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Backup database to s3/cloud - support for immutability

Cloud container pool has support for immutability and if you store data there, it makes sense to also be able to store the database backup in cloud with immutability. Currently, database can be stored in cloud, but no immutability.
about 1 month ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 0 Submitted

Windows ReFS is not supported for Single File Restore

Because Windows ReFS filesystem is getting more and more popular it is a major lack of functionality and usability by not supporting ReFS for single file restore with the selfservice portal.
about 1 month ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 0 Submitted

Allow customer to use LDAP groups for both authentication and authorization level

Allow customers to use LDAP groups for both authentication and authorization level (admin, operator, etc) … The customer would like to adminstir the groups on th eDS8k exactly how it works in the Storage Manager GUI for the z/OS.
about 1 month ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

DS8000 Submitting a Test Call Home Case

This would be useful to make sure a call home case gets submitted to IBM Support. The test call home feature is good, but would like it to be more comprehensive. This shows that its able to make a connection and is able to create a case after let'...
about 1 month ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

Provide functionality for a "Time Protected Checkout" from Safeguarded Logical Library

The use of Safeguarded Tape increases the potential attack vector on the tape library's management interfaces. The ability to configure a minimum time period that must elapse after assigning/checkin a cartridge/volume to the "Safeguarded" logical ...
about 1 month ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Future consideration

Possibility to provide more granular RBAC permissions

The use of Safeguarded Tape increases the potential attack vector on the tape library's management interfaces. The currently implemented options for assigning role-based permissions do not allow these permissions to be assigned granularly to indiv...
about 1 month ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

Implement IP filter for defining on how to access the IP-based mangement interfaces of a TS4500 library

The use of "Safeguarded Tape" increases the potential attack vector on the tape library's management interfaces. One way to better protect these interfaces would be the functionality of an "IP filter" (integrated in the TS4500 internal ICC), which...
about 1 month ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Future consideration

Clean cache with migration when one copy is online

Customer store their data into two libraries, when one library is offline or failure, they can't clean storage scale cache with archive migration and have to wait for IBM repairing. While customer only have a little cache storage space, they have ...
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Archive 0 Needs more information

IBM Storage Defender Data Protect support for Oracle oVirt

Oracle oVirt (bought by Oracle from Red Hat). Per the documentation, oVirt (Red Hat) was supported until version 6.1.8. Now oVirt is part of the new Oracle, but not yet officially supported by Data Protect.
about 1 month ago in Storage Defender 0 Submitted

Have Volume Group next scheduled snapshot be DST aware

When you have a daily snapshot policy setup for a volume group, the next scheduled snapshot is always 24 hours later. When daylight savings time is involved, this will lead to the snap shot being taken 1 hour later/earlier in the day (according to...
about 1 month ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

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