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Improve AFM to handle hard links correctly

As per https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/spectrum-scale/5.1.2?topic=limitations-afm-afm-dr support for hard links in AFM is very constrained. This is especially problematic for the AFM data migration use case outlined here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/s...
about 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

Please sign Insights with an IBM certificate - security apps block Insights binaries

Security software like Bit9 block Insights binaries. Insights binaries are blocked even after whitelisted by security admins because Insights files are copied to different folder than the installation folder. Also, automatic updates are not possib...
over 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 2 Future consideration

Integrate 'Relabel Scratch' command with Fujitsu Eternus vJuke virtual libraries

Fujitsu Eternus VTLs are well known in several customer's ISP environments. Main difference to other VTLs is the ability to stack logical volumes on physical tapes in the backend.Data written to the VTL is stored in a tape volume cache (TVC) on vi...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

Linux autostart two Spectrum Protect scheduler services using init.d to autostart services for two nodes on the same server

The Spectrum Protect scheduler services doesn't auto start scheduler services post reboot for two nodenames.. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/spectrum-protect/8.1.6?topic=spso-setting-client-scheduler-process-run-as-background-task-start-automatically...
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 5 Future consideration

Rentention Sets for SAP/ERP

Spectrum Protect retention sets are utilized to achieve longer data retention without the need to make further interactions with the host. This capability is available for file and 'VE' data. We need this to be extended for other use cases, and in...
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

customer needs to be able to manage Spectrum Protect volumes not in defined within a storage pool.

A customer needs more information in the Operations Center to be able to manage volumes not part of a storage pool. Specifically:- volumes containing exported data.- volumes containing backupsets.- DB backup/DBSnapshot media.- volumes correlated t...
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

FlashSystem GUI + FCM + SGC --> NO PHYSICAL CAPACITY INFO

In a FS config + FCM drives, working with CSM ans SGC (SafeGuarded Copies).Each SGC reserve 2% of LOGICALcapacity of source volume. But there is not possible to view PHYSICAL CAPACITY information after FCM compression. Virtualize GUI do not show r...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

Increased number of concurrent SSH connections and allow us to manage open ssh connections

Allow an increased number of available ssh sessions into an SVC and allow us to terminate or timeout hung or idle connections.
about 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

Flash/SSDs Wear & Endurance GUI Monitoring

Urgently requested for Spectrum Storage Insight and Spectrum Virtualize GUI feature enhancement, to include tracking and monitoring of the Flash/SSDs devices on their wear and endurance. Competitors already having such features on their GUI dashbo...
over 5 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Adjust DECOMMISION NODE command to show ALL the changes done by it

ISP server administrators will benefit from it by spending less time on collecting action evidences for ticketing systems. Currently the command DECOMMISSION NODE with WAIT=YES doesn't show all the changes that command is doing. Check the piece of...
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

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