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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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Add filter to FAL (File Audit Log), so it's possible to ignor specific events

When FAL is enabled, it's all or nothing. When enabled in a bussy enviroemnt the number of events is high. It will be possitive if it was possible to ignoge specific events (ex. directory list) so the number of events could drop in number
2 months ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted

Ability to create Custom Folders to store reports

Would like ability to create custom folders to store created reports other than the default folders provided. We have to scroll through a great number of reports to find those previously created.There is also no filter to help find generated repor...
about 2 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Submitted

Disaster recovery from Storage Protect backup pool for big file systems

We are running multiple Storage Scale file systems in the multi Petabyte size. All data are in Storage Protect backup. The backup is very valuable in case of user driven data loss. But in the case of a disaster where the complete file system is lo...
2 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

Add a Quantity field to the Licensed Feature Codes table in the MI GUI for TS7700

When installing new feature code licenses on the TS7700 GUI, there is not a quantity count for some of the features such as FC 5263. We recently ordered new licensed capacity for TS7700 (QTY 3 of FC 5263 for a total of 300TB). We got one key code ...
16 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Submitted

VM recommission is not getting captured in actlog

Adding VM recommission details to the IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) activity log provides significant benefits, primarily for auditing, troubleshooting, and operational visibility.
9 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

Display the "IOPs limit" parameter in Storage Insights.

The lsvdisk command gives the information # svcinfo lsvdisk -delim , -gui -bytes 12 Tue Apr 15 11:22:05 PDT 2025id,12name,xxxxxxxxxxxIO_group_id,0IO_group_name,io_grp0status,onlinemdisk_grp_id,0mdisk_grp_name,XXXXXXXPoolcapacity,75161927680....com...
3 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Submitted

We would like TDMF to be able to increase the size of the VTOC during a migration also for same sized volumes, not only from a smaller to a larger volume.

It would be a nice improvement to take advantage of a migration with TDMF to be able to expand the size of the vtoc for same sized volumes. We don't unerstand that it can do it only from smaller to larger volumes meanwhile it has the ability to do...
3 months ago in TDMF z/OS 0 Submitted

SI Data Collector in Windows should not relay on WMIC due to deprecation

The Windows data collector service relies on the WMIC command which has been deprecated since 2016 and it is recommended to replace its use with powershell functions. On newer Windows versions (eg 11 and 2025), WMIC is not installed by default, an...
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Submitted

SIPro to trigger SGCs on FlashSystem when malware is detected

To have a fast SGC triggered when malware is detected, we should enable SIPro to trigger such without Defender DRS. Now this can be done with webhooks- that requires no out-of-the-box solution and a lot of customization.
4 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Submitted

Object Lock for CES-S3

We have been requesting this for a long time through other channels and it seems like something that has not yet been acknowledged... it is an important feature to implement for the new CES-S3, we have alot of missed opportunities due to the lack ...
11 months ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted

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