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Product functionality

Seamlessy convert subtree into (independent) fileset

add a command to convert a subtree to an independent fileset seamlessly (without interrupting access for users) and - as a bonus - vice-versa
about 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) Not under consideration

Add alerting for failed login on storage devices

It would be handy to be able to enable alert policies to send an alert when a user fails to authenticate when attempting to log into a system. I know that can be seen from syslog, but it would be handy to simply trigger an alert in Storage Insight...
over 1 year ago in IBM Storage Insights Not under consideration

Enrich REST APIs for DS/8000 machines

Support of cluster related functionalities in API interface. chclusterlsclustermkclusterrmclustershowcluster
over 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 Not under consideration

SVC HyperSwap and FlashCopy restrictions

In theory HyperSwap seems more appealing than an SVC stretched cluster and have some advantages regarding cross-site traffic and in case of an site failure. But if you also plan to use the FlashCopy technology, there are some restrictions I have b...
over 7 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Not under consideration

I would like VGS to be added to SPS

Goodday As part of our Oracle in a SAP environment landscape we do bi-weekly refreshes of PROD onto a QA system. We also get ad-hoc requests for other clones as well as clones for Projects that means we need to keep a snapshot around for 6-12 mont...
almost 3 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality Not under consideration

TS7700 Web Management Interface for IBM BP

Supply to IBM BP a TS7700 WEB MI as a remote tool or demo
over 6 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Not under consideration

Dashboard "Volumes" option like On-Prem

In the On-Prem version of Insights (Spectrum Control), we have the "Volumes" option under "Storage" tab on dashboard panel which displays all the volumes from multiple IBM SVC clusters but can't find that on the cloud version. Can you please have ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights Not under consideration

Keyboard shourtcut in DSMADMC

Implementation of keyboard short-cuts for DSMADMC (SP administrative client console).
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Not under consideration

Additional SPP Support for Oracle XE Version

Backup by SPP not possible for Oracle XE: Oracle Database 18c Express Edition Release 18.0.0.0.0
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Not under consideration

Provide a touch file to prevent the TS7700 to auto create a specific construct name which is not yet defined

When the host is coming down during a mount (LUM) with a specific construct name which does not exist in the TS7700 definitions yet and the maximum unique name limit (255) has not been reached, this new specific construct (e.g. Management Class) w...
8 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Not under consideration

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