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Storage Protect Family

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    Make pushing replication server info to client options file optional

    Currently, when you setup replication from one SP server to another, the client options file (on the clients connecting to the "primary" server) gets updated, reflecting the fact there is indeed a replication server and what the hostname/IP addres...
    4 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

    TSM client & server support for CENTOS

    Please support CENTOS as a platform for TSM server and client. All other major backup tools support CENTOS as a backup client or server architecture. You cannot stay behind. No support means for us undoubtedly abandoning the TSM (SP) platform.
    almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    Windows ReFS is not supported for Single File Restore

    Because Windows ReFS filesystem is getting more and more popular it is a major lack of functionality and usability by not supporting ReFS for single file restore with the selfservice portal.
    9 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Needs more information

    can not use Spectrum protect over san in ERP Database

    We was working with AIX os and use Spectrum protect to backup the ERP Database on it using Oversan We moved the production server to SUSE enterprise 15 , but now the problem as in the case that over san is not supported with suse 15, and it is urg...
    about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 1 Future consideration

    Oracle DB support on Windows for Spectrum Protect Plus

    Spectrum Protect Plus ( actual version 10.1.0.3) is supporting backup of Oracle databases on Linux and AIX environments but not on Windows. It is not even on the road map. There is a big need to have this database vendor supported on Windows as it...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    Storage Protect server encryption for sequential file storage pools

    The Storage Protect server allows to use sequential file as a storage pool. The Storage Protect server does not allow to enable Storage Protect server internal encryption for sequential file. For security reasons, user data stored on Storage Prote...
    3 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

    Storage Protect server compression for sequential file storage pools

    The Storage Protect server allows to use sequential file as a storage pool. The Storage Protect server does not allow to enable Storage Protect server internal compression for sequential file. To safe disk space utilized by a Storage Protect serve...
    3 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

    Add support for Operations Center in Ubuntu Linux

    As Ubuntu is supported as a Server OS for Storage Protect the OC should also be available. With a minimum of hacking the Operations Center works just fine in Ubuntu Linux.The "hack"install OC using the bypass flag.ksh ./install.sh -c -vmargs -DBYP...
    about 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Under review

    User/owner name should be again a part of the backup information (ISP Server Database table backups/archives column “owner”)

    After upgrading the ISP Client from 7.1.x to Version 8.1.8, the configuration on the DB2 Server is not compatible anymore.The instance owner as user is not presented on the Spectrum protect server backup/archive table(s) anymore and we would need ...
    about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Future consideration

    Integrate Spectrum Protect authentication with existing accounts in LDAP servers not AD (like Tivoli Directory Server)

    Today, with Spectrum Protect, if we are using LDAP servers like Tivoli Directory Server, SP will create 2 OU's: Administrators and Nodes and also create CN's of each Administrator ID under it. It will only authenticate users that are listed in the...
    almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 3 Future consideration

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