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    Provide IP filtering capability for the DS8000 platform

    Provide IP filtering capability (or an allow list) that would allow customer inbound access to the DSGUI, DSCLI and WUI (HMC) for a list of configurable IP addresses (IPv4 or IPv6 format) or DNS names and explicitly deny everything else. The IP fi...
    over 5 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

    ESS GUI file system resize option requested

    It would be nice to be able to increase the size of an existing gpfs file system from within the ESS GUI instead of having to do it on the command line.
    9 months ago in Storage Scale System 0 Under review

    SVC to allow more than 4 remote partnerships

    In current situation an SVC cluster can only have 3 Remote Copy partnerships. Proposed resolution: Enlarge the number of RC partnerships Business impact: RC connection between more than 4 SVCs
    over 8 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Planned for future release

    Flashsystem : Behavior when the management IP port cable is disconnected

    If the cable of the node with the management IP on the side with the management IP is disconnected, there will be no SNMP signal or syslog signal forever.
    over 4 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

    Log server tcp port as well together with client ip/port in access log.

    Today the server logs entries similar to the following: 03/03/22 09:02:58 ANR0406I Session 83331 started for node HOST.EXAMPLE.COM (Linux x86-64) (SSL host.example.com[dead:beef::1]:45186). (SESSION: 83331) However, there is no logging of which se...
    almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    When adding SMTP information provide a Test button which will send a test email

    When adding SMTP information provide a Test button which will send a test email.
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    Update VM success/failed summary for a job dynamically

    When multiple VMs are being backed up there is no indication of how many VMs have been saved or have failed until the job is complete. The audit log for the job shows that some VMs have completed successfully and some have failed. Can the successf...
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

    Change password expiration for only one userid

    Hello, We would like to know if it is possible to create a command to change the password expiration for only one userid, not for all the userid on the ds8k. today when we use the chpass command the password is changed for al the user id from the ...
    over 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

    Support GC-GC cascaded start option in 3 site MT sessions

    When using CSM for migration scenarios in 3 site topologies, a typical approach is to migrate via PPRC Failover or HyperSwap from old MGM cascade to a new GC-GC cascade. Today, the new GC-GC cascade requires to use temporary 2 site MM sessions bei...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    SPP ram requirements

    Spectrum Protect Plus has 2 main components; SPP appliance (management) and vSnap.They both has high amount of RAM requirement.We are having issues when explaining this requirement to our customers as MSP. Because as the amount of data grows, the ...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

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