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    Storage Insights should close out Advisor Recommendations once the issue is resolved

    For example in Storage Insights we have Advisor notifications for "Software Update Recommendation" and if we open the notification it still lists the "Current Level" as the old level before we upgraded the systems some weeks ago. I would like to s...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Future consideration

    Ability to use the OC Autodeploy feature offline for client upgrades

    Currently, for the OC Auto-deploy feature to upgrade existing clients it requires internet access and connectivity to the IBM repository.
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 2 Not under consideration

    Power 11 model with up to 60 cores per CEC

    The DS8A80 has 24 Power9+ cores per CEC, which is about the same as the DS8980F had, and which is not so much more than the DS8A50 or DS8950F which come with 20 Power9 cores per CEC. Power 11 comes with up to 60 cores per CEC, and a lot more trans...
    6 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

    Add export logs to IBM (call home) via REST API Endpoint.

    With this customer could automated the Datacollection and the export to IBM Ecurep.
    almost 3 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Future consideration

    Dual authentication for TS7700 constructs

    Many of my TS7700 customers are starting to tight up security to protect the environment from both internal and external attack. In the TS7700 grid environment, there is a risk that the TS7700 constructs, especially the MGMTCLAS constructs, can be...
    over 5 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Future consideration

    Add functionality to Storage Insights so that you can see the performance of a volume compared to throttles that are set.

    Understanding how a volume is performing compared to throttles set on it is very important. Currently, throttles are not represented in Storage Insights. I want to be able to see how much of a QoS a volume is using. I also want to be able to set a...
    about 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Future consideration

    cert_distribute.sh should allow customers to input path to dsmcert.kdb file

    In the current cert_distribute.sh implementations as level 8.1.21 and 8.1.22 it is not possible to specify the path to the dsmcert.kdb file. The cert_distribute.sh script has a logic searching for the dsmcert.kdb file (function getWindowsCertKDBPa...
    almost 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Under review

    Support for SAP/Oracle running on AIX with Defender Data Protect

    Many customers use SAP with Oracle on AIX. Since DDP already supports Oracle standalone on AIX, and SAP/Oracle on x86_64, is there roadmap to include SAP/Oracle on AIX as well?
    over 1 year ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Under review

    cert_distribute.sh script should allow customized new client cert file names

    In the current implementations, the cert_distribute.sh shell script at levels 8.1.21 and 8.1.22 is using random file names for the newly created client cert (crt) file. For customer environments with multiple, maybe hundreds of Storage Protect ser...
    almost 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Under review

    followsymbolic option for windows

    There is no option to back up a content of a linked (or junction) directory on Windows.
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

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