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    avoid external ssh access to spp container pods for ISP Plus kubernetes backup

    In release 10.1.6 of ISP Plus ssh access to the spp agent container pods is needed from outside the k8s cluster (ISPP Server needs this access).There are security concerns at a customer site due to this requirement.SPP server to spp agent pod comm...
    about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

    List each zone name, not just the zone sets

    It would be very helpful to list each of the zone names, not just the number of zones in a zone set.
    over 1 year ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Not under consideration

    Support for Azure MFA and other MFA providers

    Given the focus on security, it would be of real benefit if the Spectrum Suite of applications (but specifically Protect, Protect Plus, Operations Centre) could support MFA for administrator logon, in particular Azure MFA.
    almost 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Future consideration

    A function is required for directory container pools to balance the fill level of multiple storage pool directories

    A function is required for directory container pools to balance the fill level of multiple storage pool directories, especially when an additional storagepool directory is added.Otherwise the Move Container scripts must be generated and started dy...
    almost 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

    LDAP Direct Authentication - Multiple placeholders strings for Direct Auth

    LDAP/AD environments are sometimes complicated and users can exist in multiple OUs and Domains. To remove the necessity for an LDAP bind ID we would need to have the ability to search the LDAP forest or allow for multiple placeholder strings. Plea...
    about 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    zHyperlink performance monitoring

    Spectrum Control is a tool that customer use to manage their capacity, performance and other metrics of Storage environments. Although the Tool/Software have a lot of functions, I realized the zHyperlink performance monitoring aren't one of their ...
    over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Control 3 Future consideration

    Delete orphaned entries in DEDUPSTATS

    In Spectrum Protect there is a requirement to use the GENERATE DEDUPSTATS command to determine the deduplication performance on an individual node / filespace level. The DELETE DEDUPSTATS command is used to tidy up old entries. However, it will le...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    AFM - flag for file TTL in AFM prefetch --list-files

    When files are prefetch, users knows the useful life of the the files prefetched. In mmafmctl Device prefetch -j FilesetName --list-files, add an flag to set TTL for all the files being fetched. When TTL is reached, eviction should occur. This pre...
    10 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Submitted

    AFM - Update AFMConfig map without service disruption

    When NFS Home servers are brought offline for maintenance, we will have automation that updates automatically update the AFM Config map relationship. AFM needs to honor this updated map non-disruptively. Currently this is a disruptive event where ...
    10 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Planned for future release

    TS7700 improve cloude connection on dedicated NIC

    Currently to implement Cloud connection from FS7700 to any cloud provider the same NIC used for grid replication is used. To improve performances it is helpful to have a dedicated connectivity with additional NIC within VED
    over 3 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Planned for future release

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