IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    Consider fiber channel port speed as attribute for alerting creation

    Consider fiber channel actual and capable port speed as port attribute for alerting creation
    over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

    The enhancement of the status of the backup job on the TSM Operations Center

    System: TSM Operations Center(OC)Actor: The user who wants to check the status of the backup job on the TSM OC. The TSM OC is a new console of Tivoli Storage Manager. Description: When we run the backup commands (jobs) using the TSM B/A client (CL...
    about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Not under consideration

    DEACTIVATE DATA to include FILESPACE and FSID

    DEACTIVATE DATA should allow a FILESPACE or FSID to allow purging only specific filespaces by date.
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    TSM for VE / Reporting Enhancements / Software Compliance-Compatability report

    Integrated report between TSM/VE and vCenter on Software versions for the following components: . vCenter . ESXihost . VM Hardware . VMtools . TSM/VE Server . TSM/VE Datamover
    over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Not under consideration

    TSM for VE / Reporting Enhancement / VE Configuration report for troubleshooting & restores

    VE Configuration report for restores to include the following columns: . VM Name . VM OS Platform . ESXi Cluster name . Datamover VE name . Datamover hostname . TSM/VE Server . Mount Proxy VE Name (based on the VM OS platform) . Mount Proxy hostname
    over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

    Direct SPP Primary Backups to Cloud Storage.

    Direct Primary backups to Cloud Storage. without the need to send it first to vSnap and then create an additional copy to Cloud Storage
    over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 3 Future consideration

    ESS to support AD integration

    ESS does not currently support joining AD in order to perform user authentication. ESS should support AD instead of, or in addition to, local authentication.
    over 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

    Redirect GUI DB to a different directory

    This RFE is to allow users for setting the PG_DATA environment in Scale GUI for redirecting the database outside the root directory of the system.
    over 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    SVC volume naming and sorting

    When using the web GUI to create multiple volumes the only option for appending a numerical suffix is to use base 10 numbers. Would like the ability to append a hex number, or even better would be to be able to use the last several digits of the U...
    over 9 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    Support for dynamic expansion of each constituent volume in Storage Scale GPFS's File System, especially in combination with Db2 PureScale on Public Cloud.

    It is necessary to support dynamic expansion of each constituent volume itself, rather than GPFS expansion by adding volumes. Adding volumes has a limit on the number of expansions. The method of adding a volume larger than the existing volume an...
    almost 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

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