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Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client)

Improvement of modifying NFSv4 ACLs

Hi,modifications on NFSv4 ACLs are very slow, especially if one modify pathes recursively with many files and subfolders (this could takes days on our system!). E.g. to add an additional ACL to a tree one has to read first the ACLs from the file b...
18 days ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) Submitted

Implement bucket policies for IBM COS in for Container mode

Integrate bucket policies (similar to AWS S3 bucket policies) into the IBM COS on-premises solution for container mode. Specifically, I am interested in the ability to define fine-grained access control rules at the bucket level.
18 days ago in Cloud Object Storage Ready Nodes Submitted

Enable dynamically changing the language of server query output

Currently, the server’s output language cannot be changed dynamically when issuing administrative query commands. To change the language, the server must be restarted after updating the LANGUAGE server option in dsmserv.opt. In terms of ACTLOG, pr...
18 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

Request for Warning Message in Activity Log for Cloud Connection SAS Token Expiration

Current Behaviour: The IBM Storage Protect server does not generate activity log events related to cloud connection SAS token expiration. Risk: No access to the cloud blob storage will occur once the SAS token expires, resulting in backup and rest...
18 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) Submitted

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.
18 days ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive Functionality already exists

Enhancing gpfs.snap for Hadoop Cases to Improve RCA and Reduce MTTR

The gpfs.snap -hadoop command is part of the process for opening Hadoop-related cases. In many instances, IBM development requests additional Java diagnostics that are no longer available during RCA. Incorporating relevant Java troubleshooting out...
18 days ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) Submitted

add unmap enable/disable option to gui

Default for flashsystem is host unmap off, and this feature is invisible to client until they hit 80% capacity or oos an support advise to enable it. We also want to keep clients in the gui, so it might be worth adding this option to the GUI.
19 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Submitted

[Copy] The Tiny PC TSSC/IMC in the library and TS7700 should have a separate FRU for the HDD, instead of replacing the whole system.

When this was initially considered many years ago, HDD failure was very uncommon, but now it's extremely common.
21 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Under review

Prevend db2 abort within multiple backup streams

If an error/abort occurs on one of the tape drives during a 6-stream db2 backup to tape, the entire backup is aborted by the db2. Please change the error behavior for db2 backups to resume with the remaining sessions to finish the backup job succe...
22 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) Submitted

Improve DS8 Communications Certificate Renewal Process

The current Communication Certificate renewal process is lengthy and cumbersome, and as the industry is moving over the next few years to require rotating certificates every 47 days vs just once a year, improving existing workflows as much as poss...
22 days ago in IBM DS8000 Future consideration

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