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    API endpoint consideration: show file list under a directory

    Currently the gpfs API does not support returning file list under a directory. This limits the developer's ability to retrieve accurate file paths while working with other API endpoints (e.g. get ACL).
    11 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Not under consideration

    DS8000 should send SNMP message (SNM038I) in EBCDIC format, instead of ASCII.

    DS8000 family is an "enterprise-class storage for IBM Z". ASCII is not the standard mainframe encoding format. Converting from ASCII to character is not an easy task. We automate SNM038I via IBM System Automation. To interprete SNM038I (in ASCII f...
    11 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

    Remove -force option from stopsystem command when issued via the GUI (or make it optional)

    When using the GUI (node actions -> power off) to power off a specific SVC node (eg a hardware repair action) the -force option is used in the command svctask stopsystem -force -gui -node x This bypasses the checks for volumes going offline or ...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

    Storage Insights should support the creation of hosts for NVMe-attached devices.

    Storage Insights does not currently support the creation ofhosts for NVMe-attached devices.It needs to include the hosts that are zoned with the NVME protocol in addition to the SAN Capacity (GiB) field.
    11 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Submitted

    Spectrum Protect Plus - G Suite support needed

    We need local backup for ours users who has been migrate from Domino to G Suite.
    about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    Client Support for SnapDiff API v2

    The possibility of using of FlexGroup volume is very necessary for us as supercomputing centre. First by using of FlexGroup volume is possible excite the 100TB boundary of other kinds of NetApp volumes.Working backup with SP Client of such volumes...
    about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

    Currently there is no way to visualize "Virtual Backup capacity" , in Safaguarded copy in DS8950F .

    As SGC is a the next evolution of secured backup, should be valuable if spectrum Control can give
    over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Control 0 Submitted

    Developing a SW Storage Enabler for Windows Failover Clustering module

    I believe that part of the laboratory that develops the "Storage Virtualize" code is made up of people who dealt with XiV, at least that's what Stefano Mensa (IBM) told me. For the XiV platform IBM had developed a SW Storage Enabler for Windows Fa...
    12 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Needs more information

    To include support of remote CES Object Clusters

    Currently, The Official Spectrum Scale Documentation states the following main points.• This setup(Remote Clusters) cannot be used for Object or iSCSI services.• The storage cluster must not have any protocol nodes (CES must be disabled). https://...
    over 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    NFS Export: Show connected clients

    Tool that will list the clients that are connected to *a particular NFS (CES) export*
    almost 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

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