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CallHome feature add to use SMTP in addition to HTTPS

System: ESS EMS node models: 5148-21L 5105-22E Actor: Client needing additional CallHome feature ESS EMS node is a mandatory component of ESS building blocks. CallHome is currently supporting HTTPs protocol through internet via proxy server. Clien...
over 3 years ago in Storage Scale System 1 Not under consideration

Support Spectrum Protect for Space Management in Spectrum Scale 5.0 on Linux for System Z architectures

We need support of Spectrum Protect for space management (HSM) in Spectrum Scale 5.0 in Zlinux architectures.
over 6 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

Spectrum Scale to support quota management on external Storage pool.

Request Spectrum Scale to support quota management on external Storage pool.
over 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

Metadata tags cannot be added/associated to Filespaces in Spectrum Protect

Metadata tags cannot be added/associated to Filespaces in Spectrum Protect
over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Not under consideration

Querying actlog with option MSGNO can only be done with one argument, this should be extendend to use more arguments

The search in Actlog with the msgno option should be extended so that it is possible to search for several message numbers. For example, msgno=0293,0294 should be possible in a query so that you can see the start and end of an action, therefore yo...
11 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

V7000 QOS function to prioritize workload

The V7000 QOS function (I/O Governing) can limit the I/O's on a LUN. We need a functionality as I/O Priority Manager on DS8870 that can prioritize the I/O's on a LUN. Can we get this kind of function on the V7000?
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Consistent VDisk copy protection during ESC Incremental Resynch and/or Volume Migration

During volume migration and volume copy incremental synchronization in stretch cluster configurations, until the second copy is consistent again, the loss of the primary site will command restoring data from tape backup into the second site capaci...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

FTP and HTTP CES support

Support FTP and HTTP access on CES protocol nodes.
over 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 4 Not under consideration

Support for SNMPv3 on the TS4300.

While SNMPv3 was supported on the older TS3100, it's not supported on the new generation TS4300 for more secure communication and the customer would like that feature to be added to the TS4300.
almost 3 years ago in Linear Tape-Open 1 Not under consideration

Allow user to append a comment svctask commands

This is to allow user to optional add a comment to svctask command in order to provide an indication or refer to a change number when making changes to Spectrum Virtualise.This would also be captured in the audit log.
over 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

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