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Modification of smb.conf to prevent vulnerability

The customer has to set 'server signing=mandatory' in smb.conf to prevent vulnerability.https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/887429http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731957.aspxhttp://www.nessus.org/u?74b80723http://www.samba.org/samba...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

Spectrum CDM Support for CSV with SQL

Request if for support SQL Servers configured with Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV). With Copy Data Management
almost 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Log failed commands in auditlog or syslog

We are increasingly working with applications that "talk" to the SVC (and FlashSystems). In case of problems, we try to find out which commands these applications used.Commands that have failed are not logged, while this can be important informati...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Functionality already exists

No Copy option on Metro Mirror w/P session

In DS8K environments using ESE volumes we would like to have the No Copy option for Metro Mirror with practice sessions as already available on GM w/P session type.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

VE file level restore lacks of indexing

Unable to quickly find deleted files without mounting all potential snapshots
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 3 Not under consideration

IBM CES Object: Long lasting Swift transfers fail if Keystone token expires

IBM CES Object: Long lasting Swift uploads fail if Keystone token expires during the transfer.This applies to big files which are segmented (by the user, or by the default configuration), and to recursive uploads of directory trees.
almost 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

need to backup ndmp type=snapmirror to container storage pool

Almost all (avout 95%) the netapp backup in Ben -Gurion unuversity, based on ndmp backup with type=snapm.This is very large volume's, includ the volumes of exchange database's.We do backup to evry volume once a month, all the month we have daily s...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Documentation for HMC password change

For security concern, it is needed to change the default password of all the HMC of a ESS storage appliance.I didn't find any documentation to follow for this task. I was able to modify the HMC passwords through the HTTP interfaces. With the IBM s...
over 1 year ago in Storage Scale System 0 Future consideration

Client Deployment Request

I understand it is a requirement of automatic client deployment that clients contact the server on the address as configured by the SERVERHLADDRESS. In our environment, the SERVERHLADDRESS set on the TSM Server cannot be contacted by the client be...
over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / TSM for System Back-up and Recovery 6 Not under consideration

gpfsperf script improvements

Though gpfsperf is a sample script, it needs improvements so that the customer local file does not get filled and cause gpfs issues: - Indicate in the read me file that the local tmp file needs to large enough for the filesize to be tested - Indic...
about 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

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