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    Logging for when a host exceeds its Throttling limit

    Currently when a host exceeds it's Throttling limit there is no logging to inform us a host has hit its limit. With old XIV's and the A9K arrays, whenever a server hits its QOS limit, we would get an Event and could then investigate why a server w...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

    Document required "sudo" permissions

    The requirement for a single file recovery within Spectrum Protect Plus is to implement a sudo-configuration on each protected VM to assign:sppagent ALL=(root) NOPASSWD:ALL
    almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Future consideration

    Moving the TSM Server parameter DIRECTIO NO from a server-wide option into a device class specific parameter

    The Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) server will, by default, use non-buffered I/O bypassing the file system cache. By specifying the server option DIRECTIO NO within the dsmserv.opt, this behavior can be changed – means TSM is using the file system c...
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Not under consideration

    Support export node when using directory container storage pools

    Simpler way to move data from one SP server to another versus node replication, also support export node ti filedev class.The command export node today runs but in actlog all files present that it is not allowed, the command should have resturned ...
    about 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

    Containerpool Backup to File Device Class

    Add support for backup of Directory Container Pools to Copypools using File Device Class.
    almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Future consideration

    Add GKLM Protection and Overview to Defender

    The GKLM Installation is critical for some Defender Installations because it provides the keys to encrypt tape and disk storage used in Defender. It should be seen in Defender as Ressource and Data Protect should be able to protect the instance.
    9 months ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Under review

    Select datastore per VMDK during restore

    When performing a restore it should be possible to select destination datastore for each VMDK-file.
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    Option to keep main menu to the left open when clicking on a sub-option

    I often move between different menus in GUI and I find it time-consuming and irritating that the menu is closed every time I click on a sub-option. I've tried both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox to see if different browsers behaved differently,...
    9 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Under review

    Implementing purging algorithms

    Protection > Recoveries view will not be purged, only some detail information for recovery tasks older than a month.
    3 months ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Submitted

    Provide a touch file to prevent the TS7700 to auto create a specific construct name which is not yet defined

    When the host is coming down during a mount (LUM) with a specific construct name which does not exist in the TS7700 definitions yet and the maximum unique name limit (255) has not been reached, this new specific construct (e.g. Management Class) w...
    6 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

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