IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    Allow configuration of filespace for Hyper-V backups

    When you backup a Hyper-V VM using the "backup vm" command, the files representing the VM are stored in their own filespace. This effectively excludes them from expiration on deletion, as filespace aren't subject to expiration. When a VM is delete...
    over 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 2 Not under consideration

    Enable/disable EasyTier for a volume in the GUI

    Currently the Easy Tier setting for a volume cannot be changed in the SVC GUI. A function should be added to the properties panel of a volume.
    over 14 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

    Change to Remote Support Roles

    Alter Monitor Use role to enable opening of remote support session and (optionally) send a SNAP. Alternatively create a new role - Remote Support (?) - that can do so.
    about 7 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    MDiskGroups/Pools require manual size selections

    Actor: Virtualize UsersProduct: Virtualize Products (such as the SVC and V7000) which virtualize other storage devices do not intelligently size the mdiskgroups/pools on the backend. This allows Virtualize Users to define excessively large pools w...
    about 7 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    Exclude a Linux disk from TSM for VE backup

    On Linux virtual machines, exclude disks from TSM/VE backups by their scsi number (e.g. scsi0, scsi1). TSM/VE can query Virtual Center, so it should know everything from that about each virtual machine and its disk(s).
    over 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 3 Not under consideration

    Flashcopy Manager 4.1.6 for Windows does not cleanup volumes in registry after successfull snapshot

    On Windows 2008 R2 SP1, with SQL 2012 SP4. When using Flashcopy manager 4.1.6 to take snapshots to an v7000 storwize of the databases with IBM hardware provider 4.15. using BA client 7.1.8.2 and TDP 7.1.6.0.Every snapshot made is filling up the wi...
    about 7 years ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    vdisk mirror is out of sync

    When a vdisk mirror is out of sync, the CLI currently does not exhibit a field to display precisely which copy of the vdisk mirror is in use. The active copy is implied when the copy is sync=true and primary=yes or when the sync=no and primary=no....
    almost 11 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    Show SCSI ID (LUN) in View Volume by Host

    In the "Volumes by Host" View is a column missing to show the SCSI ID or LUN Number which is assigned to the vdisk by the specific host.
    almost 11 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    Backup and Restore Storage Pool by using TSM Storage Agent

    Currently Backup and Restore storage pool can only be done by TSM Server. Meanwhile there are many TSM Storage Agents deployed on the environment which are idle during non backup window. Backup data is always getting bigger, and increasing the TSM...
    almost 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Storage Area Networks (SANs) 2 Not under consideration

    Migrate data from one cloud storage pool to another cloud storage pool

    We need feature to migrate data from one cloud container storage pool to another cloud container storage pool using "move nodedata" as it's currently only support sequencial storage pool but won't support container storage pools
    over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Future consideration

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