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    Migration process should skip locked files

    Under certain conditions, the TSM server will try to migrate volumes that are locked by client backup sessionsl and simply wait for the volume to free up. This happens on a long-running (slow) backdup, or when a session does not terminate properly...
    over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    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.Bill...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Is a defect

    Encrypt CREDentialsfile

    Version 8.1.23 introduces a new feature that may compromise security. Store credential in plain text is not really secure. dsmadmc -credentialsfile=secretpwdfile - Starting and stopping the administrative client - IBM Documentation
    almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    Add capability to the dsmc command to set the node name, password and contact information without prompting. Add to dsmcutil?

    It is very hard to trap the prompts from the dsmc command with open registration.Need way to execute the dsmc command and specify the node name, password and contact information to satisfy authentication without prompting. Another way might be wit...
    almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

    SPP PLUS: ENHANCE SPP TO UPDATE VM GUID INTO AN EXISTING BACKUP

    -Enhance SPP plus to be able to update VM GUID into an existing backup.- An option that updates the globally unique identifier (GUID) for the virtual machine that are being backed up.
    almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 0 Not under consideration

    FCM VMware: Provide ability to specify multiple values of MAX_VERSIONS for a group of datastores for XIV

    We need to ability to customize MAX_VERSIONS for a group of datastores for XIV. We are limited to only one MAX_VERSIONS parm with XIV.
    over 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 3 Not under consideration

    IBM V3700 Storewize Email functionality

    Hello Team, Currently, our storewize has been configured with email feature under the path (Notifications --> Email configured) and we do receive "Alert Event Notifications" whenever there is an issue/event generated within Storewize like Drive...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    Data Foundation Metro-DR - automate or remove manual steps to have to manually delete PVCs in an Metro-DR Data Policy App Failover

    Currenty, in a Metro-DR topology, when Data Policy is invoked (from ACM), there is a requirement to manually delete PVCs in an Metro-DR Data Policy App Failover. In our env these PVCs were orginially StatefulSets. But the source OCP cluster has be...
    almost 3 years ago in Storage Fusion 1 Not under consideration

    Supporting more than 512 characters in the GUI of TDP4VE

    You cannot use in the GUI scheduler of TDP4VE more than 512 characters to put VMClient in the backup
    almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

    request client management service for AIX

    client management service for AIX to use Operation Center functionality
    almost 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

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