IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    Add a screen to the HMC that shows disk encryption and what encryption algorithm is in use.

    For Audit compliance we need a screen on the DS8K HMC that shows disk encryption is enabled and what algorithm is in use (i.e. AES-256).
    4 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Planned for future release

    Query mount option to allow filtering for library name

    We have multiple Storage Protect library manager servers which manage multiple logical TS4500 libraries with more than 100 drives. In such large environments it is not useful that QUERY MOUNT is showing mounts of all libraries in one output. For e...
    about 1 month ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Submitted

    enhance onboard performance monitoring

    For many years customers have been asking to enhance the built-in performance monitoring capabilities in StorV's GUI. For a while now we're offering a 60 days history but only at an overall system/node level. However, many customers expect from an...
    5 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

    Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) and Dynamic Floating IP Pools for iSCSI/NVMe-oF in IBM Storage Virtualize (FlashSystem 9500)

    Currently, IBM Storage Virtualize maps storage IP addresses directly and rigidly to physical Node Canister ports. Attempting to assign multiple iSCSI or NVMe-over-TCP IP addresses from the same subnet to a single physical interface introduces glob...
    26 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

    Provide incremental backup capabilities from DDP to S3 Glacier target

    Idea: Enable Defender Data Protect (DDP) to perform incremental backups directly to S3 Glacier-based tape storage targets such as IBM Storage Protect (SP) S3 storage agent and IBM Deep Archive on Diamondback. Business Use Case: While Defender Data...
    about 1 year ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Submitted

    cesSharedRoot and cnfsSharedRoot effeciency improvements

    The cesSharedRoot and cnfsSharedRoot requirements made economic sense in the past, before mmvdisk began enforcing a minimum of 4 vdisks per Data Adapter (DA) on SSD-based Recovery Groups (RGs). Currently, in a single ESS Building Block, depending ...
    about 1 year ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 6 Not under consideration

    mmputacl recursive option enhancement request

    Do you have any suggestions how we can do a recursive ACL change efficiently using mmputacl? For directory trees that include millions of files, running mmputacl on each file or directory using a file list generated by, let's say, the find command...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 4 Future consideration

    Including New Generation Flashsystem in IBM Storage Protect server Blueprints

    The existing IBM Storage Protect Server Blueprints reference and provide validation results for IBM FlashSystem 5015, 5035, and 5200 models only. However, newer IBM FlashSystem platforms such as FlashSystem 5600, 7600, and other current-generation...
    about 2 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

    Enhancement Request: Preserve Tape Attributes During CPYRFSH

    Why is it useful? During a TS7700 Copy Refresh (CPYRFSH), data is migrated from an existing cluster (for example, VED) to a new cluster (for example, VEF). Currently, the target cluster treats the copied logical volumes as newly created volumes, c...
    2 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Under review

    FlashSystems supported by Nutanix as external storage

    FlashSystems supported by Nutanix as external storage like Dell and Pure will allow us to compete against these companies in those environment.
    about 1 year ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Future consideration

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