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Enhance REST API for adding new devices or update settings

We have approx 200 FlashSystems and 300 Switches in our SI instance. We do have fully automate the initial configuration for SAN Switches and FlashSystems in our environment. As well as updating any system settings is fully automated. We would lik...
10 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 3 Future consideration

Allow Storage Insights to recieve and pass on notifications from other tools such as CSM

The idea is to make SI the single pain of glass for the entire storage environment. An example would be for it to log notification from CSM when replicated volumes go out of sync. This would reduce the number of IBM tools the customer has to setup...
4 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

SIPro to trigger SGCs on FlashSystem when malware is detected

To have a fast SGC triggered when malware is detected, we should enable SIPro to trigger such without Defender DRS. Now this can be done with webhooks- that requires no out-of-the-box solution and a lot of customization.
8 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Tape Library Support

Add support for IBM tape libraries in Spectrum Control and Storage Insights to monitor code levels, performance of robotics, performance of tape drives and capacity of the library.
over 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 4 Future consideration

REST API to get performance metrics (including RPO) for volume groups

Need a REST API to get the performance metrics for volume groups that are displayed in Storage Insights. This includes the RPO metrics.
about 1 year ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

ALL volume view

As a spectrum control user there's the option to view ALL volumes without drilling to individual storage systems, This would be a very useful addition so Storage insights
5 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Update device password through the REST API

Per Security policy the passwords on our Brocade switches need to be changed every 90 days. With more than 200 Switches in the environment, its not feasible to change the password through an User Interface, whereby we have automated the password c...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Future consideration

Enable a user to change the time zone within browser view of metrics

When I view performance metrics for a given Storage Virtualize (StorV) cluster SI renders time based on browser time zone setting. My investigation of performance issues would more efficient If I could change the time zone to match the time zone o...
over 1 year ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Rename the Custom tag 1 (2 and 3)

Resources -> Block Storage Systems -> Select a Storage ->View Properties is showing the fields: Custom Tag 1 Custom Tag 2 Custom Tag 3 Resources -> Pools -> Select a Pool -> View Properties is also showing the fields named: Custo...
about 1 year ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Data collector incorporate in DS8K

Similar to CSM, Storage Insight Data collector can be built in the DS8K HMC by default for customer. This will allow the customer to easily consume the Storage Insight Service. This will increase Storage Insight usage and that will benefit the fut...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Future consideration

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