IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    Need a msg issued to z/OS when the SGC backup completes either successfully or unsuccessfully so we can trap it via automation.

    We run a SGC scheduled task every hour. We need to be able to get notified via z/OS automation when a SGC backup completes either successfully or unsuccessfully. More importantly we need to build automation informing us when a SGC backup has not b...
    5 days ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Functionality already exists

    task-based TPI

    The way Two Person Integrity (TPI) is currently implemented collides with our security policies and is not considered a true "4 eyes principal". When SecAdmin1 approves a time slot of X minutes for SecAdmin2 to do anything with superuser powers th...
    3 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

    Enable/ Support Broadcom/Brocade Quantum Safe Data Path

    Support Broadcom/Brocade Quantum Safe Data Path Technologie to encrypt FC Traffic between Server and Storage. Plus Traffic between SVC and Flashsystem and Flashsystem to Flashsystem. Why is this needed? It is needed for compliance under DORA and o...
    5 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

    Update DSCLI windows client with Developer Signatures for Win 11 Security

    The current DSCLI client will not install in Windows 11 environments secured with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, as the installer is not signed by a developer certificate. After moving to Windows 11, our storage admin team (4+ admins) is unable t...
    6 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    Automate Fusion and OpenShift upgrades and cluster release via RedFish APIs

    Reducing time to deploy new OpenShift clusters in Fusion and upgrade both OpenShift and Fusion via RedFish APIs could help increase deployment tasks and reduce human errors
    about 1 month ago in Storage Fusion 0 Under review

    Enable inline compression of files at ingestion for IBM Storage Scale

    Our client needs to have the option to compress some well-known files inline, at ingestion -first write- time. Their goal is to enable this compression on the gpfs clients. They use remote-mounts to connect to their gpfs filesystems (having ESS as...
    about 2 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Submitted

    Enhancement to Fusion HCI GDP metro DR

    Fusion HCI Metro DR for VM requires admin to manually copy the VM yaml to DR HCI during failover. This is not automated and error prone. Customer who use HCI for VM, will run thousands of VMs. This is not practical to do it manually. Request to au...
    4 months ago in Storage Fusion 1 Functionality already exists

    Offline/manual install of Defeder Sensors in VMs

    Defender Sensors are currently only installable from the DRS UI. Installation/upgrade from DRS require network connectivity and FW openings from the on-premises Connection Manager(s) directly or through a Defender Sensor Control node to the VM(s) ...
    about 2 months ago in Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service (DRS) 0 Future consideration

    Allow choosing the snapshot name for a volume group

    Hello Development Team, One of our main FlashSystem platform customers in Brazil, the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3), believes that, for a more customized experience, it would be important to allow choosing the snapshot name when a snapshot policy ...
    3 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Under review

    Support NVIDIA Blackwell for Fusion HCI GPU node

    We're now planning to build a platform business with major SIer vendors in Japan. We're planning to propose Fusion as their platform equipped with GPUs, but they requested us the latest model Blackwell is needed to expand their business into infor...
    8 months ago in Storage Fusion 1 Planned for future release

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