IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    ZDMF non disruptive dataset move

    We have many 3380's and small 3390's.Requirement is to be able to copy/move datasets from 3380 to 3390 non disruptively + 3390 datasets on small 3390 volumes to large 3390 volumes.By non disruptive i mean without even momentary start /stop of eg C...
    over 4 years ago in zDMF 2 Not under consideration

    Need a configurable timeout value for IBM Spectrum Scale replication

    When a V7000 disk failure occured, whole RAID5 array couldn't complete I/O request from AIX OS at all, for about 100 seconds.After 100 seconds, the failed drive was removed from the array, then V7000 returned to normal operation and responded to A...
    over 9 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

    Validate Hostbus adapter for SVC

    adapter 1: Server: HPe Proliant Rackserver G9/G10 HBA: Option 1: - Emulex SN1600E2P- FW: 12.8.352.12 - Driver Version: 12.8.329.1Option 2:- Emulex SN1100E2P - FW:12.8.352.12- Driver Version 12.8.329.1 Link to the matrix:https://www-03.ibm.com/syst...
    over 4 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    "Autoexpand" option for THIN and Compressed volumes on SVC

    We are currently using IBM SVC v7.5.x and v7.6.x. We found that while creating THIN or Compressed volumes using GUI, option "Automatically Expand" option is enabled by default, however while creating THIN and Compressed volumes using CLI, we need ...
    over 9 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    Extend TSM4VE to allow for "incremental forever" VMWare backups

    Need to be able to do VMWare incremental image backups without doing periodic full backups.
    almost 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Planned for future release

    Easytier PROD,DEV,TEST

    Allow tier participation, selection by LUN. Today, each LUN can only be selected easytier on/off.
    over 9 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

    "VM-GROUPs" for VMs

    Possibility to build a Group for VMs like Nodegroups for easier handling with the backup vm schedule
    about 14 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Planned for future release

    Spectrum Discover Reporting

    Spectrum Discover is a powerful and useful tool, however, the reporting capability needs to match the product capability.
    over 4 years ago in Storage Discover 0 Not under consideration

    TSM backup support for 2016 Nano Servers

    We are in need of the ability to backup 2016 Nano Servers with TSM EE
    over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

    IBM Spectrum Protect for Enterprise Resource Planning 8.1.0 for HANA running on SUSE 12 LE

    We need to have the IBM Spectrum Protect ERP 8.1 for HANA running on SUSE 12 LE on POWER.
    over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for ERP 1 Not under consideration

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