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IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM System Storage products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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SPP - restart a job for one VM in Sla

we need to restart a backup job for one VM (if errors during last sla jobs)
about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Not under consideration

Proactive support service within Operations Center

Operations Center Proactive Support with Health monitor and Advisor.
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

Spectrum Protect for HADOOP File System

There is a need for Spectrum Protect to protect Hadoop file system
about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

Test Restore Periodically

Restore customer data Periodically without needing of system outage or stand by system.
about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Future consideration

Migrate system pool from non-vdisk to vdisk NSDs

GEICO is in the process of migrating from older Scale infrastructure to an ESS infrastructure. Non-disruptive migration is blocked when Migrate system pool from non-vdisk to vdisk NSDs
about 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

GPFS Windows support for zimon interfaces

Please provide capability for performance monitoring of GPFS Windows filesystems. Currently, GPFS Windows doesn't support zimon interfaces
about 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

NDMP - NAS backups - Encrypted communications with TLS 1.2/3

Required to secure communications in line with all other client server operations
about 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Future consideration

Monthly Operational Overview report using operation center

HiI try to generate Monthly Operational Overview report using operation center but there is no monthly option available. Currently available options are either daily or weekly only. Would you please provide e-fix for the monthly option? My operati...
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 2 Future consideration

Cancel sess node=XXXXXX

Add extra functionality to the existing command: Cancel session nodename=XXXXX Cancel sess whereplatform=XXXXXX Perhaps a preview option could als be added. This functionality could be a huge improvement in Enterprise Environments. Sometimes you w...
about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Add LTO lcd display to drives view

Add a column to drives view that shows the LCD status digit for LTO drives.
about 6 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 2 Not under consideration