IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    Incorporate Azure MFA

    The MFA feature in the Flashsystem series requires one to setup either an IBM or a Duo Security solution which is costly and redundant as most companies today have Azure MFA at their disposal. So it would be very nice if the Flashsystem in the fut...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

    Need function in Spectrum Protect Plus to delete all backups of SQL Server database

    Customer requires functionality in Spectrum Protect Plus to delete all backups of a SQL Server database. This is related to GDPR.
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 4 Future consideration

    The GUI should work with multiple proxies (Proxy-HA)

    The support of several proxy servers (proxy-HA) is a widely used method throughout the routeClient -> Hardware Loadbalancer -> Proxy server -> Loadbalancer -> GUI-HA to ensure reliability.
    almost 4 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Future consideration

    SI Pro and Hitachi VSP FICON Adapters

    For Hitachi VSP G1500, G1000, and 5500 storage, SI/SI Pro only reports on Fibre Channel adapters that are installed in the system. It does not properly reflect the FICON adapters / ports installed in the system. If you go to Properties -> Confi...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Is a defect

    Add Host Connections Column to Block Storage Systems

    Add the number of Host Connections as an available column in the Storage Systems table view. We already have Pools, Volumes, Drives, Remote Connections, etc, but we're missing the number of Hosts.
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Future consideration

    Spectrum Scale, dosen't access to the secondary Active Directory(AD), in spite of AD is Active-Active redundant configuration

    *Re-Submitted from ID:134412Please cancel the request of 134412. We are facing to the following situation and our client strongly request to resolve this issue as soon as possible. We think that the function of SS about keeping session with AD sho...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

    Fileset Cloning or read-write snapshots

    I have a microservices application running on Spectrum Scale 5.x which is looking to weekly and monthly create a copy of the production filesets that may be used for a call in support testing environment as well as an environment for upgrade and b...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

    Scheduler should skulk "In Progress" events and vcenter jobs

    If DSMC aborts after completing a filespace or VM backup, but before sending the backup summary, then the events table will forever show "In Progress". Further, for VM backups, vcenter will perpetually show the backup as running. When a scheduler ...
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration

    Support for Windows Client nodes in AFM Cache Cluster

    Require support for Spectrum Scale Windows client nodes with AFM Cache clusters.
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    Spectrum Protect Plus Report Enhancement giving more detailed into

    I believe a report is neaded the gives more details. This is the info that I would like to see in a single report:1. The full path to the VM that is displayed under the "Search for..." box in SPP panels such as: Manage Protection - Virtual Systems...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

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