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QRadar SIEM Integration via REST API

We are looking for assistance regarding configuring a log source for Storage Insights using the Rest API DSM to pull event logs from the platform to SIEM. When we searched on https://github.com/IBM/IBM-QRadar-Universal-Cloud-REST-API we did not se...
about 4 hours ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Submitted

Export volume list from the GUI or ability to copy

From the GUI having the ability to export a volume list to a CSV/Excel would be useful. We often use the UIDs of volumes for JSON files for some of our hosts. Currently we have no easy ability to copy/paste or export from the GUI instead we run ls...
about 4 hours ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

extend the eventlog - type Audit 'A cartridge setting was changed'

When a physical tape is moved to the i/O station or a drive a audit statement in the eventlog will be create. In this record are no information about the cartridge and no information about the target destination(drive oder I/O Station). The sendin...
about 9 hours ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Submitted

Add Auto deploy option in client option sets

The idea is to manage AUTODEPLOY YES/NO/NO REBOOT on clien option set level.
about 10 hours ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

Restore snapshots to a different host.

Restore snapshots to a different host to be able to do system copies.
about 12 hours ago in Storage Copy Data Management 0 Submitted

Email notifications for jobs

It should be possible to be notified by email when a job is completed whether it's successful or failing.
about 12 hours ago in Storage Copy Data Management 0 Submitted

Upgrades should create svcconfig backups and copy them to each node

Currently, we run the following prior to upgrades, incase there is an issue: svcconfig backupCFG_ENCL=`lsnodecanister -delim : -nohdr -filtervalue config_node=yes | cut -d: -f14`for ENCL in `lsnodecanister -nohdr -delim : -filtervalue config_node=...
1 day ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Show the real used capacity on vdisk in GUI

GUI shows the two values “real capacity” and “used capacity” in addition to the capacity with which a disk was created.For a thin-provisioned vdisk this two values are useless, if the capacity is shrinking (unmap from esx). For example an actual e...
1 day ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Ability to rename a partition.

Once a Partition exists, it is not possible to change the name, while the partition name is based on hardware, applications, hosts (or combination).This can change over time and then it is more than desirable to be able to change this.
1 day ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Ability to modify or add a fcport of a host that is in a partition.

Assuming PBHA and\or PBR: It may happen that a FC HBA of a host is replaced or that a HBA is redeployed. Or a host has already been created with 1 FC port. In these situations it is not possible to adjust this.
1 day ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted