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    TS7700 - Setup of the timezone (to send RSyslog records with the same time as the receiving system)

    TS7700 and TSSC do support the setup of an RSyslog Client and externalize the log collection. However, it is not possible to define a local timezone on either TS7700 or TSSC. This results in a mixture of log entries in the receiving Syslog Server ...
    about 2 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 2 Not under consideration

    "Cancel Process all" command in Spectrum protect

    Would be great if "cancel process all" command in TSM/Spectrum Protect is introduced.
    over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

    Allow to remove commands from AlwaysOnServermon

    The SP server AlwaysOnServermon is a very useful and well accepted support tool. Nevertheless, in some situations diagnostic SP server commands executed by servermon my cause trouble to productive SP server environments. In our case, SHOW ALLOC ca...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

    Three site Async Replication - Spectrum Virtualize

    The customer requirement consists of an application that needs to be in a 3-way async replication configuration between their 3 data centers which are outside of Sync distances.
    over 5 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

    TSM4VE UI Support for mulitple Spectrum Protect server instances

    the current TSM4VE Web UI or plugin does not support the distribution of VM backup data of 1 datacenter to multiple Spectrum Protect instances. Nowadays VM datacenters have reached sizes which require to have more than 1 Spectrum Protect instance ...
    almost 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

    Host visualization - based on SI/SC/Prometheus /Flash System in IBM Insights

    In IBM insights there in feature to view Host visualization - based on SI/SC/Prometheus /Flash System in IBM InsightsAdding them will be benefit for customer.
    10 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Needs more information

    Request to support Spectrum Control on OLVM guest VM

    As many customer looking forward from OLVM solution , Request to support Spectrum Control on OLVM guest VM was discussed. This includes support for setting up the Spectrum Control application and also the data migration from VMWare based VM to OLV...
    10 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Planned for future release

    When doing reclamation, recalls should go to other pool copy in 2nd library during reclamation

    This helps reclamation to go much quicker, not being paused by recalls on the same tape!
    about 1 year ago in IBM Storage Archive 0 Future consideration

    Add setup options for secure, encrypted and authenticated E-Mail notification for Tape Library TS4500

    For security reasons we need the possibility to send authenticated and encrypted (TLS) alert emails with a predefined email address as sender. Unfortunately only authentification for emails is currently configurable.
    10 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 2 Not under consideration

    Introduce support for AD objects & containers

    Introduce support for AD objects & containers
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

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