IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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Add the IBM Case Number to the DS8K Event when a Call Home is performed

By having the Case Number in the Events logs, this saves time involved with logging on to the DS8K HMC to obtain the Case Number. It can also be useful in identifying situations where AOS is not operating correctly (no Case Number generated).
almost 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 Functionality already exists

Get Red Hat to work with Storage Fusion Backup & Restore

Enhancements to Storage Fusion Backup & Restore should be made, and certification steps undertaken with Red Hat such that it is listed - preferably as the top product - on Red Hat's web site for RHOS and RH Virtualisation vendors. Currently Re...
over 2 years ago in Storage Fusion Functionality already exists

Enhance AFM to transfer NFSv4 ACLs from NFS servers like Isilons and store the ACLs correct as GPFS ACLs

Storage Scale and Storage Scale System are great products. But in many cases, another storage is already used and there are no easy ways to migrate PBytes of data - except perhaps with AFM? Almost all installations use e.g. AD integrations and NFS...
over 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) Functionality already exists

We want to use the secure port 587 instead of port 25 in the email server configuration section of IBM StoreWise storage systems.

We would like to add username and password authentication management to the email server configuration section of the IBM StoreWise storage GUI for versions below 8.6. This way, we would like to use the secure 587 port instead of port 25.
9 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Functionality already exists

Interop matrix for SRM v9.0.2 and SRA v4.2.0

Client has to upgrade Site Recovery Manager (SRM)from v8.7 to version 8.8.0.1 , upgrade vCenter servers at both sites from v 7.0 to version 8.0U3g. Upgrade SRM from v8.8 to version 9.0.2 at both sites , upgrade distributed virtual switches (dvSwit...
10 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Functionality already exists

extend mmapplypolicy --scope

I have a filesystem with >1300 independent filesets and ~540 million files. Running mapplypolicy with --scope filesystem takes a long time because all inodes need to be scanned. For some mmapplypolicy runs I only need to process one fileset so ...
about 1 year ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) Functionality already exists

Provide the ability to change the system layer from Storage to Replication without requiring a resynch for systems with established partnerships to allow systems to participate in FlashSystem grid.

Currently, in order for a FlashSystem to participate in FlashSystem grid they have to be in the replication layer. Prior to 8.7.0 arrays were shipped in the storage layer by default. My client has 21 FlashSystem arrays and 18 of them are currently...
11 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Functionality already exists

Ability to send both configuration logs and information log to a syslog server

Customer is requesting the ability to send all types of event messages to the syslog server. Currently either configuration logs, or information logs, are able to be sent to the server but not both. The specific request is that the capabilities of...
6 months ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library Functionality already exists

Monitoring and Alerting Local Filesystems Usage in Advance for IBM 9500 Nodes

Recently due to Node error 565 "Node internal disk is failing" due to /dumps full getting we discovered the impact where the nodes to be rebooted due to nodes reported in service state.. panel_name cluster_id cluster_name node_id node_name relatio...
over 1 year ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Functionality already exists

Applications with VMs instead of hosts.

Most customers use same VMware ESX hosts for multiple VM's and grouping by host (applications) doesn't help to analyze/monitor specific VM's.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights Functionality already exists

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