IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    Check update recommendations against the configuration of the system before notifying the user

    Today the GUI for a FlashSystem/SVC will notify a user of a new code release of Storage Virtualize, but it does not take the specific configuration of the machine into consideration. Before you actually do an upgrade, the tool called CCU checker i...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

    SP Server certificate management

    Signed certificates gets shorter lifetime (down to 3 months), and intermediate ca (typically 2 years now) gets shorter and shorter lifetime. This adds lots of work for certificate management on SP servers. We can script most of it (create request,...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

    Integrate Spectrum Protect authentication with existing accounts in LDAP servers not AD (like Tivoli Directory Server)

    Today, with Spectrum Protect, if we are using LDAP servers like Tivoli Directory Server, SP will create 2 OU's: Administrators and Nodes and also create CN's of each Administrator ID under it. It will only authenticate users that are listed in the...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 3 Future consideration

    HTTPS support for Internal Proxy Server (not only HTTP).

    Because customers do not support HTTP protocol any more.
    12 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Future consideration

    Fusion B/R Support for Vanilla Kubernetes

    Add support to backup and restore Vanilla Kubernetes into Storage Fusion SDS & HCI.
    almost 3 years ago in Storage Fusion 1 Not under consideration

    Search for the node serial number

    When we see a CSP ticket with a link to storage insights, the link points to the machine park, not the specific device for which the ticket is open. There is no search option to check for the node serial number. The node serial number is listed in...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 2 Planned for future release

    add graphs to reports

    when creating performance reports and chosing PDF or HTML as the preferred format, it would be very helpful to include a graph of the selected metrics as well. (much like in the upper half of the SI performance view.)
    about 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Planned for future release

    Secure Boot for IBM Spectrum Scale CNSA – A Necessity for Secure Cloud Infrastructures

    1. Problem Statement and Urgency Current Requirement to Disable Secure Boot: IBM Spectrum Scale currently requires Secure Boot to be disabled to run on OpenShift. However, in modern cloud environments, especially in security-critical infrastructur...
    almost 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

    Add ability for Fusion Backup and Restore to lock backups using the S3 Object Lock API on supported object storage targets

    We have a client who is currently working to harden and integrate more immutability and airgapped data. Fusion users need protected, tamper-proof backups for compliance or ransomware defense , giving admins managing backup retention across object ...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Fusion 0 Future consideration

    Improve DS8000 Rest API capabilities

    REST API the current trend for automation. It provides a flexible, scalable, and easy-to-use way to retrieve and automate tasks that can be accessed from any platform or programming language. Enhancing Rest API on DS8000 will enable end users to s...
    over 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 3 Future consideration

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