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configure SP API so that traffic uses client-side encryption without an explicit call from the API client

Customers require the ability to secure data from storage protect/spectrum protect server administrative staff. Currently, this can only be done by enabling client-side encryption. For API clients, encryption is only enabled if the client software...
11 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

Support RHEL as OS for Storage Sentinel SCAN server

Now, it is only supported SLES 15.4 as OS for Storage Sentinel SCAN server. But, my client and many customers in the world are using RHEL(x86_64) as OS for IA-Linux environment. Providing additional SLES, not RHEL is an unacceptable requirement fo...
6 months ago in Storage Defender 1 Future consideration

Allow IBM Spectrum Protect Client installed directly on ESS Appliance Family

When performing backup operations on ESS using MMbackup and IBM Spectrum Protect, the current architecture needs to have a Backup Proxy in order to configure the IBM Spectrum Protect and MMbackup. In this configuration, MMbackup currently forces t...
over 1 year ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Future consideration

Ransomware detection functionality for IBM Storage Protect.

IBM Storage Protect should provides a way to detect possible ransomware attack on backed-up and/or archived data. While I believe the best solution is to employ IBM Storage Insights to provide such functionality because IBM Storage Virtualize on I...
6 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

CNSA Support for Per-PV Encryption

Add support for Scale CNSA to provide per-PV encryption allowing for each PV to use its own encryption key from GKLM or HashiCorp Vault. This would be configured as part of the encryption config CR for the PVC. Allow for each fileset associated wi...
about 2 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Future consideration

Enable multi protocol CES SMB / NFS rolling upgrades when CTDB upgrade is within a minor version.

When a multi protocol SMB and NFS CES cluster is upgraded, a short full stop of all CES protocols is required due to CTDB not allowing mixed major or minor versions. This can often cause issues with NFS mounts, if it is not possible to unmount the...
2 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

TSS - Enable DNS over TLS

To implement concepts like zero-trust it must be possible to define in the TSS management console the Name Server as a secured one using DNSSEC and either DNS over HTTPS (DoH) or DNS over TLS (DoT).
4 months ago in IBM TS7700 0 Future consideration

Dark site - Airgapped installation of S. Defender

There are multiple situations where SaaS deployment cannot be done per security restrictions. We need an option to have S.Defender control plane deployed onprem as not always cloud deployment is possible
almost 1 year ago in Storage Defender 1 Future consideration

Allow the CSM DSCLI for Z logs directory to point to a user-specified location.

Modify the CSM DSCLI for Z product such that the logs directory, and any other directory the product writes to, can be directed to another location than the product's install location, currently CSM_ProductionRoot/logs. This would be an environmen...
about 1 month ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

List Fileset Capacity of Data in Different Pools

Using the mmlsfileset command, GUI, or both - add ability to see what is the capacity of the fileset on differnet pools. If a filesystem has different pools ie. system, tier1, tier2, etc... using the mmlsfileset command get the percentage of the f...
5 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

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