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Make data stores actually stable

Ulrich Windl

When reading the documentation on the new Data Protector Deduplication Store, it seems that the store is not "stable" (in the sense of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable_storage ) at all; the docs state (among others): Before rebooting or stopping…
- over 1 year ago
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Client selection via filters (selection menu - example Component version) show more then expected

Stefan Wusowski

If there is a selection menu, then only the items selected via the menu should be displayed and not additional items that contain the selected character set. example: I select "Component version" "A.11.01" I want only to see "A.11.01" Versions NOT additional…
- over 1 year ago
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Information (-type "rhel 7.9") from "cell_info" display in GUI

Stefan Wusowski

With one of the DP 11.xx versions a new entry was added to the "cell_info" file -host starwars -os "gpl x86_64 linux-3.10.0-1160.81.1.el7.x86_64" -type "rhel 7.9" -core A.11.01 -corepatch A.11.01_259 -ts_core A.11.01 -ts_corepatch A.11.01_259 -cmnutils…
- over 1 year ago
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Remove write permission check for SAP "run" directory when configuring SAP Oracle DP Backup.

Aleks11

Remove write permission check for SAP "run" /usr/sap/ <SID> /SYS/exe/run directory when configuring SAP Oracle DP Backup. When configuring SAP Oracle backup in Data Protector it tries to copy backint file into the SAP run directory /usr/sap/ <SID> …
- over 1 year ago
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enable synthetic backup/consolidation for NSS volumes on OES

kofop

Synthetic backup / consolidation not supports the NSS volumes on Open Enterprise Server (OES). I should use it.... It's also a Microfocus product.....
- over 2 years ago
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Locking mechanism for parallel MaxDB backups

Francisco García

MaxDB (SAP) doesn't support parallel backups on same instance and there can be only one backup operation active on database at the same time. For same reason Data Protector also doesn't support parallel backups and it is documented: https://docs.microfocus…
- over 2 years ago
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DP10.9x / 11.x VEAgent template include / exclude

Gerd Kehrbusch

This is a request to implement an enhancement to VEPA/VMware integration. Customer's would like to create VEPA templates that just include certain disk(s) to be backed up Example: Trying to create templates that i.e. only include disks=({name='scsi0…
- over 2 years ago
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Auditd logs parsing on Ubuntu

kongen

Would be great to have auditd logs parsing support for Ubuntu. Is it feasible? Up to know connectors supports only parsing of RedHat auditd logs.
- over 2 years ago
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Studio Import Function to Include the Service Request Update Enhancement

Ping

In the current state of the studio import function, it does not include the function to update the existing record for the service request. Instead, it only supports to create a new record. The supported record types are only the following device…
- over 3 years ago
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Upgrade IDB PostgreSQL to version 14

Momchil Nikolov

Performance Improvements for Heavy Workloads PostgreSQL 14 provides a significant throughput boost on workloads that use many connections, with some benchmarks showing a 2x speedup. This release continues on the recent improvements to the management of…
- over 3 years ago
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WebUI should Allow Self-Service Restores from VMware Image Backups

Sebastian.Koehler

Brief description: The Data Protector WebUI (or an dedicated service portal) should allow Self-Service Restores from VMware image backups (and regular Data Protector backups) similar to VMware GRE but properly secured using Role-based Access Control…
- over 3 years ago
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Automatic Retry of Failed Backup Sessions and/or Objects

Sebastian.Koehler

Brief description: Data Protector should allow automatic retry of failed backup sessions and/or objects. This is partly available for File System backups when a client is not responding. But there is no automatic (configurable) retry of the session…
- over 3 years ago
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Priority-based Execution and proper Queuing

Sebastian.Koehler

Brief description: Data Protector should have a proper queue management with the option to apply priorities to backup, restore and other sessions. As of today sessions in Queuing state may be started out of order while using a first-in first-out design…
- over 3 years ago
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omnib should have an option to select a large list of files

Sebastian.Koehler

Brief description: The omnib command should have an option to select a large list of files (millions) with an absolute path on a client for backup. Creating a datalist with 10000+ of lines is not a valid workaround since datalist parsing issues will…
- over 3 years ago
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Track rejected session in IDB when MaxBSessions is hit

Sebastian.Koehler

Brief description: We should change how the Cell Manager handles new backup sessions if the upper limit of MaxBSessions is hit. If more backup sessions are started than allowed by MaxBSessions the backup sessions is simply rejected with this message…
- over 3 years ago
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Dashboard Improvement: Datastore/Device/Gateway Usage

Markus Pernek

2021-04-02 10_23_06-Window.png It would be very informative if there would be a summary of the used Datastores/Devices/Gatewy on the Home Dashboard with shows the following informations within one view: Name; Size; Used; Usage % and Estimated Full (how…
- over 3 years ago
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HPDP-Zero Downtime Backup (ZDB) compatibility with Primera Storage latest version 4.2.1.6

Kishore Karra

HPDP-Zero Downtime Backup (ZDB) compatibility with Primera Storage latest version 4.2.1.6 As per matrix, The compatibility started from DP10.70: https://docs.microfocus.com/DP/SupportMatrix/10.70/HPE_Storage_SupportMatrix_DP10.70.pdf However, As per our…
- over 3 years ago
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Support pacemaker/redhat HA addon

richard8888

Currently, Microfocus only "support" VCS or Serviceguard on linux. We standardise on pacemaker - and have no license to run serviceguard or veritas cluster server. Essentially, all the cluster product is doing is migrating a shared disk, a virtual IP…
- over 3 years ago
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Data Protector schedule - schedule dependency

Vanhuyphu

Hello, everybody To have schedule dependency , means if current schedule is active for specification A, next schedule should not start for same specification A until active specification A completes. Means only one session should be active for…
- over 3 years ago
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Generate a Warning when importing B2D media without any protection

Koen Verbelen

Brief Description This is related to another idea: Generate GUI popup Warning message for replications with "Same as source" protection This popup described in the above idea would actually be nice to have as an additional warning before any session…
- over 3 years ago
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Upgrade OpenSSL to solve CVE-2020-1968

Victor_F_DP

Hello all, We have received some requests about this vulnerability: CVE-2020-1968 According to this link: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1968 It gets solved with OpenSSL 1.0.2w. DP, even in 10.90, uses 1.0.2u, so the issue…
- over 3 years ago
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AS Logs should include also the date

Victor_F_DP

Hello all, Right now the AS logs (DPServer.log, server.log) does not include the dates, just the hour. And that is complicate to compare with other logs and debugs. Right now we have them like this: 08:25:00,019 INFO [QuartzJob:63:JceDispatcherScheduler_Worker…
- over 3 years ago
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Automate Import of Cloud Volume Backup to Remote Cell Manager

Sebastian.Koehler

Brief description: HPE Cloud Volume Backup (CVB) is a service offering to directly backup data to a cloud target using deduplication, compression and encryption, It is compatible with StoreOnce Catalyst and therefore perfectly integrated into Data Protector…
- over 3 years ago
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Default value for CATALYST_PAYLOAD_CHECKSUM and CATALYST_BODY_PAYLOAD_COMPRESSION in DP 10.x

Ravil_M

This is an enhancement request to enable Data Protector to support to have the default settings in omnirc changed from: # Specifies if checksum values are created for data packets # CATALYST_PAYLOAD_CHECKSUM:<1-ENABLE/0-DISABLE> #CATALYST_PAYLOAD_CHECKSUM…
- over 4 years ago
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Increase the character limit of libraries and drives to 64 from 32

Momchil Nikolov

Hello, Is it possible to increase the limit of libraries and drives to 64. Currently I have a customer with a name 30 characters long and am doing a migration, so I will have to rename some of them and add DP9_ or OLD_ and am unable to. Thank you!
- over 4 years ago
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Make data stores actually stable

Client selection via filters (selection menu - example Component version) show more then expected

Information (-type "rhel 7.9") from "cell_info" display in GUI

Remove write permission check for SAP "run" directory when configuring SAP Oracle DP Backup.

enable synthetic backup/consolidation for NSS volumes on OES

Locking mechanism for parallel MaxDB backups

DP10.9x / 11.x VEAgent template include / exclude

Auditd logs parsing on Ubuntu

Studio Import Function to Include the Service Request Update Enhancement

Upgrade IDB PostgreSQL to version 14

WebUI should Allow Self-Service Restores from VMware Image Backups

Automatic Retry of Failed Backup Sessions and/or Objects

Priority-based Execution and proper Queuing

omnib should have an option to select a large list of files

Track rejected session in IDB when MaxBSessions is hit

Dashboard Improvement: Datastore/Device/Gateway Usage

HPDP-Zero Downtime Backup (ZDB) compatibility with Primera Storage latest version 4.2.1.6

Support pacemaker/redhat HA addon

Data Protector schedule - schedule dependency

Generate a Warning when importing B2D media without any protection

Upgrade OpenSSL to solve CVE-2020-1968

AS Logs should include also the date

Automate Import of Cloud Volume Backup to Remote Cell Manager

Default value for CATALYST_PAYLOAD_CHECKSUM and CATALYST_BODY_PAYLOAD_COMPRESSION in DP 10.x

Increase the character limit of libraries and drives to 64 from 32

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