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2022-08-11

Idea ID: 2873954

Suppress overlapping instances of the same job

by Lenny S in Data Protector

1 votes

Labels: Backup , Restore

Status: New Idea
- New Idea on 2022-8-11
- 0 Comments
If a backup job is running when the scheduled time for another instance of the same job comes around, the second instance starts but it usually screws up either (a) what it backs up or (b) the restore chain. An example: a job backs up a large filesystem...
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2022-08-05

Idea ID: 2873907

Support for AIX 7.3

by Rolf Kuhfuss in Data Protector

1 votes

Labels: Backup , Other Integrations

Status: New Idea
- New Idea on 2022-8-5
- 0 Comments
Hello MF Team, Can you possibly indicate when it is planned (Version / yy.mm ) that AIX 7.3 will be supported? Best regards, Rolf Kuhfuss
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2022-07-18

Idea ID: 2873743

CLI: different return code for session end: warning, minor, major

by peki_ob in Data Protector

1 votes

Labels: Backup , Restore

Status: New Idea
- New Idea on 2022-7-18
- 0 Comments
To start the right action in backup workflows it is important to get more accurate return codes,
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2022-07-18

Idea ID: 2873742

The maintenance of configuration data for the application integrations

by peki_ob in Data Protector

2 votes

Labels: Exchange , Oracle , Other Integrations , PostGRESQL , SAP - SAP HANA , SharePoint , SQL-MySQL

Status: New Idea
- New Idea on 2022-7-18
- 2 Comments
Delete all configuration data, when the last backup definition for the integration is deleted or ask for deletion.
- Ideas Id :
2022-07-18

Idea ID: 2873741

Clear event log with specific parameters.

by peki_ob in Data Protector

2 votes

Labels: GUI - CLI , Reporting

Status: New Idea
- New Idea on 2022-7-18
- 1 Comment
It is possible to delete the whole event log only. It would be nice to clear the log by a specfic time range e.g. entries older than x days.
- Ideas Id :
2022-07-18

Idea ID: 2873741

Additional filter for session list

by peki_ob in Data Protector

1 votes

Labels: GUI - CLI

Status: New Idea
- New Idea on 2022-7-18
- 0 Comments
Internal Database -> Sessions Allow the selection of backup specification like the object operation dialog.
- Ideas Id :
2022-07-18

Idea ID: 2873739

GUI: Add a possibilty to disable/enable backup lists by specific properties (backup type, device, search string, ...)

by peki_ob in Data Protector

1 votes

Labels: Backup

Status: New Idea
- New Idea on 2022-7-18
- 0 Comments
Add an action to disable all backups with a given property. For example: A StoreOnce get a new firmware and you want to disable backups to this device only. There is a power test on you first data center and you want to disable all backups with...
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2022-07-15

Idea ID: 2873727

multi tenancy in data protector

by dp_tech in Data Protector

1 votes

Labels: Backup

Status: Needs Clarification
- Needs Clarification on 2022-7-28
- 1 Comment
we would like to see multi tenancy option in data protector
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2022-07-13

Idea ID: 2873708

DP have capabilities to determine which datastore from Vmware when making a VM restore

by Diego Biondo in Data Protector

1 votes

Labels: Backup

Status: New Idea
- New Idea on 2022-7-13
- 0 Comments
This has been explained by support cases that DP show datastore destination when performing a restore as grayed ( When VMware is in Clustered mode) since this is a feature that only can handle Vmware. So this is a desirable feature that needs to be included...
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2022-07-09

Idea ID: 2873683

ABD license to be bundled in Starter Pack

by dp_tech in Data Protector

1 votes

Labels: Licensing

Status: New Idea
- New Idea on 2022-7-9
- 0 Comments
As technology advances, the usage of tape library is going down. New customers (specifically SMB & Enterprise) are looking to use disk based backup devices rather than tape libraries. It would be preferred to have two licensing in starter pack i.e. Starter...
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Suppress overlapping instances of the same job

Support for AIX 7.3

CLI: different return code for session end: warning, minor, major

The maintenance of configuration data for the application integrations

Clear event log with specific parameters.

Additional filter for session list

GUI: Add a possibilty to disable/enable backup lists by specific properties (backup type, device, search string, ...)

multi tenancy in data protector

DP have capabilities to determine which datastore from Vmware when making a VM restore

ABD license to be bundled in Starter Pack

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