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Usage of DS8000 Client certificate to eliminate stored password within MCDS.

Usage of DS8000 Client certificate to eliminate stored password within MCDS. We basically looking to eliminate the need to store any Passwords even though it may be encrypted.
over 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

The GUI should work with multiple proxies (Proxy-HA)

The support of several proxy servers (proxy-HA) is a widely used method throughout the routeClient -> Hardware Loadbalancer -> Proxy server -> Loadbalancer -> GUI-HA to ensure reliability.
over 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Future consideration

Add Host Connections Column to Block Storage Systems

Add the number of Host Connections as an available column in the Storage Systems table view. We already have Pools, Volumes, Drives, Remote Connections, etc, but we're missing the number of Hosts.
over 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Future consideration

SpectrumProtectPlus Feature add

Government Audit requirement, customer is requesting. Is there a way on the back end to rename an SLA without impact existing backup data in SPP? 2. Can an editable “description” field be added to the SLA object in the SPP dashboard so we can indi...
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Super easy way to begin.

It feels to me like we’re walking away from customers who are critical to our Cloud success. Development has told me they have been forced into supporting a 4-node cluster as the bare minimum for Fusion Data Catalog (FDC). I believe this is an inc...
11 months ago in Storage Fusion 0 Future consideration

A better way (single node cluster)

11 months ago in Storage Discover 0 Future consideration

Support for wildcards in directory restore command.

Support for wildcards in directory restore command.We want to have same wildcard ussage for Query backup command and Restore command. Now are wildcards in restore command restricted to be used in the file name or extension; they cannot be used in ...
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

encryptkey with LAN-free does not work on Spectrum Protect v8.1.6

End User upgrade their IBM Spectrum Protect to version 8.1.6. They requested to have client encryption to fulfill their security requirements. However, the client encryption function that supported before is told no longer working now ("encryptkey...
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

allow audit of copy-container pools

Some customers demand proof-read of tape based storage pools on a regular basis. We have used AUDIT VOLUME for this purpose even though its primary purpose is to check consistency of data but by doing that, it also reads all data from the tapes. B...
almost 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

CSM Option to Send Alert When Session Returns to Normal Status

We would like the option to have CSM send an alert when sessions return to a Normal status after they have gone to a Warning or Critical status.
over 3 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Future consideration