IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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Make IP:Port binding possible

In a split client and administrative network, Storage Protect server listens on all interfaces and IP addresses. Ideally, TCPPort would listen on the client network and TCPAdminPort only the administrative network, using IP:Port binding or NIC:Por...
about 12 hours ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Make propagating replication server details to clients (dsm.sys) optional

We want our replication servers to remain hidden, in case of a failover restore from a replication server we can easily add these details ourselves. Currently, in case a host is compromised, a hacker can easily see that replication servers are als...
about 12 hours ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

support separate storage network for FDF

support separate storage network for FDF
1 day ago in Storage Fusion Under review

IBM Storage DRS Sensor for Storage Scale / GPFS filesystems

We have a lot of customers with IBM Storage Scale / GPFS where we can offer and sell DRS, but we need the missing support for the filesystem agent for GPFS.
4 days ago in Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service (DRS) Submitted

Ransomware Testing Method

IBM Banking client has several DS8A50 machines that have Flash Core Modules installed. Now with the release of 10.2 code they want to test the ransomware alerting end to end and would like a method on the DS8K that they could use to simulate corru...
5 days ago in IBM DS8000 Submitted

Request native LUKS2/dm-cryptv encryption for persistent volumes in the IBM Block CSI Driver, along with guidance on SAN data-in-transit encryption, to help meet SecNumCloud requirements.

Add native support for encrypting persistent volumes at the worker-node level using LUKS2/dm-crypt, directly integrated into the IBM Block CSI Driver.This feature is required for OpenShift platforms targeting SecNumCloud compliance, where encrypti...
6 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Submitted

restAPI to reject libReq for the host onl

restAPI (maybe LE if can not update VPD directly, need also to consider security to run the restAPI), VPD field cluster scope, changes in GRID to reject libReq for the host onlyGRID: 2 daysVPD: 2 daysrestAPI: 1w [10:22 AM] we do not need a feature...
6 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Planned for future release

When a restore fails in Fusion today, it cannot be resumed from the UI - TS023127830

When a restore fails in Fusion today, it cannot be resumed from the UI. The workaround script has a gap. Resuming from the Volumes stage creates new volumes instead of reusing the ones from the failed run, and the deployments don't reference them....
6 days ago in Storage Fusion Under review

Verify NFS Port Availability Before Attempting CES Recovery

Request an enhancement to IBM Storage Scale CES NFS recovery to verify that the required network ports have been fully released before attempting to restart the NFS service. During an incident documented in case TS022452203, NFS-Ganesha became unr...
6 days ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) Submitted

Improve CES S3 Health Validation and Routing Away From Unhealthy Endpoints

Request an enhancement to IBM Storage Scale CES S3 health monitoring to verify actual S3 service functionality before considering a protocol endpoint healthy and available for client traffic. Health checks should validate that the S3 service can s...
6 days ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) Submitted

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