full VVols functionality. VVols is running in production in this customer site.
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

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