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    Create a Migration-type Session for situations where the target DS8K HMC is not accessible via the network

    Issue:I have a repeating need to migrate from one DS8K (source) to another DS8K (target). The source and target DS8Ks are not on the same network and thus the CSM Migration session will not function for the migration of data. There are network sec...
    1 day ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    add sainfo commands for nodes which are service state to snap script

    in couple of scenarios a node is an service customer is usual taking at first a snap 3 which does not contain saout commands from nodes in service and we than need to go back and ask for single snap collection or agreement for using SRA. To get st...
    1 day ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

    Enable Storage Protect Snapshot to provide a user defined name for the name of the volumegroup snapshot

    When SPS is being used with IBM FlashSystem volumegroup snapshots, it creates the snapshots with a name following the convention "SPS_". The snapshot name is determined by SPS and can not be manipulated by a user. Please enhance SPS with an option...
    about 9 hours ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 0 Submitted

    Allow Storage Protect Snapshot to specify a target partiton for thin-clones when using FlashSystem volumegroup snapshots

    IBM Storage Protect Snapshot supports backup, restore and offload operations using the "Coordinated HA snapshot feature" of Policy-Based High Availability (HA) topologies for the IBM FlashSystem. This requires to have all volume groups that are in...
    about 10 hours ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 0 Submitted

    Why IBM needs native integration with Apache CloudStack

    Apache CloudStack has become one of the leading IaaS cloud platforms in Brazil. It powers public cloud providers, private enterprise clouds, and large-scale academic environments. This trend accelerated after VMware’s licensing changes following i...
    about 10 hours ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

    Allow Storage Protect Snapshot to specify a target storagepool for thin-clones when using FlashSystem volumegroup snapshots

    IBM Storage customers tend to enable the "volume protection" feature on their FlashSystems (it is enabled globally by default, but can be disabled either globally, or on a per- storage pool basis). This feature prevents the deletion and the unmapp...
    about 10 hours ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 0 Submitted

    Provide host attachment support for Proxmox VE using NVMe-oF/FC and NVMe/TCP in PBHA environment

    Proxmox VE is an emerging hypervisor in the DACH market. Currently, storage attachment for Proxmox VE hosts is only possible via FC/SCSI and iSCSI, whereas NVMe/TCP is already supported for VMware when using PBHA. NVMe-oF/FC and NVMe/TCP deliver s...
    8 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Under review

    Enhanced Security and Usability for Trace Files

    We would like to propose the following two enhancements for trace files generated by IBM Storage Protect. 1. Option to Exclude File Names from Trace Files The names of files being backed up may contain information from which confidential or privac...
    17 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 4 Submitted

    Storage Protect server should decommission a tape volume triggered by TS4500 cartridge status

    As of today, there is no connection between TS4500 cartridge health status and Storage Protect server tape volume status. The TS4500 is regularly checking the health of a cartridge, for example media health by running media verification, or, end o...
    4 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Submitted

    Storage Protect server decommission volume

    We are using Storage Protect Library Manager + Library Client environments. The Storage Protect servers have about 38000 tape cartridges in use.On a regular base, tape cartridges need to be scrapped, because they are end of life or show I/O errors...
    4 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

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