IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM System Storage products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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    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...
    2 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Submitted

    Using DS8k to Enable Z System Active-Active in Multiple data centers

    Currently, Z System platform has only one source of valid data to applications providing additional mechanisms sync/async of data replication to comply with HA and DR requirements. HyperSwap and remote copies enhance the chances to have the latest...
    2 days ago in IBM DS8000 1 Submitted

    Client request to add support for host Linux Kernel Ubuntu 24.04 (or later) OS using the NVMe/TCP (IP) IO protocol on FSx600 systems

    For FSx600 systems configured with ALB7 100/40 GbE 2-port Adapter Cards for NVMe/TCP (IP) connectivity, ISSC offers RHEL, SUSe and Vsphere ESXi host support. Client is requesting support for Ubuntu 24.04 (or later) host Linux Kernel. Currently, th...
    4 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

    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...
    10 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Submitted

    Add support for VE and Proxmox.

    Since vmware is in a major phase out and Proxmox seems to be the growing platform also for production I would like to have STP implement support for this environment like rubrik/veeam and so on handles VMs or any wóther way we see STP handling Pro...
    about 11 hours ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Submitted

    official hypervisor support Vates / XCP-NG

    Dear IBM Support, We are a Belgian CSP who uses IBM Flash System Storage & IBM SVC3. We have different models SVC and Flash Systems with host connection type fibre channel. Flash System FS5200 Flash System FS7300 Flash System FS7600 SVC-V3 SVC...
    9 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Submitted

    Contemporaneous-Note Credibility Standard for Personal Incident Records

    PROBLEM: A person who experiences harm or threats often has only their own memory to rely on, and notes written days or weeks later are treated as far less credible than notes made on the day of the event. Without a consistent, tamper-evident way ...
    about 23 hours ago in Storage Copy Data Management 0 Submitted

    Tamper-Evident Audit Log for Medical Records: Who Accessed, Changed, or Exported Each Entry

    PROBLEM: A medical record can be read, changed, or exported by many people over time, and a patient who later questions an entry has no reliable way to see who did what, when, and from where. Ordinary change histories that can be edited or deleted...
    about 23 hours ago in Storage Copy Data Management 0 Submitted

    Native OpenTelemetry (OTel) Metrics, Logs and Traces Support for IBM Storage Protect

    Request native OpenTelemetry support in IBM Storage Protect Server to export metrics, logs, and traces, where applicable, via configurable OTLP endpoints to a customer-managed OpenTelemetry Collector. Prioritize backup and restore success rates, d...
    1 day ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

    Native OpenTelemetry (OTel) Metrics, Logs and Traces Support for IBM Storage Control

    Request native OpenTelemetry support in IBM Spectrum Control to export telemetry via configurable OTLP endpoints to a customer-managed OpenTelemetry Collector, without requiring IBM Storage Insights or cloud connectivity. Prioritize storage perfor...
    1 day ago in IBM Spectrum Control 0 Submitted

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