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    DS8K Storage connection to CSM via HMC mode - static password is Audit exposure

    Currently to add a DS8K using HMC connection in CSM, we use a separate ID (admin level) created for this which has static password. We cannot use direct connection. This is an audit risk where we cannot have static passwords. Can an alternate proc...
    over 5 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    BVIR Audit volumes should ignore volume copies 'in flight'

    We utilize the BVIR 'COPY AUDIT' function to identify volumes that are missing copies in some or all of the clusters in a grid. As an example of this use we run a COPY AUDIT with the EXCLUDE parameter to specify a cluster that is being removed fro...
    over 5 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Future consideration

    CSM To Include the System and Path for any Alert Message About Paths

    Please include the system and the path in any email notifications about paths. Also these messages should be logged to the console as well as being sent in email.
    over 7 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Support Spectrum Protect for Space Management in Spectrum Scale 5.0 on Linux for System Z architectures

    We need support of Spectrum Protect for space management (HSM) in Spectrum Scale 5.0 in Zlinux architectures.
    over 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    Add log collection as a one time action for custom alerts

    There are many problems the support teams work on that require detail log collection at a time very close to an given performance event. It is difficult for customer operations teams to be able to accomplish this. Support currently supplies script...
    over 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

    Implement S3 management interface in GPFS GUI

    S3 object management interface is not available in current version of GPFS GUI. Only available for SWIFT. We need this interface so that customer who want to use S3 API can manage the object easily.The customer who want to use S3 API have to use c...
    almost 9 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    E-mail notification when ticket is successfully created, and log successfully uploaded

    SI allow to create, update ticket and upload logsUser should receive an e-mail notification when one of these actions is successful or fail
    over 5 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

    Add read MB/s metric for Vc and Vcc

    The original IDEA/RFE was this one "Add support for stage/destage metrics in MB/s" https://ibm-sys-storage.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/SSI-I-51 Destage metrics were added (Fast-Write Writes Vc and Vcc), but stage/read MB/s metrics were not added for Vc an...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

    Scale GUI Dashboard Nodes by Latency

    Add the ability to "Cherry Pick" and display in the Scale GUI the top nodes by latency. This could be on the statistics widget or a new widget. Add the granularity of client nodes, NSD nodes, nodes by nodeclass XYZ, or custom picked nodes. Additio...
    about 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

    Scale GUI Statistics Save, Generate report, and Forward Selections

    Provide the ability in the Scale GUI Statistics monitoring page to save custom settings for easy re-use and ability to forward these selections to the Dashboard page for use in a monitoring widget. There are pre-set statistics monitoring selection...
    about 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

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