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Empty NFS exports should be shown

When removing the last client from an NFS export in Spectrum Scale 4.2.3.2 the fileset disappears from the list in the GUI and command line. (mmnfs export list). It is then not possible to create a new export as the export still exists in the conf...
over 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Delivered

Do a DB2 offload backup to TSM with the compress option

Actually the FlashCopy Manager offloads the DB2 backups to TSM in a non compressed mode. With a new option backups could be offloaded in a compressed mode to TSM. (For the offload part only)
about 11 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 2 Delivered

CentOS support for the use of Spectrum Protect for Space Management component under Spectrum Archive

Requires the support of Spectrum Protect for Space Management function in CentOS environment, for the use of this component under Spectrum Archive.
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Space Management 0 Delivered

Search field in all storwize / svc pop ups and pages, especially in vdisk mappings

provide a search and filter field (basic or with options) in each pop up and view field of the SVC / Storwize UI
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Manual resume of automated Spectrum Virtualize upgrade

Manual resume of automated Spectrum Virtualize upgrades. The automated upgrade procedure includes a 30 minute wait at the half-way point. This may not be enough time to verify systems have fully recovered.
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Add compression savings information to V7000 / SVC GUI

With the addition of 'Uncompressed Volume Size' to the RACE SDK version 1.88.7 and onwards, this information will be available through RACE API integrated into SVC/V7000 in environments using Real-time Compression capability. Since this informatio...
about 13 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Azure support on Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud

Costco is moving their infrastructure into Azure public cloud. Current they have SVC clusters on-premise in prod. They are requesting Azure support on Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud.
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

TSM VM backup without quiesceing the VM

We are trying to take TSM VE (VM Backup)Some VM are hanged during backup.If we do the manual backup without quiesce the backup is successful. We got a response from PMR 70845,024,677 that TSM use quiesce option during backup. Is there any plan to ...

mmnetverify should be able to specify node in multi-cluster

mmnetverify currently is only able to check the connection between nodes in a single cluster. When diagnosing issues between nodes in multi-cluster this means it is not possible to use mmnetverify to assist. An additional flag should be added to m...
over 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Delivered

LDAPS should use hostname not IP in Storwize products

When configuring LDAPS authentication in Storwize products one can only supply an IP address. First of all, this is against MS best practise. Second (and for the same reason), the default certificates on an MS domain controller set up for LDAPS do...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered