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    backport (AIX) 8.1.14.x server fixes to 8.1.13.x

    There are a number of fixes included in Spectrum Protect server 8.1.14.0 (plus some DB2 security fixes just postponed to 8.1.14.100). However, 8.1.14.x drops support for AIX 7.1. Having to also upgrade (still supported) AIX 7.1 to AIX 7.2 or 7.3 j...
    almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    SPP: use OpenJDK for vSnap VADP Proxy

    Currently SPP installs openJDK pkg during installation and upgrade phase. However Oracle Java is still beign used for VADP proxy of vSNAP server. Due to licensing we would appreciate if only one Java has been used.
    almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Is a defect

    Support for EMC Atmos cloud storage platform

    Customer requested support for TSM to use Atmos cloud storage as they are migrating off of EMC Centerra device.
    over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 3 Not under consideration

    Please Expand the Maximum value for HSMMAXRECALLTAPEDRIVES

    The maximum value for HSMMAXRECALLTAPEDRIVES is too low to use. I wish the maximum value can be set up to 128.
    almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Space Management 1 Future consideration

    allow non default dsm.opt and tdpexch.cfg file for remote management

    It is possible to configure the MMC GUI on Exchange server to use non default dsm.opt and tdpexch.cfg files. Managing backup from a non Exchange server is not possible if the Exchange server is configured with non default dsm.opt and tdpexch.cfg.
    almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 2 Not under consideration

    Parallelise mmgetpdisktopology checks

    In a recent install carried out by an IBM engineer several steps repeately invoked mmgetpdisktopology to check drive attributes. This queries each drive one by one which each drive query taking around just over a second. These were seen in the for...
    almost 4 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Future consideration

    Implement SNMP on SVC/Storwize

    Please implement readonly SNMP V2 server on the device to allow for asset management and discovery
    over 11 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    Keepalive option for Library client mount requests

    Require library client sessions to use a keepalive or retry mechanism to keep from being timed out by firewalls. Library client is in one part of the network, library manager is in another, separated by firewall. Security rules insist that a timeo...
    over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    GPFS Support in Linux for DataStage binaries

    Too many processes/threads executing mmap() functions accessing executable library functions which results in an increase in GPFS lock contention
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    Keep alive packets

    I would like the client and server to send and answer keep alive packets on the main restore connection so that stateful firewalls will not time out the connection when the restore takes a long time due to many tape mounts or other reasons. It's o...
    over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 3 Not under consideration

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