IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    Extension of the character limit for management class names

    A customer operate under a policy of assigning a unique management class to each node.By including the node name in the management class name, it is possible to identify which management class corresponds to which node.Currently, management class ...
    4 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

    Optimizations to the Spectrumscale ansible installer for larger clusters

    For large clusters we are finding that it is taking a rather long time to run. We are looking for optimization like skipping unneeded checks and/or more parallelization for better performance and minimize customer downtime upgrade windows. One are...
    about 5 hours ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Submitted

    Enable/Add SSO or SAML to DS8K Authentication Options

    Currently DS8Ks authenticate using local logins, LDAP, or even RACF permissions. It lacks a modern Single Sign-On (SSO) or a Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) option, specifically for Entra ID. As enterprises migrate from LDAP or require m...
    5 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

    Read/Write-Test Button per MI for Cloud/S3 storage behind TS7700

    The biggest challenge when setting up cloud storage behind a VTS is the network connection between the two devices. That is why testing and verifying proper functionality are essential for the person setting up the system on a VTS. On the one hand...
    6 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Under review

    Enable/Add SSO or SAML to TS7700 Authentication Options

    Currently TS7700s authenticate using local logins or LDAP. It lacks a modern Single Sign-On (SSO) or a Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) option, specifically for Entra ID. As enterprises migrate from LDAP or require more modern authenticat...
    5 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Submitted

    Add remote authentication/LDAP groups for acceptable users in dual control

    Currently, DS8K dual control only works for local accounts. As an enterprise has multiple security requirements, such as centrally administered access accounts, LDAP is used to authenticate into the storage devices. However, dual control does not ...
    5 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

    IBM Storage Scale GUI emails notifications

    Dear team, by a customer we have 12 IBM Storage scale subsystem 5149-F48 with 9 enclosures 5149-091, 10 5149-23E node and 1 5149-23E management node. On the management node we have installed the IBM Storage Scale GUI that have several possibility....
    20 days ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted

    'Storage System Maintenance Information' view: show more service details in 'Earliest Service Expiration' column to get a quicker overview.

    We discussed this esp in context of Expert Care Support - show 'Expert Care Basic - Active' , 'Expert Care Advanced - Active' or 'Expert Care Premium - Active' instead of just 'Expert Care - Active'. This would help clients with a large SI instanc...
    8 days ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Submitted

    Hyper-V Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) Performance Metrics

    Hyper-V Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) Performance Metrics I have discussions with the clients who have high-density Microsoft Hyper-V environments. The Hyper-V leverages Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) to optimize storage performance. While we can c...
    12 days ago in IBM Storage Insights 4 Submitted

    Prometheus metrics for Fusion Backup and Restore Service operations

    Fusion currently exposes a limited set of Prometheus metrics for backup and restore operations. While sufficient for basic monitoring, these metrics do not provide enough detail for production-grade observability. Problem Statement: The current Pr...
    18 days ago in Storage Fusion 2 Under review

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