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PINNED Is there a use case for having a host with no ports in a host cluster?
A host cluster is an existing concept in FlashSystem used to simplify the configuration of a number of similar hosts, usually with the same volume mappings. The question is, is there a use case for having a host in a host cluster that has no ports...
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Enforce HSTS in TS7700

TS7700 Web GUI is not enforcing HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security), which allows downgrade attacks, SSL-stripping man-in-the-middle attacks and weakens cookie-hijacking protections. It should be either enforced by default or it should be possib...
8 days ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Submitted

DS8K - Single Sign ON (SSO) with OIDC

Add SSO support via OIDC to externalize authentication and enable multi factor authentication on the DS8K HMC
15 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

Display write-protect status of a cartridge in the UI and API

It would be a really useful feature to be able to see at a glance which tapes in the library currently have their write-protect switch turned on.
29 days ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Future consideration

Allow the refreshfromsnapshot command to run when the target has snapshots and/or a snapshot policy.

The refreshfromsnapshot command currently requires that you delete all snapshots and the snapshot policy of a target volume group before refreshing. This isn't ideal in the case when you are refreshing a volume group since you may need to restore ...
4 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

SI Data Collector in Windows should not relay on WMIC due to deprecation

The Windows data collector service relies on the WMIC command which has been deprecated since 2016 and it is recommended to replace its use with powershell functions. On newer Windows versions (eg 11 and 2025), WMIC is not installed by default, an...
30 days ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Submitted

Add dual stack networking to IBM Fusion HCI automated installation

Currently the IBM Fusion HCI automated installation only allows for single stack IPv4 networking, and nothing else. Other choices that are supported by OpenShift are IPv6 single stack network, or dual stack networking with IPv4 <AND> IPv6. T...
15 days ago in Storage Fusion 0 Under review

Security mandates for Storage Fusion credentials and MCG integration to S3

ITAU Bank is one of the largest private banks in Brazil. Customer is very advanced in Cloud Adoption, having AWS as their main partner and managing over 9K AWS accounts. While providing agility and independence, their methodology also increases in...
10 months ago in Storage Fusion 0 Under review

Query for bitmap increment status

During a configuration change from H3->H1->H2 to H1->H2->H3, running the start H1->H2->H3 command may result in an unexpected full copy from H2 to H3 instead of a quick resync (for example, when z/OS systems were down after rolli...
about 2 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Under review

Proxmox support for PBHA

In order to attract disgruntled VMware customers, we need an official support statement for policy-based high-availability (PBHA) for Proxmox VE (Proxmox Virtual Environment). For both, Proxmox stand-alone servers and clustered ones.
8 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Planned for future release

Add auto resize of target volumes when Refreshing a volume group

Currently if a VG refresh has a target volume that has been expanded, you have to manually shrink it before refreshing it from the source again. If we've already decided to refresh the volume, we don't expect any data to remain, so having to alway...
8 days ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

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