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Allow Spectrum Protect web GUI to support SSL

After we upgraded SP from version 7.1 to 8.1.3 we lost the possibility to restore NAS filer via web GUI.We need to get back the feature to restore NAS filespaces via web GUI (or if you implement that the thick BA client can do the same operation)....
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 3 Not under consideration

Request to run TSM Server on Solaris11

We want you to add Solaris11 as a supported platform for TSM Server.In FUJITSU business negotiations, there are many requests to runTSM Server on Solaris11. However, at present TSM server does not support Solaris11 as a supported platform. For thi...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

SVC Vdisk Default SCSI ID

When you create a new Vdisk and map it to a host the SCSI id 0 shoud not be open for mapping by default. Like the XIV, SCSI ID0 is reserved for boot from SAN and like the XIV iyou have to manually enable SCSI 0 to put a LUN on it. Please update th...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 6 Not under consideration

backom with dedup_device

Hi, there is no dedup_device Support with backom (DP for ERP). Thus, there is currently no capability to add the dedup option to the DB2 command when using backom. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21627065 I think we Need this.
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 2 Not under consideration

Solaris x86 TSM Client support beyond version 6.2.5

The latest version available of Solaris x86 TSM Client is 6.2.5To date, no plans have been announced to include the Solaris x86 version in future client releases. We are concerned that we will bw unable to backup a large number of x86 Solaris serv...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

TSM Online Indexreorg with temporary allocated filesystem

High end customers using TSM with SSD for DB directories and running 7x24 are very likely to run into the following situation: because SSD space is very expensive, it is not always possible to permanently attach hundreds of GBs to each TSM instanc...
almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

Management IP address failover on eth port failure

IBM V7000 7.1.0.2Problem description:We have V7000 controller with configured eth1 port on both nodes. Also Service IP is configured on those ethernet ports.During the test we simulate ethernet port failure with disconnecting ethernet cable from c...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SSL Config for Spectrum Protect client

SSL Config is tied to TCPS name/ip, and this must match server certificate. A different method of validating the server certificate must be present. Possibilities in the dsm.opt may beSSLCheckFingerprint = FingerprintvalueSSLCheckCommonName=Server...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

mmhealth incorrectly reports Windows nodes as FAILED

Scale 4.2.3NSD nodes on x86, rhel7.3client nodes on x86, rhel and Windows 2012 R2When executed on NSD node, mmhealth incorrectly shows Windows node as FAILED:---# mmhealth cluster show nodeComponent Node Status Reasons-----------------------------...
over 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Is a defect

SVC - Debug mode collection enablement

Ability to enable an extended debug mode for gathering deep information from a cluster and a tool to provide analysis of that data for onsite review. The intent for this is to perform deep level testing prior to deployment of new code sets.
over 8 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration