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    inode number limit

    Need to restrict the inode number to be lower than 2^32 . If its greater than that, 32 bit applications are failing complaining file not found.
    about 6 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    SPS Support for A9000 Multisite Configuration

    Client is using a multi-site configuration in their A9000's where they are hyperswapped in prod and async replicating to DR. They need support for this configuration within Spectrum Protect Snapshot for snapshot management.
    about 6 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 1 Planned for future release

    ICStore integrated in SVC

    Requested by Customer Daimler and JCI we need an additional tier in the SVC to move data to the cloud
    about 12 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    migrate vdisk to tier

    We want to be able to pin a vdisk's extents to a particular tier but retain easy tier 3's performance-based balancing within the tier.
    about 12 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

    Can IBM repackage the C++ installer to install to the same folder as TSM along with the TSM Client install

    Can IBM repackage the C++ installer to install to the same folder as TSM along with the TSM Client install?
    about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Not under consideration

    TSM OC DRM Support

    The Administration Center is aging and outdated. The Admin Center is only supported in UNSUPPORTED browsers (Firefox 3.6) or outdated browsers (IE 8). The Operations Center looks to be its replacement. Functionality of the OC however is very lacki...
    about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    Integrate AD for user authentication in ESS

    Currently the Storage Team uses root to log into the ESS I/O nodes and EMS but it would be nice to set them to integrate with Active Directory for non-root users. We assume other customers use AD for authentication on their EMS and I/O nodes.
    about 6 years ago in Storage Scale System 1 Not under consideration

    FCM4UNIX: multiple occurrences of DATABASE_BACKUP_INCREMENTEL_LEVEL incl. USE_AT clause in FCM profile required

    Hi Tivoli :-) For incremental level Oracle (native) backups the DATABASE_BACKUP_INCREMENTAL_LEVEL statement must be usable multiple times like the INCREMENTAL_LEVEL statement for SAP/Oracle backups: INCREMENTAL_LEVELThis parameter is only for use ...
    about 12 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Not under consideration

    DB2 Snapshot Support for Linux One on A9000

    We'd require support for Flashcopy Manager support for DB2 on LinuxOne so that this can be governed via Copy Data Manager.
    about 6 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 1 Not under consideration

    TSM System State incremental backups

    If technically possible, please consider adding additional incremental forever capability to system state backups. Currently it is my understanding that only objects included with the system writer are able to use a an incremental strategy. Object...
    about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

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