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[Copy] Open AOS for TS4500 and TS770 via TSSC REST API Call

(I have opened this case in the TS4500 product area because I cannot select the TSSC (TS3000) in the product area in the IDEAS portal) We want to open AOS (Assist on Site) access via a REST API call to automate and speed up internal processes. The...
4 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 2 Under review

Flashcopy Mapping - right click restore

Problem Description I just spent 3 days with IBM support trying to figure out how to restore a flashcopy from a target volume to a source volume. Finally support found a 2013 storewize v7000 redbook that listed to 2 commands. (ie Creating a revers...
4 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Support of X-Amz-Content-Sha256:[STREAMING-UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD-TRAILER] in SP Object Agent

We backup up native Kubernetes workload with native Velero to SP Object Agent. Since Velero Version 1.13 the backup to SP Object Agent is not working anymore. Velero 1.14 uses AWS 1.10 plugins which internally uses X-Amz-Content-Sha256:[STREAMING-...
4 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Under review

Support for native velero v1.14 backup to Storage Protect using the S3 Object Agent

Currently Velero v1.14 uses AWS 1.10 plugins which internally uses X-Amz-Content-Sha256:[STREAMING-UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD-TRAILER] and IBM are currently not supporting this. To support this code changes to storage protect object agent side are needed.
4 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

Installation DSCLI via Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)

In the past we used DSCLI on Windows. In this environment we got informations about the software itself and security vulnerabilities automatically via a software management tool. If there was a breach or new version we got automatically informed. ...
4 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

Frame swap challenge when using Delayed Premigration. I call it "Autonomic prepare of frame swap when using Delay Premigration”

Below idea is related to frame swap from old TS7700T subsystem to new TS7700T. Meaning virtual tape having a backend Tape Library(ie TS4500) and backend Pdrives/Pvols. When preparing frame swap, due to hardware renewal, you need to be well prepare...
4 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Under review

Add mmchfileset feature to make a fileset temporarily read-only

When migrating data, we need to be able to guarantee that no data in a fileset has been modified during the duration of the migration. Adding a feature to mmchfileset which can make a fileset read-only on a temporary basis would fulfill that requi...
4 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

Support DHCP with NSD for ESS/SSS clusters

This will allow enterprises that require DHCP for ip address resolution.
4 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

Tagging Node and Data

We see more and more situations where specific nodes or filespaces need to have different functions such Retention Set, Replication to multiple servers or protect to tape and this is a big hazel to mange where we have try both with Node Groups, de...
4 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Under review

Able to temporary disable a SMB or NFS export on protocol nodes.

There is no way to temporary disable and SMB or NFS exports. The only way is to delete the export. (At least for SMB exports) It would be more convenient and less likely that you make an error if you could disable it instead of delete it. It would...
4 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Under review

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