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Storage Fusion

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    Containerized AFM node

    We would like to have a containerized AFM node as an option in Fusion. Also, what type of encryption would be used in storage?
    8 months ago in Storage Fusion 2 Needs more information

    Fusion Backup and Recovery - Restore single files from VM backup

    We would like to implement single file restore for Fusion Backup Restore. Today we are required to restore to a separate namespace and copy files as documented here: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-fusion-software/2.8.x?topic=virtualization-ba...
    about 1 year ago in Storage Fusion 1 Future consideration

    Resource Quota for Fusion Backup service

    Currently, it is hard to estimate the amount of resources that Fusion backup service will consume. This makes it hard to size and license for the OCP infrastructure required. Will be good if we can allow user to set a resource quota for Fusion bac...
    5 months ago in Storage Fusion 0 Future consideration

    Enable Multi-Select Delete for Backup Jobs in IBM Storage Fusion

    In the current version of IBM Storage Fusion, the list of executed backup jobs allows only single-entry interactions. When users need to delete multiple backup jobs, each DeleteBackupRequest must be created individually per job. This is time-consu...
    5 months ago in Storage Fusion 0 Under review

    SPP Container Backup Support for multiple storage classes

    Container backup support at the moment only supports container native storage class, we would like to add more storage classes to be supported with one solution.
    over 3 years ago in Storage Fusion 1 Not under consideration

    Add dual stack networking to IBM Fusion HCI automated installation

    Currently the IBM Fusion HCI automated installation only allows for single stack IPv4 networking, and nothing else. Other choices that are supported by OpenShift are IPv6 single stack network, or dual stack networking with IPv4 <AND> IPv6. T...
    6 months ago in Storage Fusion 0 Future consideration

    Non-disruptive migrate between storage classes

    Need the ability to non-disruptively (or minimally disruptive) migrate data between storage classes. Needs to be fully automated with the user simply selecting the source PV and target storage class. Use Cases: Replace storage provider such as exi...
    9 months ago in Storage Fusion 2 Future consideration

    Automate backup of cluster etcd

    Using Fusion backup as a cluster level DR solution requires backing up the entire etcd data so the cluster can be rebuilt before using Fusion to redeploy the projects/namespaces. OCP 4.14 includes undated instructions on backing up and restoring a...
    about 2 years ago in Storage Fusion 2 Future consideration

    Allow ISF SW version licensing based on TB instead of VPCs for small setups

    We are facing problems on the pricing of ISF based on VPCs for small setups as they only need a range of 10-20TB . When doing the VPC pricing is really hard to sell the product at this stage as customer are not needing a high capacity
    almost 3 years ago in Storage Fusion 1 Future consideration

    Provide backup policy selection criteria for OCPVirt VM workloads that is more granular than OCP project level.

    Goal: minimize potential for "backup storms" overwhelming CPU and network When a cluster admin installs and configures OpenShift virtualization they need to make design decisions up front about how to support grouping of VMs into specific Project/...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Fusion 1 Future consideration

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