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Storage Protect Family

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SP Client LNX set offline password

We are deploying linux systems automatically without any user interaction. For this delivery we need to set the password for the SP Client after installation. There is no solution in SP Client linux to set password by scripts or command.On windows...
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

Ability to backup Oracle databases (11gR2+) running on Oracle Enterprise Linux

Ability to backup Oracle databases (11gR2+) running on Oracle Enterprise Linux.
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

Support for TLS on SMTP servers (Office 365)

If a customer using office365, mails from SPP using office 365 can't be sent, because TLS SMTP is not supported.Support for TSL SMTP is needed.
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Is a defect

Add a link to the RFE (Request For Enhancements) community in the SPP UI

Add a link to the RFE (Request For Enhancements) community in the SPP UI
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Add a link to the RFE (Request For Enhancements) community in the SP OC UI

Have a link from SP OC to the RFE community
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

SPP| exclude single folder from VM snapshot backup

In SPP for VM snapshot base backup, exclude single folder from VM snapshot backup. End user want to exclude there application/DB folder (one/more than one folder or particular extension for file like .mdf,.ldf)
almost 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 3 Future consideration

Have Spectrum Protect Plus integrate with Automated Ticket System

The customer has a desire for the alert system to interface with the Automated Ticketing System. This would allow that system to assign and notify individuals to respond to incidents on SPP
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

WebClient file restore GUI can handle the password change when admin using FORCEPwr=yes

The WebClient file restore GUI can not handle the password change when admin using FORCEPwr=yes.This is neccessary to give customers the an webclient access which is uesed just by the person who is asked for web access to restore.
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

dsmc - more producer threads per filesystem

Modern SAN storage should not be limited to one producer thread per client filesystem during backups, nor 4 producer threads per DSMC instance. Requesting:A) RESOURCEUTIL max value should be higher, perhaps 20. B) New option, RESTHREADSPERFS, to s...
over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

Inbound replication should report statistics into the summary table

Currently statistics for data ingested using replication (classic, stgrule or protect stgpool) is not completely reported to the summary table, the bytes value is always 0. This makes it difficult to run reports or monitor load on a server that ha...
almost 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration