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Add GUI option to view, select and modify mirror write priority of Volumes

Currently it is not possible to specify the mirror write priority parameter in the GUI during Volume Creation. The system allows two options for mirrored volumes: latency (which is the default) and redundancy. In some customer environments it is c...
7 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Call home for Storage Defender

IBM Storage Defender does not yet have an integrated call home solution to send hardware logs to IBM Support and thus facilitate the replacement of defective equipment. In this case, I suggest creating a solution that identifies if the client is u...
4 months ago in Storage Defender 1 Planned for future release

add graphs to reports

when creating performance reports and chosing PDF or HTML as the preferred format, it would be very helpful to include a graph of the selected metrics as well. (much like in the upper half of the SI performance view.)
3 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

pseudo admin to administer and manage the box/users without access to destructive commands

We would like to have the ability to create a pseudo admin userid which has the ability access and manage all settings on the ds8ks and perform user account management but without all the other powerful options / dscli commands commonly used by th...
10 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

Multiple snapshot disk attached to same worker node from different namespaces which cause the "Failed Snapshot" in the backup because of the limitation in VMware end.

Issue where snapshot getting failed on daily backup jobs runs when we have multiple PV/PVCs from different namespace attached the same worker node because of the VMware end there is limitation to handle the multiple tasks at same time. When the fi...
10 days ago in Storage Fusion 0 Under review

Support for certificates Signed by Public CA

UPS has adopted a corporate-wide security policy that all systems and platforms must support certificates signed by a Public CA. Currently, IBM Storage Virtualize does not support certificates, which does not meet UPS's security requirements.
10 days ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Under review

add a DMS portal for GEOs other than AWS-US.

The DMS portal of Defender is currently only available in AWS-US. For customers in Europe that have to deal with DORA, NIS2, GDPR and other topics find it hard or impossible to accept a critical application running outside of EU. Please roll-out a...
9 months ago in Storage Defender 1 Planned for future release

Allow longer volume names - use shorter mapping names - in storage protect snapshot

Currently the following limitation for source volume length is in effect: For IBM Spectrum Protect™ Snapshot to work in combination with dynamic target allocation (SVCDTA) device classes, the name of the SAN Volume Controller production source vol...
11 months ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Flashcopy Manager 0 Under review

allow to update the Defender Connection Manager with a HTTPS certificate signed by client CA, 2 tier PKI, certificates must include correct CN and SAN with FQDN

Related product: IBM Defender Connection Manager Idea: Establish a process in the Connection Manager GUI or on cmd line (similar to the backup / restore script) to create a new CSR = Certificate Signing Request and install a client provided certif...
about 2 months ago in Storage Defender 0 Submitted

SP4VE increase max vmdk support limit of 8TB

Many customers have passed the 8TB for a single VMDK and currently cannot use SP4VE to protect these virtual machines.
about 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Future consideration

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