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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...
over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

Command to check compressed usage size for each fileset quickly

We are performing IBM Spectrum Scale compression on each fileset on daily basis through gpfs policies. The df command is not showing the accurate usage for each fileset and only du shows the actual usage. But since du usually takes long time to pr...
almost 4 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 5 Not under consideration

Need to add the total number of nodes and enclosures column to the array tabular view

Today its a common ask in a large environment how many total enclosures or nodes are in a cluster and the only option is to drill into each cluster. Under internal resources we actually have total nodes and enclosures displayed. But this can take ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

RPO Monitoring by using the CSM status

The RPO is monitoring in a CSM Global Mirror session by using RPO alerts, according to warning and severe level thresholds. When RPO warning level is reached an IWNR2751W message will be seen in the CSM console log, and when RPO severe level is re...
over 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 4 Not under consideration

Lessen Spectrum Scale CNSA's pods dependency on running as super user (root)

Today as of Scale version 5.1.1.4, some of the Container Native Storage Access (CNSA) containers for running Scale on Openshift have the need to run as super-user (root). Although it's understandable from the multi-decade history of Scale itself a...
about 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

Adding a vSnap to 2 SPP appliances

The current Spectrum Protect Plus topology allows only one management (Spectrum Protect Plus VM) appliance to connect vSnaps.We should be able to add a vSnap to 2 different Spectrum Protect Plus appliances.
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Future consideration

Manage instances eligible with the automatic deployment on OC

System: Product Spectrum ProtectActor: User needing new feature We would like to manage instances eligible with the automatic deployment on OC.As we have several instances and some with data retention licences.We would like to exclude them from th...
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 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

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
over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

SVC vSphere Plug-in supporting vdisk mirror

The vSpehere Plug-in for VMware should be enhance so that the admin using the plug-in will be able t specify more detailed properties when creating a vdisk on SVC. Especially the definition of vdisk mirroring is important because we use SVC Split ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

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