IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM System Storage products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas

  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

ADD A NEW IDEA

All ideas

Showing 1076

TSM for ERP Support for DB2 10.5 on SAP

TSM for ERP cannot restore the DB2 10.5 database running on SAP R3. DB2 10.5 is not supported by TSM for ERP..
almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 4 Delivered

Maximun Path length

Windows Backup client crashes when the directory path length is exceeded. Customer is interested in avoing this crash or increasing the path length.
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

disable fw upgrade if its a V7000 Unified

I had a lot of customers so far, which updated the V7000 firmware if the use the V7000 in a V7000 Unified. The result is, the the file modules can't contact the V7000 anymore and the customer need to downgrade the V7000 firmware with dataloss. The...
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

After upgrading software, then a notice to say component upgrades maybe undertaken at this time.

Feedback from client after having concern with machine immediately after an upgrade. Feedback: It would be nice if the upgrade process would indicate that firmware is being applied to enclosure components.
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

TDP for SQL security authorization

Enable TDP for Microsoft SQL to be Active Directory aware so that SQL database access plus TDP flashcopy console access can be restricted and secured. Currently a local SQL account has to be used within the TDP agent for backups and restores. This...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Databases 3 Delivered

Agent:Support for Oracle Enterprise Linux

Certified OS agent for the followingOracle Linux 5.9 (Redhat compatible kernel)Oracle Linux 5.9 (UEK kernel) Certified TDP agent to run on above OS with Oracle versions10gR2, 11gR1++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Certified OS ag...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Delivered

Request that FCM functionality be enhanced to support nested mount points that are stored on more than one volume group.

We request that FCM functionality be enhanced to support nested mount points that are stored on more than one volume group. There is no indication in the FCM error message to indicate why this functionality is not in FCM. The error message simply ...
over 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 2 Delivered

V5010 Direct Attach

We require V5010 to FC5735 fibre card as a direct attach configuration. This is part of a DS3700 to V5010 migration project.HArdware Case RCMS 018HD8B,866AIX PMR TS001875011
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

v7000 GM-Change Volumes GUI Re-Design (no more 99%)

Strange behavior with "Consistent Copying" and progress bar at "99%" all the time is irritating for customers.So let's suppose that customer will have 20-30 active LUN relationships. It is not "normal" to explain the customer that everything is OK...
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

disable the disk signatures when doing the install of the data movers for TSM VE

When a customer installs TSM VE on a vStorage Backup Server for Windows using the SAN mode (i.e. data store LUNs zoned to vStorage Backup Server), the customer suggests that the install wizard tells the user that it will disable automatic disk sig...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Delivered

By clicking the "Post Comment" or "Submit Idea" button, you are agreeing to the IBM Ideas Portal Terms of Use.
Do not place IBM confidential, company confidential, or personal information into any field.