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Add number of mounts to REST GET DataCartridges response

With the new media lifecycle information provided in mount history report and via REST, clienst will also want to know the number of mounts for cartridges. The mount history report provides the mount count, the REST API doesn't. For automation pur...
about 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 2 Delivered

Allow IBMi to backup to Spectrum Protect (again)

IBMi used to be able to backup using a TSM client to a TSM/Spectrum Protect Server.With IBM Protectier TS7650 being removed, our IBM i core banking environment no longer has a disk-based BRMS VTL to backup to.We have IBM Spectrum Protect running a...
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 4 Delivered

Augmenting storage controller code/capability to erase disk data satisfying regulatory requirements

With increasingly strict compliance by Reserve Bank Of India [similar central bank in other countries], banks need to mandate that any storage media leaving their premise does not carry any data. Therefore clients want to ensure data is erased com...
about 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

snapdiff option for clustered ontap (netapp)

HelloWe have new Netapp filers in prodcution since 2 months and these use the new clustered ontap version (8.2). I have opened a PMR because the snapdiff option didn't work on these filers and the support told me that snapdiff was only possible on...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 11 Delivered

IBM's SRA lacks functionality HP does offer

Volume mapping lost after failover and failback using VMWare SRM
almost 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

V7000 and SVC replication via onboard IP links

We'd like to request the ability for the Storwize V7000 and SVC to be able to replicate via Global Mirror using the onboard IP ports on the V7000/SVC. This will eliminate the need to use 3rd devices for FCIP translation and simplify the current an...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 13 Delivered

CSM - Change dual access control options

We would like to have the option to enable dual access control for different operations and different user groups.
about 5 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 4 Delivered

Support for more that one OCP Cluster

With support for only one OCP cluster, It will be difficult for our customers to do upgrades on the same platform. If you have 10 different OpenShift workloads on a single OCP 4.8. cluster. How do you upgrade to some of those workloads to another ...
over 2 years ago in Storage Fusion 4 Delivered

Storewize syslog server for Audit log

We would like to have the option of the Audit log to be sent to a syslog server.The following are some events that are of interest:Create user, delete user, change privilege user, change password, successful login, failed login known user, failed ...
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

Please add formal support for "Storage Groups" on SVC/V7K

There is currently no formal functionality to create a 'storage group' (or container) on SVC/V7K platforms as of version 6.4. Users are forced to either create many multiple individual host-to-lun masks OR create 'arbitrary' storage groups by labe...
about 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Delivered

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