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    RENAME COLLOCGROUP command requested

    Provide the ability to rename collocation groups with a command similar to RENAME COLLOCGROUP.
    over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    mmnetverify fails ungracefully when --target-node is Windows node

    When run from Scale node on x86 RHEL 7.3 (x86), mmnetverify fails ungracefully when --target-node is a Windows node.Moreover, it fails inconsistently when used with the node's "Scale" interface vs. the Admin node name, providing additional confusion.
    over 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Is a defect

    Change of srvmon directory to different path instead of instance path

    Our instance home directory which is 20 GB in size is getting full as the hidden collection folder in srvmon directory is using up to 15 GB of the space in instance directory before it can get purged.
    almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1

    CES IP - bulk add of mmces addresses in node-affinity

    We have found that for deployments of 16 or more CES nodes that node-affinity mode is the most predictive and stable, the challenge is in deployment time. In balanced mode all of the addresses can be deployed in 1-2 minutes. With 32 CES nodes runn...
    almost 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

    Not reuse the same password

    TSM Controls does guarantee that the password expire every 90 days, however, it does not have a way to guarantee that the password that is being used is different than the previous one. To avoid findings uncovered in the area of TSM compliance, I ...
    over 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

    selective objectizer feature needed

    In unfied file and object env, there is some cases that ibmobjectizer should have an option to run only some selective filesets or containers to avoid sudden additional heavy workload due to ibmobjectizer run.
    over 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    Allow V7000 monitoring using industry standard protocols

    Allow monitoring of performance data using read-only credentials and industry standard tooling.
    over 11 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    Most Expedient Full Datacenter Restore from Cloud

    The copy to cloud offload feature is used generally as a secondary backup after the initial backup on vSnap and a secondary backup to a vSnap at another site. During the backup process, the changed blocks from the last snapshot are uploaded to the...
    almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

    Reload ssl config without restarting server

    Enable reload of ssl/tsl config without restarting the server.
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 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...
    almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

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