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    MFA Support for Spectrum Scale CLI

    We had the request to enhance the security modell in spectrum scale for mm cli cmd to support multi factor authentication (MFA). The implementation should support the current well accepted standard of RFC 6238.
    over 4 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Planned for future release

    SNMP Trap when NTP synchronisation failed

    Customer requires that a SNMP trap is issued when the resynchronization with the NTP server can't be completed whatever the reason.Synchronisation of all DS888x is paramount for debugging purposes.
    over 8 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

    Tivoli Storage Manager not compliant with IBM ITCS104 security rules

    ESA Security board request to open this RFE in order that TSM password rules management should allow to configure the minimum ITCS104 rules.<br />Example : upper - lower case in pwd ,    minimum length=10 ...
    almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 3 Not under consideration

    Add missing return codes to dsmrc.h for Tivoli Storage Manager to assist customers in problem determination

    Return codes such as 362 and 363 are not documented for example so PMRs must be opened for proper problem determination. More cost efficient for customers if documented at: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSGSG7_7.1.8/api/r_ret_code...
    over 8 years ago in IBM Storage Archive 1 Not under consideration

    TSM VE support for vsphere 5.5

    Since vsphere 5.5 has already been released there is urgent need for support in TSM VE running on Windows.<br />TSM servers are on Linux Redhat 6.x<br />We are using TSM VE 6.4.1 and TSM Storage Manager 6.3 on Linux.<br />Compata...
    almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Planned for future release

    Node id change because of a shutdown

    When a node in SVC is stopping unexpectedly, not regularly shut down, then the node gets a new node ID. Actually the node is automatically removed from the frame and then added again with a new id. This ruins the numbering system in the frame. Als...
    almost 13 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    Optional short notification for Spectrum Virtualize produts

    The Spectrum Virtualize family of products produce a length alert email, which is suitable for consumption by support. However, customers may choose to send critical alerts to some form of paging device. These devices may not be able to display th...
    over 8 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

    SNMP Alert for Vdisk Mirroring out-of-sync

    Italian Customer with large environment based on SVC in stretched cluster + GM over 450km is using mirrorwritepriority set to latency. The customer want to receive an SNMP alert when VdiskMirroring goes out-of-sync. Accordingly with Hursley Archit...
    almost 13 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    SVC node id changed

    On the SVC GUI interface the node display name has been changed even after a UPS battery change. We need the GUI to keep the names on the list after any hardware operation. Would be great if it worked like the V7000 storage interface. It seems for...
    almost 13 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    incremantal backup via NDMP

    Since TSM's limitation of doing NDMP backup of filer as full+differential. So if its having feature of adding incremental as one option, so we don't need to waste space by having differential backup as its become so large at one point until u do f...
    almost 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 3 Not under consideration

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