IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    Please notify the IBM storage End of Availability (EOA) and End of Support (EOS) service dates through the Storage Insight Manager.

    Currently, we are managing multiple IBM storage systems of different models located at various sites. These devices were purchased from different business partners. Often, we are unaware of the exact EOA (End of Availability) and EOS (End of Suppo...
    29 days ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Submitted

    add graphs to reports

    when creating performance reports and chosing PDF or HTML as the preferred format, it would be very helpful to include a graph of the selected metrics as well. (much like in the upper half of the SI performance view.)
    over 1 year ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Planned for future release

    Storage Scale integration with Storage Insights

    To have fully overview on what is goning on on the ESS/SCALE cluster in a daily operation: And hopfully lead to a single pane of glass for day to day operations File Activity Tracking File Age Distribution File Count and Size Breakdown Snapshots O...
    10 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Not under consideration

    Search for the node serial number

    When we see a CSP ticket with a link to storage insights, the link points to the machine park, not the specific device for which the ticket is open. There is no search option to check for the node serial number. The node serial number is listed in...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 2 Planned for future release

    "Snapshot Written Capacity (GiB)" metric available for reports

    Currently the metric "Snapshot Written Capacity (GiB)" is available to chart under Volume Group->Capacity, but it's not possible to include this metric in a report. This is essential to understand what each VM etc consumes in snapshots, for exa...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Under review

    Add the ability to use more"custom tag" fields with a tag manager

    We are all familiar with the Custom Tag1, Custom Tag2, and Custom Tag3 fields but many of us find ourselves needing more tags for advanced filtering or for an ideal place to keep up with common attributes. The new GUI seems to have this as a place...
    about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Submitted

    Add ability to schedule the capacity growth forecast report

    The capacity growth forecast report is currently a manually generated report which cannot be scheduled to be generated and delivered on a monthly basis for example.
    11 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Planned for future release

    Tape Library Support

    Add support for IBM tape libraries in Spectrum Control and Storage Insights to monitor code levels, performance of robotics, performance of tape drives and capacity of the library.
    almost 5 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 5 Planned for future release

    SI "New Experience": add option to export graphs on storage system overview dashboard

    customer would like to export a daily graph of the top 10 vols data rate, of the last 24h
    7 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Planned for future release

    SI Data Collector in Windows should not relay on WMIC due to deprecation

    The Windows data collector service relies on the WMIC command which has been deprecated since 2016 and it is recommended to replace its use with powershell functions. On newer Windows versions (eg 11 and 2025), WMIC is not installed by default, an...
    6 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Submitted

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