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DS8000 Safeguarded Copy (SGC) offload to TS7700 VTL

DS8000 users are driving multiple Safeguarded Copy (SGC) cycles per day - and are keeping many days worth of those SGC copies on the DS8000... but many have also expressed wanting to keep 'more' copies on TS7700 VTL. For example, perhaps making a ...
4 months ago in IBM DS8000 Functionality already exists

CSI driver with RWX permission

we have a large VMware environment that uses an IBM FS7300 storage system as the primary storage for virtual machines. We have recently started using Kubernetes together with Persistent Volumes. However, the native CSI driver only supports RWO (Re...
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Functionality already exists

Redundancy Implementation for Deep Archive Network Switches

The network switch in the Deep Archive environment is currently configured as a single unit. Although version 1.3 now supports multi‑library configurations, the network switch remains a single point of failure.
5 months ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive Functionality already exists

Enhancement to Fusion HCI GDP metro DR

Fusion HCI Metro DR for VM requires admin to manually copy the VM yaml to DR HCI during failover. This is not automated and error prone. Customer who use HCI for VM, will run thousands of VMs. This is not practical to do it manually. Request to au...
12 months ago in Storage Fusion Functionality already exists

IBM DS8K systems to support certificate-based authentication using PIV/CAC

Most government agencies, such as the Social Security Administration, use Personal Identity Verification (PIV) or Common Access Cards (CAC) to authenticate users and manage secure access across their storage ecosystems and IT infrastructure.
20 days ago in IBM DS8000 Functionality already exists

Deep Archive support for S3 Partial Object Retrieval

The current software version of IBM Storage Deep Archive (1.2.0) does not support S3 partial object retrieval functionality. This feature would be particularly useful in the media industry and would greatly increase the adoption of this technology...
about 1 year ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive Functionality already exists

Ability to open a case for Storage Insights via Storage Insights

Request to allow a user to open a support case for Storage Insights using Storage Insights. Storage Insights is able to open support cases for the IBM block storage systems but it does not have an option to open a support case for itself. As a res...
about 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights Functionality already exists

Related to SafeGuarded Copy on the DS8000. SGC backup copies CANNOT be deleted. Today, a person with adminstrator rights can still log on and delete off valid SGC backup copies. Customers have been asking for this capability to be removed.

This feature is required to ensure that SGC is totally immutable.
over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) Functionality already exists

Allow PVCs to use storage class with waitForFirstConsumer volumeBindingMode during restore operation

In multi-availability zone (AZ) environments, when a PVC is created with the volumeBindingMode set to Immediate, it is pre-created within a random availability zone. When the pod is created later to consume it, if it is not created in the same AZ,...
8 months ago in Storage Fusion Functionality already exists

Audit logs for six months

Audit logs – currently it goes back 2 months, but customer needs it to be for six months at least – compliance requirement.
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Functionality already exists

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