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Query Table Columns selection not sorted

When working in Query Builder we found that the "Table Columns" selection list was sorted in order it was added to Spectrum Discover, not alphabetically sorted, this makes finding the desire column to select.
about 3 years ago in Spectrum Discover 0 Future consideration

DMAPI session info truncated on non-session nodes

observed on Spectrum Scale 5.1.0 + 5.1.5 invoking dm_query_session on the session node returns session info as expected. However, invoking the same call on non-session nodes returns the first 8 bytes of session info only, followed by the NULL cha...
over 1 year ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

DMAPI dm_getall_disp returns unexpected dispositions

observed on Spectrum Scale 5.1.0 + 5.1.5 For the set of sessions and dispositions: M1 - session which has called dm_set_disp on the global handle to receive mount events F1 - session which has called dm_set_disp on an fs (fs1) during a mount event...
over 1 year ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

VTS db2 reorg planning change

VTS db2 reorg is statically planned. Due to client activity changes, it comes a time where reorg is planned during high VTS activity and then does not end within the required amount of time. Reorg may not be effective until many weeks. As of today...
about 6 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Future consideration

SPP micro version

We are an IBM business partner and have small and large scale customers.Spectrum Protect Plus is set for 48 GB 1000 VMs with minimum ram requirement, but we also have many customers with 50 -100 VMs.These customers think 48 GB is too much for ram ...
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Require key auth SSH only for Storage Insights, SpectrumScale

System: IBM Spectrum Control Storage InsightsActor: Organisation needing new auth-method enabled to be able to consume platform UQ has evolved data governance, capacity management and growth metrics as a key import factor in project planning and f...
over 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Spectrum Copy Data management duplicate job option

Customer would like the ability in the jobs tab.The ability to right click a job and to duplicate.
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

Report the opened IBM ticket number back to the Storwize GUI after a call home occurred.

Feature: Report the opened IBM ticket number back to the Storwize GUI after a call home occurred. When the Storwize system makes a call home we do not know if it successfully created a ticket at IBM. Also when IBM calls back and you have multiple ...
about 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

For V7000 and SVC create an automated report for the status of Global Mirror sessions

Create a global mirroring report providing the status of V7000 and SVC Global mirroring that can be automatically run daily and sent via email to end users. Should contain the following (at a minimum)CG_Name Active Connnected CurrentDate/Time Last...
over 6 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

ELB not managed by TPC/R

For an effective and convenient management of a DS8000 replication environment, it would be very useful if TPC-R could manage ELB timeout for every LCU/LSS in a MM/MGM environment. In fact, a clear display of this parameter for the session (e.g. t...
about 11 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Future consideration

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