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    ESS call home for disk failures should include the RG\disk name in the IBM case title

    In ESS call home for disk failures, when a case is created the case title is very generic and reports an error number 'Error Code: DSK00001'. Problem The challenge is that when disks fail, it is difficult to relate a specific disk failure to an IB...
    over 3 years ago in Storage Scale System 0 Future consideration

    TLS Email Support

    Today does IBM Storage Protect OC has support to email reports over email, but this hasn't been updated for a wild now and the supported protocol is a unsecure SMTP port 25 communcation and we can always create a SMTP tunnel to a Cloud SMTP Server...
    about 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 2 Future consideration

    Update Cognos Analytics to a more current version

    At this moment with Spectrum Control 5.4.12.x the Cognos Analytics version offered via Passport Advantage is still version 11.2.1.Latest fixes for this Cognos version are from January 2022. Our security department is demanding that we fix a number...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Control 0 Submitted

    Possibility to deploy/update Client Management Services (CMS) using Spectrum Protect Operation Center

    Update of Client Management Services (CMS) using Spectrum Protect Operation Center is not possible.
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 0 Not under consideration

    DS8000 Submitting a Test Call Home Case

    This would be useful to make sure a call home case gets submitted to IBM Support. The test call home feature is good, but would like it to be more comprehensive. This shows that its able to make a connection and is able to create a case after let'...
    11 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    Provide functionality for a "Time Protected Checkout" from Safeguarded Logical Library

    The use of Safeguarded Tape increases the potential attack vector on the tape library's management interfaces. The ability to configure a minimum time period that must elapse after assigning/checkin a cartridge/volume to the "Safeguarded" logical ...
    11 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Future consideration

    Possibility to provide more granular RBAC permissions

    The use of Safeguarded Tape increases the potential attack vector on the tape library's management interfaces. The currently implemented options for assigning role-based permissions do not allow these permissions to be assigned granularly to indiv...
    11 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

    Implement IP filter for defining on how to access the IP-based mangement interfaces of a TS4500 library

    The use of "Safeguarded Tape" increases the potential attack vector on the tape library's management interfaces. One way to better protect these interfaces would be the functionality of an "IP filter" (integrated in the TS4500 internal ICC), which...
    11 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Future consideration

    V8.4.0.5 Remote Copy GUI need to show all consistency groups and their freeze times on first screen.

    V8.4.0.5 Remote Copy needs to show all consistency groups and their freeze times on first screen. V8.4.0.5 Remote Copy GUI now takes 16 keystrokes to view 7 consistency group freeze times. It takes 3 keystrokes to view one consistency group freeze...
    about 4 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 8 Future consideration

    Add a Quantity field to the Licensed Feature Codes table in the MI GUI for TS7700

    When installing new feature code licenses on the TS7700 GUI, there is not a quantity count for some of the features such as FC 5263. We recently ordered new licensed capacity for TS7700 (QTY 3 of FC 5263 for a total of 300TB). We got one key code ...
    7 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Under review

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