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    transparent cloud tiering and Global mirror restriction needs to be cleared

    I would like to clear the restriction of simultaneous usage of Transparent Cloud Tiering AND global mirror on same source LUN.
    almost 8 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    Cache destage statistics

    Include Upper Cache Destage Response Times and Lower Cache De-Stage Response times in Storwize statistics. (Nv)
    almost 8 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    V7000 Requires segregation of duties between general Storage administration and cryptographic functions

    On V7000, there are 6 different Roles (Monitor, CopyOperator, Service, Administrator, VASA provider and Security Admin). Unlike any other storage product, in V7000 Security Admin can issue any command, which covers both the storage Administration ...
    about 8 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    Need to devolep the BA clinent code for SLES12 PPC

    Looking or a BA client code for SLES12 PPC on linux.
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 2 Not under consideration

    Global Mirror with Change Volume - Use of "pre" e "post" commands to prepare the aplication for snapshots.

    The GMCV functionality is very usefull, but it could be better if we have the opportunity to prepare the applications for that, that is, put database in "backup/suspend mode", for example. It could be done by issuing a command (using ssh) to the s...
    over 8 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    Catastrophy updating Spectrum Protect Server from 7.1.7.307 ... to 8.1.1.100

    Please refer to PMR 64051,075,724.As a customer there are too many errors to be found in those upgrade routines. And it takes too long to get them fixed. I request you to improve the installation routines for Spectrum Protect products.
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

    VTS Physlib enhancement

    For library maintenance operations, the TS7770T has to be put in Service Prep mode. Hence during all operations even planned ones, this cluster is unavailable.From ATS: unfortunately the Physlib is not designed for "planned outages". See the Host ...
    over 8 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 2 Not under consideration

    authentication CLI supports overlapping IDs

    The Samba 4.5.15 in Spectrum Scale 4.2.3.7 supports the overlapping IDsusing the following command: mmuserauth service create --data-access-method file --type ad --serversnam.domain.com --user-name AS --netbios-name <hostname>--unixmap-domai...
    over 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    TSM client scheduler improvements

    TSM client scheduler (or some other client service) should be track if the last scheduled backup was successful and if not, there should be a way to configure the service to perform an action.E.g. the last schedule was missed, so the scheduler ser...
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

    Data collector for Spectrum protect

    I would like to know if ISA data collector is available for Spectrum protect product ( TSM ) ?
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Not under consideration

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