IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    Oracle DB support on Windows for Spectrum Protect Plus

    Spectrum Protect Plus ( actual version 10.1.0.3) is supporting backup of Oracle databases on Linux and AIX environments but not on Windows. It is not even on the road map. There is a big need to have this database vendor supported on Windows as it...
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    Lab validation required for Firmware/BMC/BIOS security controls compatibility with Fusion HCI

    Hello, We are currently working on a security compliance audit for our IBM Fusion HCI environment hosting NVIDIA H200 GPU nodes. Following our support case TS022037768, IBM Development confirmed that the following firmware/BMC/BIOS security contro...
    4 months ago in Storage Fusion 0 Under review

    CSM Heap Usage Monitoring

    In mixed storage environments where a single CSM instance manages multiple sessions, especially with SGC, administrators do not have real-time visibility into current Java heap utilization. As a result, there is no reliable way to determine whethe...
    6 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    can not use Spectrum protect over san in ERP Database

    We was working with AIX os and use Spectrum protect to backup the ERP Database on it using Oversan We moved the production server to SUSE enterprise 15 , but now the problem as in the case that over san is not supported with suse 15, and it is urg...
    almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 1 Future consideration

    Add more AOS details on GUI panels

    Add more details or enhancments to the AOS panel on the DS8 GUI. AOS Service is Started Connectivity confirmation (yes/no) Active Session in progress (yes/no) Is there an IBM rep connected or working on the device Idle timeout (if no sessi...
    4 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    Ability to change RPO Alert on assigned replication policy

    We currently have to create and assign another replication policy just to adjust something as simple as an RPO Alert.. Had a few customers request this now, please make it happen IBM thanks.
    4 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    Proxy Support for Spectrum Protect Operation Center

    Possiblilty to configure Spectrum Protect Operation Center (hub instance) to use a http/https proxy server for downloading client packages used for the client autodeployment feature.
    over 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 6 Not under consideration

    Queue Visibility for Prefetch (Priority vs Normal)

    Summary: Provide real-time visibility into prefetch queues. Description: There is no visibility into queue depth or scheduling behavior between priority and normal queues. Impact: Poor understanding of load distribution Difficult performance debug...
    6 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Planned for future release

    Provide a secure erase certificate when the "chdrive -task erase" command is ran

    Securely erasing storage media is more important than ever. While IBM does provide whitepapers explaining that the "chdrive -task erase" command does a NIST 800-88 secure erase, there is no documented confirmation after the fact for record keeping...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

    Allow Lun masking for the control path

    With the TS4500 and other tape libraries, the Library Control path (SMC Device) is presented via Lun 1 over one or more drives, while access to the drive (RMT Device) itself is provided using Lun 0. In a larger tape environment, there is usually a...
    over 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

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