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PINNED Is there a use case for having a host with no ports in a host cluster?
A host cluster is an existing concept in FlashSystem used to simplify the configuration of a number of similar hosts, usually with the same volume mappings. The question is, is there a use case for having a host in a host cluster that has no ports...

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New Swap Active/Standby command that completes a Takeover and immediately restores synchronization from the new Active and Standby servers

In order to swap the Active and Standby servers, current csm functionality requires the following steps: 1. Takeover command issued to the Standby - wait for the Standby (new Active) to complete its startup processing. 2. Set Standby issued to the...
3 days ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Under review

Improvement of Automatical Certificate Distribution

It is possible to distribute a new certificate with help of cert_distribute.sh script.This script has 3 "actions" distribute, report and cleanup."distribute" make automatical distribution of new ceritificate in the form of 4 schedules for each dom...
4 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Submitted

Compatibility IBM Storage Protect Server version 8.1.24, running on AIX 7.3 servers.Backup tasks are executed using the NDMP protocol with shared paths from a NAS Isilon OneFS to version 9.7.1.7

Currently, the client has their backup system based on IBM Storage Protect Server version 8.1.24, running on AIX 7.3 servers.Backup tasks are executed using the NDMP protocol with shared paths from a NAS Isilon OneFS to version 9.7.1.7.It is possi...
4 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

request for status updates on cloudera manager interface when we restart/start/stop services from CLI .

Hi Team, Documentation: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-scale-bda?topic=installing-cloudera-data-platform-private-cloud-base-spectrum-scale You need to stop the HDFS Transparency nodes because the Cloudera Manager can only manage HDFS Transpar...
4 days ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

A potential improvements for tape access from z Cyber Vault. Related to TS7700, RMM and TCDB.

This Idea is regarding z Cyber Vault and tape usage. An improvements for tape access from z Cyber Vault which is a hot topic in many installations these years. IBM have delivered a solution where we can use tape actively in a z Cyber Vault - safe ...
5 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 2 Under review

Allow Storage Insights to recieve and pass on notifications from other tools such as CSM

The idea is to make SI the single pain of glass for the entire storage environment. An example would be for it to log notification from CSM when replicated volumes go out of sync. This would reduce the number of IBM tools the customer has to setup...
5 days ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Submitted

The DS8 screens need to account for Journal Date when showing capacity

The current screens do not account for journal data when showing capacity numbers. This can lead to confusion. SI can show a DS8 is only 50% full but if it is doing replication with journal volumes it may spike up to higher at times. Meaning the c...
5 days ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Submitted

Global Mirror RPO Alerting from DS8000

Clients running Global Mirror replication are always concerned about the state of their replication - mainly through the RPO metric. Currently, there is no direct RPO reporting that is handled by the DS8000 system itself. For clients not using man...
5 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

DS8K - Multiple local user support when AD/LDAP is configured

In DS8K - post configuration of AD/LDAP, it allows only one user in addition to LDAP users. Since we have local users created for different purposes (for e.g. CSM replication user, Spectrum Controller user, Monitoring tool integration users, Servi...
5 days ago in IBM DS8000 2 Submitted

Deep Archive and Vaulting

IBM Storage Deep Archive software version 1.2.0 does not currently include support for off-site or out-of-library tape vaulting . Although this functionality is not used on a daily basis, it could be very useful for customers who need to export ca...
5 days ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive 1 Submitted