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Status Future consideration
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 22, 2021

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Exlusion of Filesystem on Spectrum protect client application with specific to filesystem type like exclude.fs.jfs

Spectrum Protect client is the product.

Currently Spectrum protect client software manages backup and restore of files/directories of large Enterprise servers.

Spectrum Protect (SP) client has feature to exclude only NAS filesystem with the command "exclude.fs.nas". But it is good to have exclusion in future versions of SP for all type of filesystems like "exclude.fs.jfs, exclude.fs.ntfs, etc.," . This would help to exclude this particular filesystem from backup when new filesystems are created. Below are the options available to exclude in SP, but has disadvantages.

1. By explicitly mentioning the filesystem to be backed up, we will miss the backup of new Filesystem and would be SLA miss and fine for IBM

2. By excluding only current GPFS, new GPFS will be backed up automatically which uses SP DB. I am not worried about client storage. I can delete actual data and get the storage space. But SP DB does not give back the used pages easily. That is my concern.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 23, 2021

    This request may not be delivered within the release currently under development, but the theme is aligned with the current multi-year strategy. IBM may consider and evaluate any RFE Community feedback for this request through activities such as voting. IBM will update this request in the future.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 23, 2021

    You should be able to include all filesystem minus what to exclude.
    Note that the include/exclude rules order is reversed.

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