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    On premises S3 as a source for protection

    Many customers are starting to ask for on premises S3 to be protected as part of their daily routine. Defender DP can currently protect S3 data based on AWS ( https://docs.cohesity.com/7_1_2/Web/UserGuide/Content/Cloud/protect-amazon-s3.htm?Highli...
    over 1 year ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 1

    Compatibility matrix of Spectrum Virtualize - Automated process.

    Customers always have a hard time to check the compatibility matrix each time they need to upgrade version of Spectrum Virtualize. They need to do extensive manual workload to check the compatibility and they always complaining about it. Also cust...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Future consideration

    Lock a SP client node and all its backup and archive data to prevent changes and deletions

    In case of a ransom ware attack, customer immediately locks affected Storage Protect Client nodes to prevent attacked nodes from accessing the Storage Protect server. This is done to prevent changes to the Storage Protect clients backup and to pre...
    5 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

    Launch Defender Licensing calculator service to enable self-service license planning

    There's a need to launch a Defender Licensing calculator service within the platform to increase transparency and enable self-service for Defender customers The information and platform is already available within IBM and IBM Ecosystem organizatio...
    11 months ago in Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service (DRS) 1 Future consideration

    Add a SYSLOG option for console logs

    In addition to having the option to view the console logs in the user interface add an option to offload to a syslog server similar to hardware platforms (DS8, VTS, etc).
    9 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Future consideration

    A flag for File TTL in AFM Prefetch --list-files

    When files are prefetch, users knows the useful life of the the files prefetched. In mmafmctl Device prefetch -j FilesetName --list-files, add an flag to set TTL for all the files being fetched. When TTL is reached, eviction should occur. This pre...
    about 2 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Submitted

    Updates to AFMConfig map should refresh non-disruptively

    When NFS Home servers are brought offline for maintenance, we will have automation that updates automatically update the AFM Config map relationship. AFM needs to honor this updated map non-disruptively. Currently this is a disruptive event where ...
    about 2 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Submitted

    Enable mmbackup to Work on Dependent Filesets

    Currently, mmbackup does not support running directly on dependent filesets. This limitation creates operational challenges in environments where independepdent fileset reach upto max limit (3000) . Customers cannot prevent dependent filesets grow...
    3 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Submitted

    Configuration of NTP must be done using NTP-SHA2 algorithm using symmetric key

    RBI has brought a notice to banks in India for below: Observation details & Manner of Compliance: Observation as per the report 3.9.15 - 'Stratum' Network Time Protocol (NTP) solution used by the bank for NTP synchronization configured with NT...
    9 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 6 Planned for future release

    Additional OS Support for Storage Defender Sensors

    IBM Storage Defender includes Sensors that are invented by IBM Research and are first active AI-backed threat detection against malware filesystem activity tye of sensors in market. The additional file-level ransomware active threat detection prov...
    about 1 year ago in Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service (DRS) 2 Future consideration

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