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Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS)

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Generate dial homes for ESS storage enclosures

Currently - ESS does not generate dial homes for hardware failures on storage enclosures.
over 4 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Delivered

Enhanced security for Spectrum Scale admin

Administrative access to Spectrum Scale (including but not limited to the WebUI) has a weak security model.
over 4 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 4 Delivered

chmod: Use version that supports NFSv4 ACLs

The version of chmod linked below fully supports the manipulation of NFSv4 ACLs. This is the version that Isilon OneFS uses and it's fantastic. I can add/remove Active Directory users and groups, modify permissions, add ACL control flags, etc., al...
over 4 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Delivered

IBM Spectrum Protect Client Encryption with IBM Spectrum Scale

Spectrum Protect backup encryption using include.Encrypt for Spectrum Scale client is not working due to unrecognized format "Include Encrypt". Error:mmbackup does not recognize this include rule format: Include Encrypt. The tsbackup33 perl script...
over 4 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Delivered

Enhance security for remote Spectrum Scale mounts

When a Spectrum Scale filesystem is mounted to a client (or a remote cluster), the entire filesystem is available. This is a potential security concern.
almost 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 5 Delivered

fix mmdiag --stat -Y indistinguishable entries

mmdiag offers -Y for machine-readable output. Unfortunately parsing that output is difficult because there are multiple lines that have an identical identification string. So you really cannot deduce what value you are seeing. The only way to sure...
almost 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Delivered

Increase Spectrum Scale SMB ACL Security Features (host allow, host deny)

Problem: Client wants to increase the security of Samba by implementing host-based access control, in addition to access control by user and password. Solution: To implement the configuration in the Protocol Node SMB service, it would be necessary...
almost 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Delivered

Allow Spectrum Scale Adds and Deletes via List with individual node errors

mmaddnode/mmdelnode current behavior when submitting a "NodeFile" is if one node is in the cluster or fails to add/delete for any reason then the whole list fails. This behavior seems to be the case with most of the mm commands that accept -N <...
about 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Delivered

Multi-socket TCPIP for gpfs clients

Customer has asked that we change the way GPFS clients connect to the server. Instead of single single stream to a single socket they would like to multi-stream TCPIP for gpfs clients, so they wouldn't be limited to a single socket (and in turn, l...
about 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Delivered

Scale version on ESS lags behind critical fixes

The version of Scale on ESS lags behind releases of Scale, exposing customers to critical defects.
about 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Delivered

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