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Restrict Critical Actions in AOS (Assist On-Site) Even for Root Users

Summary: Implement safeguards in AOS to prevent root users from executing high-risk actions—specifically system shutdowns and core configuration changes—without additional authorization. To perform a shutdown, two independent authorizations must b...
4 months ago in IBM DS8000 Needs more information

Ability to select what to restore when the backup was created using a custom recipe

Only when restoring backups created with the default recipe (i.e., without explicitly specifying a custom recipe within the associated policy assignment) is it possible to choose before the restore whether to restore the missing etcd resources and...
2 months ago in Storage Fusion Needs more information

RADIUS Authentication Support and Expanded MFA Options for IBM FlashSystem

I'd like to propose adding support for authenticating FlashSystem arrays to an external RADIUS server. Increasingly, customers are requesting MFA implementations where the array authenticates via an open protocol like RADIUS to an external server,...
about 2 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Needs more information

Allow ability to have MFA enabled on DS8k HMC.

Currently GUI side is able to do it but the HMC does not have the ability to enable it.
13 days ago in IBM DS8000 Needs more information

Need ability to toggle interfaces back to undefined from SCSI or FICON

This would make is easier to determine which interfaces are actually in error for loss of light.
3 months ago in IBM DS8000 Needs more information

Need support for Microsoft Authenticator as MFA

Microsoft's MFA is a very popular MFA and with Microsoft's solution compassing all enterprise needs, even MFA capability are being adopted as standard in large clients. Hence this integration is being asked from 18 months. Please consider it on pr...
11 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Needs more information

Assign an alias right at instance creation

When customers set up an SI instance and invite IBMers, the tiles in the dashboard all look alike. If an IBMer has been invited to more than one instance it's impossible to tell which one belongs to which customer. While there is a way for an admi...
12 months ago in IBM Storage Insights Needs more information

hardware inventory report in Storage Insights

Kindly build mechanism to have one click hardware inventory report for assets configured for Storage Insights. No tool available in IBM portfolio to pull inventory of all assets configured.
about 2 months ago in IBM Storage Insights Needs more information

Incorporate Google and MS Authenticators to FlashSystem MFA

Currently the supported MFAs are Duo and IBM Verify.I received a few requests from customers that do not work with Verify nor Duo, and requested to have the other options as well.
4 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Needs more information

Display the "IOPs limit" parameter in Storage Insights.

The lsvdisk command gives the information # svcinfo lsvdisk -delim , -gui -bytes 12 Tue Apr 15 11:22:05 PDT 2025id,12name,xxxxxxxxxxxIO_group_id,0IO_group_name,io_grp0status,onlinemdisk_grp_id,0mdisk_grp_name,XXXXXXXPoolcapacity,75161927680....com...
12 months ago in IBM Storage Insights Needs more information

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