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TSM FastBack for Workstations

Improved Identity and Access Management

Creation of bearer tokens generated from the login API call does not provide a method to list them. Once the token is created, there is no way to list what has been created and to invalidate them.
4 days ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 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...
9 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Under review

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...
10 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Under review

DSCLI ‘list volume’ command options can show volumes mapped to a host, but do not provide ability to show volumes *not* mapped to a host.

IBM enhance DSCLI commands to show volumes *not* mapped to a host. Intent is to help identify missing volumes and aid inventory / configuration / improve quality of storage provisioning. This was opened as an IBM i Large User Group (LUG) requireme...
17 days ago in IBM DS8000 Under review

[Copy] The Tiny PC TSSC/IMC in the library and TS7700 should have a separate FRU for the HDD, instead of replacing the whole system.

When this was initially considered many years ago, HDD failure was very uncommon, but now it's extremely common.
21 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Under review

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...
22 days ago in Storage Fusion Under review

Add pool capacity information to REST call "get pools"

Customers are converting from dscli to REST API to feed e.g. Grafana dashboards. The dscli "lsextpool" command displays values for totalLogicalCap, usedLogicalCap, provisionedCap, totalPhysicalCap, usedPhysicalCap and compressionRatio. The REST re...
23 days ago in IBM DS8000 Under review

Add a projection of "free logical capacity" to the GUI

Add a projection of "free logical capacity" to the GUI (under the assumption, that the future compression factor will be similar to the existing one). The total logical capacity, as it is the "addressable limit" in case of very good compression re...
30 days ago in IBM DS8000 Under review

Add a user choice capability for displaying different capacity units in the GUI

The GUI Dashboard screen provides capacity information which is great for the user. However, the graphs are displayed in TiB, the mouseover tooltip displays values in kmod1. This is irritating for the user. Some users like to handle their capacity...
30 days ago in IBM DS8000 Under review

Pause replication of VM in Fusion HCI GDP Metro DR

After VM failover to DR OCP, some applications users would like to check and verify before the VM replicate back to the Production OCP. Should there be issues, they would not want to failback. User will be able to use the VM in the Production OCP ...
30 days ago in Storage Fusion Under review

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