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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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Request for TSM to handle different retentions for Virtual Environments

To be able to perform Incremental forever backups using different retentions (such as daily, monthly and anually). Currently, TSM for VE cannot use the same set of backups to assign different retentions. Only one management class is possible.
about 12 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 5 Delivered

make environmental stats available in SVC nodes

For a while now, Storwize and FlashSystem controllers support environmental statistics like watts used and temperature, which can be queried by 'lsenclosurestats'. Funnily, no recent SVC generation supports this command, ie SV1/2/3 and SA2. Many c...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Delivered

Need HCI Fusion Regional DR support for ODF

We (large bank in Canada) is running CP4D with IBM Storage Fusion (ODF) software on-prem in a VMWare environment. We are investigating different Openshift in a BOX solutions to run our CP4D environment. We reviewed the IBM HCI Fusion but realized ...
12 months ago in Storage Fusion 3 Delivered

IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot (FlashCopy Manager) support for SAP HANA

Enable IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot to take a hardware based snapshot for a system running SAP HANA on either IBM Linux on Power or Linux. In essence addition of SAP HANA to the already supported applications/databases of IBM Spectrum Protect Sna...
over 9 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 3 Delivered

Missed and failed ANR messages do not display the actual hostname and of the node on all platforms.

Missed and failed ANR messages do not display the actual hostname and of the node on all platforms. ANR2579E Schedule schedule name in domain domain name for node node name failed (return code return code ). ANR2578W Schedule schedule name in doma...
about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 3 Delivered

report the Volser number in rsyslog, SNMP, etc. when eject a cartridge from TS3500/TS4500 via GUI

For Data and Cyber Security and Data availability reasons it is a needed requirement in our company to monitor and protocol each VTS physical stacked which physically leaves the Tape Library. A physical tape eject via the TS7700 MI triggers a host...
about 3 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Delivered

Unable to change the HOSTNAME in rsyslog

Customer is not able to change the hostname of the library for the rsyslog. Request is to have a GUI function for the customer to change this field within the database.
almost 4 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 3 Delivered

Allow monitor role to execute cpdumps command

To pull performance stats from non config nodes the cpdumps command is used. Unfortunately users in the Monitor group are not authorized to run this command. The resulting error is "CMMVC6253E The task has failed because the user's role is not aut...
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 8 Delivered

eliminate lack of I/O on mmdelsnapshot start

When deletion of bunch of snapshots starts we a lack of I/O for about three minutes.NFS Clients see a huge delay of I/O. Related applications hanging for this time and user connections and run into timeouts (e.g http connections for apps that stor...
over 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 5 Delivered

DS8K Safeguard Copy Integration with IBM Qradar

Customer keen in exploring ways of using DS8000 Safeguard copy to integrate with IBM Qradar, to enhance their Cyber and Data Resiliency. We've this new offerings in Flashsystem with Spectrum Virtualize product family, but no plan for DS8000.
almost 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Delivered

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