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SPP - restart a job for one VM in Sla

we need to restart a backup job for one VM (if errors during last sla jobs)
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

Request for a Server option to prevent the server to pass the communication options for a replication target to a client

Starting with version 7.1 a client can failover to a replication target for restoring data. If the client is enabled and configured for replication on the server, the client receives the communication options for the target and adds the informatio...
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Spectrum Scale GUI & API should support nested groups with LDAP/IPA authentication

Using nested groups (objectclass=nestedGroup) is a common feature of modern directories (e.g. Active Directory, FreeIPA/RedHat Identity Manager, and IBM Tivoli Directory Server ) and make it much easier to manage group memberships by adding a grou...
about 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

Message IWNR6000I doesn't show the good direction of replication.

When i start GC H2-H1 the message sent by CSM is IWNR6000I Starting all pairs in role pair H1-H2. The message is confusing because it doesn't reflect the direction of the command.
over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Not under consideration

DRP support for compressed volumes with Enhanced Stretch Cluster

Currently due to latency considerations on an Enhanced Stretch Cluster (SVC) we are unable to leverage DRP and use compressed and/or deduplicated volumes. 8-node SV1 enhanced stretch cluster, FC connected with X6-8 Brocade core switches and data c...
about 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Ability to execute Backup Schedules on-demand

The ability to execute a schedule task in the Backup Schedules list manually. The current behavior is scheduled backup will only run at a scheduled time, we cannot right click and choose run now (similar to an adhoc backup).
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration

OC Send reports monthly

Today OC can create and send reports daily or weekly, we would like to create and send report monthly also. We have seen the need at several customers to send monthly reports.
over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Reporting and Monitoring) 1 Not under consideration

Improve effectiveness of node replication process

The effectiveness of the node replication process needs to be improved, when data is located on FILEDEV device class based storage - in order to be better able to utilize the maximum defined number of sessions when possible.
over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

User set replication bandwidth allocation per IO group

Today SVC allocate a equal share of the partnership bandwidth to all IOGRP in a cluster.This RFE is to allow a user to set a different share (percent) of the overall bandwidth to different IOGRP
over 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

GPFS Windows support for zimon interfaces

Please provide capability for performance monitoring of GPFS Windows filesystems. Currently, GPFS Windows doesn't support zimon interfaces
almost 6 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration