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Configuration of NTP must be done using NTP-SHA2 algorithm using symmetric key

RBI has brought a notice to banks in India for below: Observation details & Manner of Compliance: Observation as per the report 3.9.15 - 'Stratum' Network Time Protocol (NTP) solution used by the bank for NTP synchronization configured with NT...
2 days ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Under review

Support NVIDIA Blackwell for Fusion HCI GPU node

We're now planning to build a platform business with major SIer vendors in Japan. We're planning to propose Fusion as their platform equipped with GPUs, but they requested us the latest model Blackwell is needed to expand their business into infor...
10 days ago in Storage Fusion 0 Under review

Standardize certificate management on DS8 device

The DS8 currently uses two different methods to manage digital certificates: 1. https server certificate (CSR generated and import of signed cert) 2. Syslog secure forwarding certificate (import of private key and certificate components generated ...
2 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

Volume and Host move between Partitions on Flashsystem

We need the possibility to move volumes/LUNs and Hosts between partitions on the same system. The current Partition Design is very static and gives limited flexibility. This feature can be relevant if you want to split your current volume/LUN/host...
9 days ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

mmputacl recursive option enhancement request

Do you have any suggestions how we can do a recursive ACL change efficiently using mmputacl? For directory trees that include millions of files, running mmputacl on each file or directory using a file list generated by, let's say, the find command...
29 days ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Under review

Assign an alias right at instance creation

When customers set up an SI instance and invite IBMers, the tiles in the dashboard all look alike. If an IBMer has been invited to more than one instance it's impossible to tell which one belongs to which customer. While there is a way for an admi...
12 days ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Submitted

Integrate S3 commands into the REST API

We have an automatic workflow which provisiones storage with the help of the REST API (and not mm* commands)Since we want to automate the S3 part, we need s3 commands in the REST API. So the request is to provide S3 administration via REST API, id...
25 days ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

FS5200 support GKLM 5.0

Customer have implement latest GKLM version V5.X to encrypt FS5200. When trying to connect Disk equipement to GKLM , FS5200 complaint about not supported ekm server. Raising ticket TS019138372 , we got feedback this page stating the supported list...
about 20 hours ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

gpfs.snap command and --sosreport option

If the gpfs.snap command contains the "--sosreport" option, you must be able to specify the node that collects the sosreport. But it doesn't seem to have that feature at the moment. (GPFS 5.2.2.0) When using the "--sosreport" option, could you pro...
3 days ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

Display the "IOPs limit" parameter in Storage Insights.

The lsvdisk command gives the information # svcinfo lsvdisk -delim , -gui -bytes 12 Tue Apr 15 11:22:05 PDT 2025id,12name,xxxxxxxxxxxIO_group_id,0IO_group_name,io_grp0status,onlinemdisk_grp_id,0mdisk_grp_name,XXXXXXXPoolcapacity,75161927680....com...
10 days ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Submitted

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