IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    Enable/Add SSO or SAML to DS8K Authentication Options

    Currently DS8Ks authenticate using local logins, LDAP, or even RACF permissions. It lacks a modern Single Sign-On (SSO) or a Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) option, specifically for Entra ID. As enterprises migrate from LDAP or require m...
    6 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    Request for Enhancement – Detailed Backup Object Metadata in IBM Storage Protect Server

    Description: Currently, the Backup‑Archive Client (dsmc query backup -detail or GUI) displays Last Modified Date, Last Accessed Date, Backup Date, and file attributes of the backup object. However, the IBM Storage Protect server (e.g., BACKUPS tab...
    3 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

    Real time ransomware detection for IBM Storage Scale file systems and filesets

    IBM Storage Scale environment we need the capability for real-time ransomware detection. We use immutable snapshots for file systems and fileset already. Real-time ransomware detection gives us the ability to determine the last good immutable snap...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Future consideration

    Fusion HCI VM HCP clusters with GDP remote mount

    The reason for this feature is that many customers utilize Scale/ESS for their data storage and want to have the ability to directly access this data through remote mounts from containers running on VM HCP (Hosted Control Plane) clusters within Fu...
    12 months ago in Storage Fusion 1 Under review

    Support OpenShift EUS (Extended Update Support) for IBM Fusion HCI

    OpenShift EUS provides a stable, long-term support update channel with key advantages: Reduced update frequency (e.g., every 6 months instead of 3) Only one restart of non-control-plane nodes per update Shorter update duration Currently, IBM does ...
    7 months ago in Storage Fusion 1 Under review

    CSI driver with RWX permission

    we have a large VMware environment that uses an IBM FS7300 storage system as the primary storage for virtual machines. We have recently started using Kubernetes together with Persistent Volumes. However, the native CSI driver only supports RWO (Re...
    3 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Functionality already exists

    S3 bucket backup in Defender Data Protect urgently needs optimization to be usable in an environment with multiple buckets on the same endpoint.

    Defender Data Protect allows you to add an S3-compatible source to back up S3 buckets; however, the implementation is flawed and hinders the backup process in several ways. For instance, an endpoint can only be added once with a single user; it is...
    3 months ago in Defender Data Protect/Replica 0 Submitted

    Add support for Hyper-V

    I have a bank who is a current Control user. They have recently migrated from VMWare to Hyper-V. They used Control with VMWare and would like to have the same hypervisor support for Hyper-V.
    about 1 month ago in IBM Spectrum Control 1 Submitted

    Multitenancy Support for S3 Glacier feature on Diamond Back and planned on TS4300

    Finnish market needs multitenancy support to DiamondBack S3 Glacier and TS4300 S3 Glacier implementations, since all large customers who are planning onprem S3 installations are behind service provides. Service providers do not typically implement...
    4 months ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive 0 Submitted

    Prometheus metrics for Fusion Backup and Restore Service operations

    Fusion currently exposes a limited set of Prometheus metrics for backup and restore operations. While sufficient for basic monitoring, these metrics do not provide enough detail for production-grade observability. Problem Statement: The current Pr...
    6 months ago in Storage Fusion 2 Under review

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