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Spectrum Protect for Storage Area Networks (SANs)

Redundancy Implementation for Deep Archive Network Switches

The network switch in the Deep Archive environment is currently configured as a single unit. Although version 1.3 now supports multi‑library configurations, the network switch remains a single point of failure.
18 days ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive Functionality already exists

Additional system logging and forwarding functionality

Include functionality to forward system and security logs to a central system using syslog or Splunk/Filebeat type forwarders
about 2 months ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive Functionality already exists

Ability to send both configuration logs and information log to a syslog server

Customer is requesting the ability to send all types of event messages to the syslog server. Currently either configuration logs, or information logs, are able to be sent to the server but not both. The specific request is that the capabilities of...
4 months ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library Functionality already exists

Allow PVCs to use storage class with waitForFirstConsumer volumeBindingMode during restore operation

In multi-availability zone (AZ) environments, when a PVC is created with the volumeBindingMode set to Immediate, it is pre-created within a random availability zone. When the pod is created later to consume it, if it is not created in the same AZ,...
4 months ago in Storage Fusion Functionality already exists

Need a msg issued to z/OS when the SGC backup completes either successfully or unsuccessfully so we can trap it via automation.

We run a SGC scheduled task every hour. We need to be able to get notified via z/OS automation when a SGC backup completes either successfully or unsuccessfully. More importantly we need to build automation informing us when a SGC backup has not b...
4 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) Functionality already exists

FlashSystem grid partition migration support with iSCSI host to the 9.1.0 tree

FlashSystem grid partition migration support with iSCSI host was introduced in SV 9.1.1. but this code version is not LTS. the ask here is to add this functionality to an upcoming maintenance version in a LTS version like 9.1.0.3 or any 9.1.0.x
5 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Functionality already exists

List the Volumes from a Volume Group (CLI)

It is useful for some customers to list in the CLI, the volumes belonging to a given volume group (for scripting/automation purposes). A simple command with the volume group ID or name.
5 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Functionality already exists

We want to use the secure port 587 instead of port 25 in the email server configuration section of IBM StoreWise storage systems.

We would like to add username and password authentication management to the email server configuration section of the IBM StoreWise storage GUI for versions below 8.6. This way, we would like to use the secure 587 port instead of port 25.
7 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Functionality already exists

Interop matrix for SRM v9.0.2 and SRA v4.2.0

Client has to upgrade Site Recovery Manager (SRM)from v8.7 to version 8.8.0.1 , upgrade vCenter servers at both sites from v 7.0 to version 8.0U3g. Upgrade SRM from v8.8 to version 9.0.2 at both sites , upgrade distributed virtual switches (dvSwit...
8 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Functionality already exists

Copy refresh of all volsers from source cluster to target cluster based on the selected criteria

All customers using TS7700 doing end of lease replacement
8 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Functionality already exists

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