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IBM FUSION DATA FOUNDATION - ROUTE SERVICES

Banco do Brasil provisioned CP4D using the IBM Fusion Data Foundation essentials that they are entitled. Due to a client policy, it's prohibited to use the default cluster name to route services that are run from the cluster. So, it's required to ...
3 months ago in Storage Fusion Under review

Changing an IBM DS8 running GKLM 4.1 with IPP (FIPS 140-2) change to GKLM 5.1 with KMIP (FIPS140-3) non-disruptively

Clients wouldn't need to migrate all data off the array to change from FIPS 140-2 to FIPS 140-3
4 months ago in IBM DS8000 Under review

IBM Block CSI OpenShift Linux User Namespace Support

Linux user namespaces (hostUsers: false) in OpenShift 4.20 enable stronger workload isolation by removing the need for containers to run with host-level UIDs. This is a key security feature aligned with modern Kubernetes best practices and Red Hat...
4 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

In-transit encryption support for IBM FS9500

In-transit encryption support for IBM FS9500. As per the Fidelity cybersecurity encryption standard, we need to enable the in-transit encryption end to end (host<-->storage). Please consider this enhancement on priority and make it available...
4 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

Additional parameters for DSCLI command lspprcpath

The current sitution is, that it is not possible to list directly PPRC paths by state (Failed, Success, Degraded, Invalid) or by failed reason.Therefore, it would be great, to add these selection parameters to the lspprcpath command (e.g. -state f...
4 months ago in IBM DS8000 Under review

Daily local file export of Fusion backup-related configuration data in readable yaml form

For IBM Storage Fusion, there is already a daily service protection backup of the Fusion Hub configuration. While this is important in disaster recovery (DR) scenarios, it's of little use in day-to-day operations, as the configurations backed up i...
4 months ago in Storage Fusion Under review

IBM Storage Virtualize in PBHA+DR deployments

Hello IBM Team, We would like to submit a Request for Enhancement for IBM Storage Virtualize in PBHA+DR deployments. In our environment, we have implemented a 3-site replication topology based on PBHA+DR architecture, where two storage systems for...
4 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

DHBA Command Support on FlashSystem

Dear IBM Development Team, We would like to formally submit this IBM Idea / Request for Enhancement (RFE) to request consideration of an enhancement related to FlashSystem behavior identified through an IBM AIX support case. Background During the ...
4 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

Pool‑Based Virtual Capacity Management for SGC

Eliminate volume‑level virtual capacity limits for SGC and replace them with a shared, pool‑based virtual capacity model. Instead of assigning and managing virtual capacity on a per‑volume basis, all volumes would draw capacity dynamically from a ...
4 months ago in IBM DS8000 Under review

Device‑less FlashCopy at Volume Level

Introduce the ability to create FlashCopy backups at the volume level without requiring pre‑allocated physical target devices. This device‑less FlashCopy capability would function similarly to Safeguarded Copy, where no physical storage is consume...
4 months ago in IBM DS8000 Under review

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