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CSM FCM show incorrect CylinderCount on EAVs with more than 999999 Cyl

CSM FCM (FlashCopyManager) does not show the correct Cylinder count in case of using EAV Volumes with more than 999,999 Cyls. FCM truncates first digit For me this is a defect and should be solved on PMR basis. IBM told me to open RFE.I hope, this...
over 5 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

Simplify and Enhance the Copyset Build Process using the GUI Copyset Build Wizard

We utilize CSM in our environment a lot and that utilization is increasing. Typically and probably for most users, we build the session and then have to go out to excel or some other method externally to build the .csv to build the copyset pairing...
about 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

Storage Insights to Allow CSV Reporting for Consumer and Chargeback Reports

Please add the ability to send CSV attachments of the Consumer and Chargeback reports, as have been added for the other reports available in Storage Insights. Also if there can be an option to add a line with totals at the bottom of each report th...
over 5 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Operation center does not support working with server groups

Because of the size of our environment (30 servers) we use servergroups for several things like for instance routing a command to several servers at once. The use, creation and modification of server groups is currently not supported in operation ...
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

Protecting Wide Cluster resources using Fusion UI

If we want to protect any cluster resources of any namespace, We have to create a recipe and assign it to specific application
8 months ago in Storage Fusion 1 Future consideration

Check Backed up OpenShift Resources through Fusion UI

Only way to verify backed up resources within a namespace is using scripts. Doing this through Fusion UI is going to be a lot better. Specially in larger OCP deployments.
8 months ago in Storage Fusion 1 Future consideration

When Safeguarded Copy is out of capacity, allow for either oldest to delete or newest to not be created

Give Safeguarded Copy customers a choice to either not create a new copy, or delete the oldest copy when SGC capacity is not sufficient to create a new copy
about 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

Global Mirror volume write throughput

Need an ability to see the Global Mirror Volumes listed on "Copy Data Screen" under General Tab. Also, need a total value of Global Mirror auxiliary volume write throughput as mentioned in the following webpage: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/spectru...
over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Future consideration

Catalog backup SLA report

Hello, We are a MSP which has ESA agreement with IBM. We provide IBM Spectrum Protect Plus as a service to our customers and guarantee %100 restore for the backups they take.Of course, we only offer this to our customers who receive Managed Servic...
about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 3 Future consideration

Storage Insights Pro Support for HDS Ops Center

Hitachi is advising customers to switch to Ops Center. SI Pro does not support Ops Center, only Command Suite. SI Pro must incorporate Ops Center in order to be compatible with Hitachi devices.
over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration