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would like a ballance stgpooldir command

This occurs when adding directories for added space to a spectrum protect container. The existing directories are very full, and the newly added directories remain very empty. There is no balancing of data across the newly added and existing direc...
about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

High availability support for vsnap

VSNAP and VADP proxy high availability (clustering ) support. We need to extend the clustering support already available for SPP server to VADP Proxies and Vsnap servers, in combination with HW storage sharing
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Future consideration

Reorg of the container files

Because we must delete 800.000.000 million orphaned chucks on two TSM servers there is coming many free storage in the container files but all the filesystems are 97% filled. If we can do a reorg then the filesystems can we schrink.
over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

Add option to add notes and custom annotations to VMs to allow better visibility of backups for VM admins

Add option to add notes and custom annotations to VMs to allow better visibility of backups for VM admins You should be able to add something like the below as an example. Last Backup Completed Successfully - Yes/NoLast Backup Completed At - 01/01...
almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

DSCLI for zVM

Hi, Working for Kyndryl France, Resiliency Services on z Mainframe, we resize our dasd arrays very very often.I think it could be nice to have the opportunity to use DSCLI on z/VM rather than a browser or .bat on windows. Be able to develop a rexx...
over 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

IBM Storwize/SVC QOS function to prioritize workload

The Storwize / Spectrum Virtualize QOS function (I/O Governing) can limit the I/O's on a LUN. We need a functionality as I/O Priority Manager for different tenants (e.g Pepsi and Coca Cola) on one system.This priority Manager must be integrated in...
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

PLAC0812-1536 Parallel access read support for virtual tape

SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Carles.ArisSubmitters Company: la Caixa PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PLAC0812-1536 Parallel access read support for virtual tapeHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Closed ...
over 3 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 3 Planned for future release

Query files content of a container

Be able do list the files stored in directory/cloud container.
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

Add Nutanix Acropolis AHV as supported SPP Hypervisor

Please add Nutanix Acropolis AHV hypervisor to the supported Spectrum Protect Plus hypervisors.
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

NFS Export: Show connected clients

Tool that will list the clients that are connected to *a particular NFS (CES) export*
over 1 year ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

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