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    Identify nodes having open files which blocks quiesce file system/filesets

    We had the situation that the unlink fileset command failed: [root@xstm-d07-01 samples]# mmunlinkfileset exa_project1 training2601 -fUnable to quiesce fileset at all nodes.Fileset training2601 has open files. Specify -f to force unlink.mmunlinkfil...
    8 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Submitted

    Provide ENABLECLOUDDATALock on cloud container stgpools also for Azure blob storage.

    We need the option ENABLECLOUDDATALock on cloud container stgpools also for Azure blob storage, it is working for AWS S3 and Google Cloud Storage, but actually not for Azure blob.
    over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Future consideration

    Add GUI option to view, select and modify mirror write priority of Volumes

    Currently it is not possible to specify the mirror write priority parameter in the GUI during Volume Creation. The system allows two options for mirrored volumes: latency (which is the default) and redundancy. In some customer environments it is c...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

    Automate Fusion and OpenShift upgrades and cluster release via RedFish APIs

    Reducing time to deploy new OpenShift clusters in Fusion and upgrade both OpenShift and Fusion via RedFish APIs could help increase deployment tasks and reduce human errors
    11 months ago in Storage Fusion 0 Under review

    Protocols - S3: virtual host style addressing of S3 buckets

    Virtual Host Style addressing (https://bucket.my-s3-server.com) is the preferred S3 addressing option for AWS - see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/VirtualHosting.html Scale CES S3 does not support this out-of-the box yet. Wi...
    about 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Future consideration

    Automatically assign cartridges to volser range instead of keeping them only in VIO

    Currently (1.11 firmware level) only 255 cartridges can be inserted in the library without running checkin libvol/label libvol as they fill up the VIO slots of the library.As we often add a batch of a few thousands to increase capacity, this alway...
    over 1 year ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Future consideration

    Expose file ownership (UID/GID) and permissions in dsmc query backup to enable self-service restores

    We are using `mmbackup` to back up large IBM Storage Scale (GPFS) file systems that are shared by thousands of users.Our goal is to offer self-service restores using `dsmc` while ensuring that users can only restore files they have POSIX-Access to...
    8 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Submitted

    Ability to open a case for Storage Insights via Storage Insights

    Request to allow a user to open a support case for Storage Insights using Storage Insights. Storage Insights is able to open support cases for the IBM block storage systems but it does not have an option to open a support case for itself. As a res...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 3 Functionality already exists

    Allow IBM Spectrum Protect Client installed directly on ESS Appliance Family

    When performing backup operations on ESS using MMbackup and IBM Spectrum Protect, the current architecture needs to have a Backup Proxy in order to configure the IBM Spectrum Protect and MMbackup. In this configuration, MMbackup currently forces t...
    over 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Future consideration

    Catalog backup stops DCDM server

    When the SCDM Catalog backup is initiated from the Admin Console,it stops the CDM server. This behavior is unusual and problematic. The SCDM Catalog backup should operate online, without interruptingor stopping the CDM server. Stopping the CDM ser...
    about 1 year ago in Storage Copy Data Management 0 Submitted

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