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Extend IBM Storage Copy Data Management to support Safeguarded Snapshot at the Volume Group level, including groups configured with PBHA+DR, PBHA replication policies

Hello, IBM Storage Copy Data Management currently supports Safeguarded Snapshot only at the individual volume level. For environments where applications span multiple volumes, this limitation increases operational complexity and risk during recove...
5 months ago in Storage Copy Data Management Submitted

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
11 days ago in IBM DS8000 Submitted

REST API call for the "mmexpelnode -l" command

Hello. I suggest creating a REST API call equivalent to the "mmexpelnode -l" command. We monitor the environment via the REST API, and it would be useful to monitor the nodes that have been expelled from the cluster to trigger specific alerts for ...
2 months ago in Storage Scale System Submitted

failover of the VIP interface in the event of a failure of the physical network interface carrying the VIP

On the FlashSystem 9500 and 5300 series, the VIP interface does not fail over in the event of a loss of the service interface carrying the VIP or other Ethernet service interfaces. The VIP only fails over when the controller carrying the VIP inter...
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Submitted

Queue Visibility for Prefetch (Priority vs Normal)

Summary: Provide real-time visibility into prefetch queues. Description: There is no visibility into queue depth or scheduling behavior between priority and normal queues. Impact: Poor understanding of load distribution Difficult performance debug...
about 1 month ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) Submitted

Enhance removal procedure for unused / obsolete gplbin packages

Currently, the rpm packages built with mmbuildgpl include an unspecific script which stops GPFS as soon as the package is uninstalled, regardless whether it is actually used or if it is an outdated version (belonging to another combination of Linu...
22 days ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) Submitted

CDM - VMware backup job - Whole datastore selected - Sentinel scan does not execute when a datastore is selected as the source.

Possibility to scan whole datastore - Sentinel scan does not execute when a datastore is selected as the source.
about 1 month ago in Storage Copy Data Management Submitted

allow network endpoint address to be edited on an external source (S3).

Currently, once you have defined an external source you can edit several parameters, but the endpoint address (network address/ip) cannot be changed.
2 months ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica Submitted

mdisk array expansion is too slow

one of my clients needed to expand pool capacity by expanding the underlying mdisk array after adding new FCM4s. The process is taking too long, months on FS9500. Last expansion they were doing, they added 12x FCM4 and the array is estimating 40 d...
about 2 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Submitted

Retention Sets and transitioning to new tape technology.

Hello,There are customers who need to retain data for more than 10 years. However, a problem arises regarding technology lifecycles, as servers, disk arrays, and tape libraries are typically replaced every 5-10 years.Consequently, the customer fac...
6 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality Submitted

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