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    Check update recommendations against the configuration of the system before notifying the user

    Today the GUI for a FlashSystem/SVC will notify a user of a new code release of Storage Virtualize, but it does not take the specific configuration of the machine into consideration. Before you actually do an upgrade, the tool called CCU checker i...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

    DS8K - DSCLI as a docker image

    It would be great if IBM can offer the DSCLI as a docker image for zCX. As s390x architecture is already supported, it would be great to have this available as a docker image to reduce the overhead to manually install it. As the standalone DSCLI i...
    10 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    Allow repair stg to use any storage pool from target replication server to recover data

    Configuration: Replica source Storage is container pool only Copy pool exist on tape Replica target Storage is container pool with tiering to tape or S3 after X days Copy pool exist on tape Scenario When the source detects a bad file/object with a...
    3 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

    If an SSID participating in a PPRC relationship needs to be changed, DSGUI/DSCLI should provide a warning when attempting a chlcu for an LCU participating in a PPRC relationship.

    We encountered a hardware error starting a GM session where we had duplicate SSIDs between the source and target PPRC LSSs. To resolve this, we used the GUI to change the SSID on the target LSS. Although the change was successful it would have bee...
    10 months ago in IBM DS8000 2 Not under consideration

    When a PPRC session is being built within CSM, if the source and target SSIDs match, there should be a warning or a message that clearly states why this is a problem.

    We had a configuration error in our PPRC target where the SSID of the target was the same is the primary. CSM allowed us to create the copyset even though the SSIDs were not unique.
    10 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Not under consideration

    Process and automation to simplify the patching and software update of large node count clusters

    Managaing the the currency of Spectrum/Storage Scale systems are difficult when you have over 1000 nodes within the cluster in question. The request is for the process and automation for both the local repository and cluster endpoints where upon r...
    almost 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

    rmsyslogserver should be sent to remote syslog server

    Setting up a remote syslog server to catch notifications from StorV is an important component in any security framework. Likewise it is important to monitor if syslog notifications get unconfigured. As of today, removing the last/only syslog serve...
    6 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

    Storage Scale Recompilation Requirement Post-RHEL Kernel Upgrade

    Request IBM to remove the need for binary kernel module recompilation after RHEL kernel updates for IBM Storage Scale. This requirement adds operational overhead and complexity to patching and automation processes. While RHEL provides stable ABIs ...
    2 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

    Iimprove the Event Notification alert emails sent from FlashSystems

    As reported: Our FS7200s are configured to send us email alerts whenever an event occurs on the system, including Warning level events, Informational level, as well as Error level. On a given day we may receive anywhere from 5 to 15 alerts of uniq...
    3 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

    Allow Storage Insights to recieve and pass on notifications from other tools such as CSM

    The idea is to make SI the single pain of glass for the entire storage environment. An example would be for it to log notification from CSM when replicated volumes go out of sync. This would reduce the number of IBM tools the customer has to setup...
    7 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

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