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Non-disruptive migrate between storage classes

Need the ability to non-disruptively (or minimally disruptive) migrate data between storage classes. Needs to be fully automated with the user simply selecting the source PV and target storage class. Use Cases: Replace storage provider such as exi...
3 days ago in Storage Fusion 2 Future consideration

Provide functionality for a "Time Protected Checkout" from Safeguarded Logical Library

The use of Safeguarded Tape increases the potential attack vector on the tape library's management interfaces. The ability to configure a minimum time period that must elapse after assigning/checkin a cartridge/volume to the "Safeguarded" logical ...
4 days ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Future consideration

Implement IP filter for defining on how to access the IP-based mangement interfaces of a TS4500 library

The use of "Safeguarded Tape" increases the potential attack vector on the tape library's management interfaces. One way to better protect these interfaces would be the functionality of an "IP filter" (integrated in the TS4500 internal ICC), which...
4 days ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Future consideration

Allow hide TIP events only for specific nodes instead of all entities

TIP events are very useful to give an advice for some parameters to have configuration best practices and to achieve best performance on Scale Clusters. For example : hc_alert_scalehc_00006 = NumaInterleave is not enabled on a multi-CPU system hc_...
10 days ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Future consideration

IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) should be differentiate between real HOST-Connections issues vs. a planned shut down from one or more HOST systems.

Starting with CSM 6.3.10 IBM has introduced his Multi Sysplex Support (feature 87578b). With this feature are several resilience topics addressed to make the tool less prone to incorrect operation. One decision that has been made, for example, is ...
14 days ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

In Fusion HCI console, under backups, there must be an option to delete one or more backups

It's useful, because of quick management of the backups, usable for anyone.
23 days ago in Storage Fusion 0 Future consideration

Ability to extend/prevent expiration of a single backup or archiving functionality

Sometimes it is needed to make a permanent backup of a good known state of a system, an archive of a sort that will not be deleted by expiration. There should be a way to lock a single backup/prevent its standard expiration and deletion.
24 days ago in Storage Fusion 0 Future consideration

Externalize Environment Sensor Data

In reference to TS018533380...This is for a TS4300 (3555) Library....Since the tape library / drives can capture and log the environmental operating conditions (i,e - temp and humidity) ; I would like the tape library to post an event into the log...
about 1 month ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 3 Future consideration

Provide SMTP Authentication capability to CSM (Copy Services Manager)

I work at a financial institution and our Security Department has recently implemented a policy to block all unauthenticated SMTP which, of course, is affecting alerts via email from CSM. This forced us to utilized SNMP for alerting...which isn’t ...
about 1 month ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

Support custom URL for S3 storage integration with AFM

We would like AFM COS S3 integration to allow custom URLs for the S3 storage. The product we use to provide S3 storage requires custom URLs, and as such, currently can't be integrated into AFM. Any user groups who also have custom URLs for S3 stor...
about 1 month ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration