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    Predictable handling of encrypted EXT4 directories on Linux

    For now the error when accessing an encrypted EXT4 directory by the backup client can be ignored by a setting in dsm.sys (see support case). But this leads to the effect, that an encrypted directory will be considered in a backup if the encryption...
    19 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 0 Submitted

    New Flash 4th Site command in 4 Site Replication Enhanced session

    It is requested to provide a new command "Flash 4th Site" that would provide similar functionality to the "Flash 3rd Site" command. We would request that the 4 Site session, knowing the current 4th site, would carry out all of the steps required t...
    27 days ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Integrate SGC Hold and Release Commands into 4 Site Replication Enhanced session

    The recently delivered SGC Hold and Preserve Backups command and the SGC Release Backup Expiration command are extremely useful for certain clients. In a 4 site environment, the Scheduled Task to automate this process must either me modified upon ...
    27 days ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Integration with Storage Insights

    Hello Product Team, It is an imperative that our solutions have the ability to be easy managed by our customers, adding the fact that Mainframe customers are contracting younger professionals that are much more familiar to interact with web interf...
    over 1 year ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 13 Planned for future release

    Improvement of error logs and alerts to register warnings and evidence of error source

    Preventive node asserts/warmstart of Flashsystems occurs after the system detects a certain amount of errors. It would be interesting to see early warnings before the nodestart happens as well as clear indication of where these errors are coming f...
    8 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

    Add Filter to the Role Pair Panel

    When working on larger CSM configurations with large number of copysets (10,000+), it is difficult to find specific volumes when looking in the Role Pair Details page. It would be very useful to have a Filter box to very quickly find certain volum...
    28 days ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Storage Nickname Column in the Storage Panel for DS8000

    For larger clients that have numerous DS8000s (or for any storage systems, I guess), it would be very helpful if CSM users could specify a customizable "nickname" for each DS8000 which would show up as another column in the storage panel. It would...
    28 days ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Allowing a host to be a member of multiple host_clusters

    Our strategic FlashSystem customers has requested an enhancement to improve flexibility in their environment. Today, a host can only be associated with a single host_cluster, which limits certain operational scenarios. The 1:1 restriction creates ...
    5 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Under review

    mmdsh rest api command

    With the transition from ssh-based commanding to the Rest API, the functionality of mmdsh needs to be maintained. Currently, this command's functionality will no longer be supported once a cluster is migrated off of ssh-based communications. Many ...
    7 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

    IBM Spectrum Virtualize Family Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) support and compatibility for Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) host environment.

    Incorporating IBM Spectrum Virtualize Family Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) support and compatibility for Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) host environments would significantly enhance functionality. This enhancement would enable clients curr...
    10 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

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