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    High‑Availability Enhancement for TS7700 Microcode Maintenance

    Eliminating planned downtime would deliver a best‑in‑class user experience for TS7700 customers, comparable to the DS8000 series. Currently, downtime is required because the TS7700 architecture relies on a single controller, which must be taken of...
    6 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

    Add the ability to accept a callhome Flash system block device via Rest API

    We are trying to automate tasks across nearly 80 systems, and this number grows with each release. Currently, accepting each system manually through the SI UI is time-consuming. We aim to automate this process using the REST API and validate the i...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Future consideration

    Node replication based on managementclass or storagepool

    Currently node replication can only be issued on a node/filespace basis and backup/archive data. A big global bank has the requirement to replicate all data cross country which are older than 5 years. The data can't be distinguished by filespace o...
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

    Ability to Copy or Tier Storage pool data of File Device class type to S3 compatible COS bucket with Retention Lock set

    As we know it is difficult for Spectrum Protect to manage dedup extents when stored or tiered to a cloud container storage pool and is a major development work, IBM developers may think of introducing this functionality which may be quicker and ea...
    about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    Alternative Archive Destination with Oracle

    If, for any reason, the DB or Backup has had a problem und the archive destination is filled for 100% the DB get's in stuck.DB Administrator will choose an alternative archive destination.After Backup works again, it only backup the archive logs f...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Future consideration

    Add additional commands to IBM Spectrum Protect's command approval infustructure

    IBM Spectrum Protect currently has the ability to require approval from two administrators for certain commands. However, commands like REGISTER ADMIN, UPDATE ADMIN, and REMOVE ADMIN are not included in this framework. From a security point of vie...
    about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Future consideration

    Per-AFM NFS Health Metrics (Mount-Level Visibility)

    Summary: Provide visibility into NFS health per AFM node. Description: There is no granular visibility into which NFS mounts are up or down per AFM node. Impact: Difficult troubleshooting Reduced observability of failures Slower root cause analysi...
    6 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

    Enhanced Lazy Loading & Prefetch Observability (Cache Metrics)

    Summary: Provide detailed cache efficiency metrics. Description: There is limited visibility into lazy loading and prefetch effectiveness, especially cache hit/miss ratios. Impact: Difficult performance tuning No insight into cache efficiency Subo...
    6 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

    Fileset Quota Exceeded — Inconsistent Read Behavior Across Access Paths

    Summary: Ensure consistent error handling for quota-exceeded reads across POSIX and HDFS access. Description: When a fileset quota is exceeded, read behavior differs depending on the access path: POSIX (GPFS path): Correctly returns "disk quota ...
    6 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Is a defect

    Support Custom NFS and mountd Ports in AFM Configuration

    Summary: Allow AFM to connect to NFS servers using custom ports. Description: AFM currently assumes default NFS and mountd ports, limiting each host to a single NFS instance. This prevents full NIC utilization since multiple NFS instances per host...
    6 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Planned for future release

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