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SP4VE File Level REcovery AD Trusted relationship environment

Today when implementing File Level Recovery(FLR) there is requirement of having the Windows Mount Proxy in the same Active Directory as the target virtual machines (the one to be recovered). What we would like to have is the ability to leverage AD...

Forward Auditlog To Syslogserver

For security reason our systems in the data center have to send their auditlogmessages to centralized syslogservers.
over 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Scheduled Task Creation and Modification commands are needed for REST API and CLI to automate Volume Group Snapshot configuration.

The newer version of Safeguarded Copy in the FlashSystems does not have the sessions automatically imported like the Legacy FC based Safeguarded Copy did. Everything is available to automate this process via the CLI or REST API except the Schedule...
about 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

Spectrum Virtualize 8.4 increase visible size of RC group name in GUI Copy Services->Remote copy

In the SVC 8.4 GUI the remote copy consistency group name on the overview screen (copy services->remote copy) is limited to 11 characters which are then padded with multiple periods... (depending on the special characters used in the name) or t...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

SAML / SSO Authentication

Support SAML to further enhance security and ease of management in environments managing hundreds of devices, or requiring enhanced security mandates.
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Spectrum Protect Node Replication - option to block DELETE BACKUP/ARCHIVE from replicating to target server

Add possibility to supress replicating "delete backup"/"delete archive" commands from node replication, possibly depending on setting "DISSIMILARPOLICIES" or "backdelete/archdelete=no for node on target server (possibly new parameter not to confus...
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 0 Delivered

SI Pro to show DS8 Code Bundle version in addition to SEA/LMC Version

Currently in SI the Firmware attribute for DS8k systems shows the SEA/LMC version, eg 7.8.53.45 but elsewhere under recommendations for code levels SI shows the code bundle version, eg 88.53.15.0. It would be helpful if Firmware in SI would show t...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Delivered

Integration of Perl rebalance script

SVC should provide a option to re-distribute the capacity when new mdisks are added to pools
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

New V7000 generation

HW refresh of V7000, more ports (16 GB), more cache, more CPU
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Storage Insights Should List Timestamps Consistently

I noticed that when we are looking on the Performance tab the time selection dropdowns are in 24 hour time but on the axis of the chart which is drawn, they are in 12-hour time. Sometimes the chart axis lists "AM/PM" but other times it does not.
about 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 2 Delivered