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PINNED Is there a use case for having a host with no ports in a host cluster?
A host cluster is an existing concept in FlashSystem used to simplify the configuration of a number of similar hosts, usually with the same volume mappings. The question is, is there a use case for having a host in a host cluster that has no ports...
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Incorporate CSR Generation Functionality into IBM TS7700 REST API

The IBM TS7700 Virtualization Engine, currently doesn't have the capability of generating CSR. The need for streamlined certificate management has become increasingly critical. Currently, generating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for the TS77...
15 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Future consideration

Enable Multi-Select Delete for Backup Jobs in IBM Storage Fusion

In the current version of IBM Storage Fusion, the list of executed backup jobs allows only single-entry interactions. When users need to delete multiple backup jobs, each DeleteBackupRequest must be created individually per job. This is time-consu...
4 days ago in Storage Fusion 0 Under review

Allow Replication Partnership via secondary management interface

We run a MS and need to onboard customers, sometimes, via replication.Our primary mgmt interface is used for internal replication and is completely out of bound from customer networks. Allowing the establishment of replication partnerships over th...
4 days ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Allow hide TIP events only for specific nodes instead of all entities

TIP events are very useful to give an advice for some parameters to have configuration best practices and to achieve best performance on Scale Clusters. For example : hc_alert_scalehc_00006 = NumaInterleave is not enabled on a multi-CPU system hc_...
4 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Future consideration

Standardize certificate management on DS8 device

The DS8 currently uses two different methods to manage digital certificates: 1. https server certificate (CSR generated and import of signed cert) 2. Syslog secure forwarding certificate (import of private key and certificate components generated ...
3 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

Allow suppressing host offline alerts at host creation time

At a recent code level, the FlashSystem began sending email alerts to our on-call any time a host was offline, which happens frequently due to patching or any kind of other maintenance. Based on feedback from an RFE, there was the option to suppre...
15 days ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Integrate S3 commands into the REST API

We have an automatic workflow which provisiones storage with the help of the REST API (and not mm* commands)Since we want to automate the S3 part, we need s3 commands in the REST API. So the request is to provide S3 administration via REST API, id...
3 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

Add ability for Fusion Backup and Restore to lock backups using the S3 Object Lock API on supported object storage targets

We have a client who is currently working to harden and integrate more immutability and airgapped data. Fusion users need protected, tamper-proof backups for compliance or ransomware defense , giving admins managing backup retention across object ...
16 days ago in Storage Fusion 0 Under review

Volume and Host move between Partitions on Flashsystem

We need the possibility to move volumes/LUNs and Hosts between partitions on the same system. The current Partition Design is very static and gives limited flexibility. This feature can be relevant if you want to split your current volume/LUN/host...
3 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Planned for future release

HA GUI synchronization for notification events

Changes to notification events are currently not synchronized to secondary GUI node in an HA GUI configuration. This lead to the problem, that I have to perform the "Mark as read" function for several GUI events at each GUI node separately, to get...
5 days ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

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