IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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Increase fileset limit

The current limits on number of filesets for a Storage Scale file system are: Maximum number of independent filesets per file system: 3000 Maximum number of AFM filesets per file system: 1500 Maximum number of filesets (dependent + independent) pe...
4 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) Submitted

DSCLI Password Field

With recent versions of the DSCLI utility, we can no longer programmatically populate the password field and must instead rely exclusively on the built‑in pwfile mechanism. Additionally, we are unable to use the -passwd flag directly on the comman...
2 months ago in IBM DS8000 Future consideration

Ability to scan snapshots created on both sides of PBHA

New version of DCDM 2.2.27 or another version - The ability to scan snapshots created on both sides of PBHA (via Sentinel) also on the non-production side.
9 months ago in Storage Sentinel Submitted

Ability to set timeout value for importing volume group and file system mount operation within a properties file on the CDM server.

Currently the system lacks this capability, and our environment has on occasion situations that prevent these operations from completing before the hard-coded timeout expires. The ability to tune the time out will prevent the process from failing ...
4 months ago in Storage Copy Data Management Submitted

logical volume retrieve in cache - tool

as IBM lab service unit, we would assist the customer to takeover some tasks the client has to execute by his own side when HW refresh is performed on new ts7700, or when a backup infrastructure change is in place. We need to be able to recall by ...
12 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Under review

Reintroduce NVMe/FC Connectivity Support in IBM Block Storage CSI Driver

The IBM Block Storage CSI driver previously supported NVMe over Fibre Channel (NVMe/FC) connectivity, however, this support was discontinued in newer versions of the driver. NVMe/FC is a critical protocol for clients running latency-sensitive work...
6 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

Is it possible to enable greater than 512 kNFS threads in CNFS? Ideally, the client would like to set the thread count to a max of 4096 (up from the 512 limit).

MLP has requested that IBM enable the ability to test with more than 512 kNFS threads in CNFS due to performance issues observed in their environment. Specifically, MLP wants to increase the thread count to 2048 or 4096. MLP is aware that CNFS is ...
2 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) Not under consideration

DS8K - HMC must support at least 4096-bit RSA keys

Currently DS8K only issues 2048-bit RSA keys which is not sufficient anymore.
7 months ago in IBM DS8000 Planned for future release

Interoperability with Sangfor virtualization

Hi I have a customer here in PH already using FS 5300 and being used by sangfor. Now i’m proposing FS 5600. Attached to a sanfor virtualization. How come my fpq got rejected.
15 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

Improve DS8 Communications Certificate Renewal Process

The current Communication Certificate renewal process is lengthy and cumbersome, and as the industry is moving over the next few years to require rotating certificates every 47 days vs just once a year, improving existing workflows as much as poss...
3 months ago in IBM DS8000 Future consideration

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