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    Allow individual filespaces to be decommissioned - specifically for use with NAS nodes and Netapp NDMP backups

    Currently TSM (Spectrum Protect) offers two DECOMMISSION commands which are DECOMMISSION NODE and DECOMMISSION VM. However for NAS (NDMP) backups typically a node will be configured for each filer which will have numerous volumes being backed up v...
    over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under 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.
    about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Space Management 1 Future consideration

    Spectrum Protect should support Linux GFS2 filesystem

    GFS2 is the standard filesystem used by Red Hat clusters for concurrent storage. It's in the same class of filesystem storage as GPFS (Spectrum Scale)
    over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    GUI customization

    OEM partners hope to customize the Scale GUI with specific logo. There is a scheme in GUI that still show IBM Spectrum Scale RAID logo on GUI dashboard. We need dev team to cook a total solution that allowing OEM partners to replace their product ...
    over 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

    TSM VE backups snapshots filling up datastore and crashing VM.

    Please add an option in TSM that automatically cancels a VM backup when the snapshot is filling up the datastore. Without this functionality, the VM will crash and often requires extensive work for the VMware administrator to clean up the mess and...
    almost 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 3 Not under consideration

    Add columns to the Servers table for Version, Release and Level info

    The server / storage agent version, release and level info is reported by the QUERY SERVER FORMAT=DETAILED command. However the same information is absent from the SELECT * FROM SERVERS command. This makes attempts to automate configuration manage...
    almost 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

    Make reports that are saved into the report folder available via the GUI

    Many people don't login to the Control host when accessing Control, it's more common accessed via a web browser. If your environment hasn't been setup for email it makes accessing reports very difficult. Especially when you don’t want regular emai...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Control 0 Future consideration

    Earlier warning for SVC UPS Battery EOL

    Banner Health is requesting MUCH earlier warning of SVC-UPS Battery EOL/Failure/Exhaustion so that planned battery replacement can occur instead of emergency battery replacement, or worse - SVC Cluster outage. If possible, several months earlier w...
    about 13 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

    Add confirmation question for restart in Administrative Console - System Management

    If accidently clicking on the "Restart IBM Spectrum Proctect Plus" it will happen instantly. I think it would be better with a confirmation here instead of using "hot" buttons.
    over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    change schedules in vcenter with ie10

    i cannot changes schedules in vcenter with ie10
    about 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Not under consideration

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