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    List each zone name, not just the zone sets

    It would be very helpful to list each of the zone names, not just the number of zones in a zone set.
    12 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Not under consideration

    General group alert thresholds should have the option of selecting aggregation or individual object

    We require an alert definition for a specific scenario. The alert should trigger when the cumulative write data rate of HyperSwap volumes exceeds 2000MB/s. We cannot set the alert on the Pool component because the pool also contains non-HyperSwap ...
    9 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Submitted

    Support routed networks for management and fsp networks

    ESS documentation states that the FSP and Management networks for a stretched cluster has to be: All networks are flat, single namespace (ESS stretch cluster requirements) which I interpret to mean they must be same subnet, not routed. Practically...
    about 2 years ago in Storage Scale System 0 Future consideration

    IBM SPP: Allow VADP/VSNAP deployment with SSH keys instead of username/password

    Hello, VADP and VSNAP Deployment require that you enter a OS username and password for ssh communication. Username and password authentication is not very secure therefore any sane/larger customer will only allow ssh-keys for authentication. Pleas...
    almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Planned for future release

    RETENTION SET migration from older TAPE format to newer format or Cloud

    Data outlives the hardware technology when storing RETENTION SETS for 5 years or more. Being able to efficiently migrate from old to new media type would prove our dedication to the data and increase the longevity of our product.
    over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Future consideration

    Spectrum Protect Plus native application-aware snapshot/recovery support of Google Cloud Platform VMs

    Support for SPP to snapshot/recover Google Cloud VMs via API (like VMware VM support). Need capability of installing both the SPP server and vSnap in GCP.
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Future consideration

    mmvdisk - create vdiskset in system pool with DataOnly nsds.

    We have ess3500 hybrid model, we want to define NVME disks as MetaDataOnly, and NL-SAS disks as DataOnly in the same storage pool - system. Today mmvdisk does not allow it, but we can do it in Scale: [root@ems4 var]# mmvdisk vs define --vs vs_ESS4...
    3 months ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted

    Directory method upgrade to support efix package of core packages through open source ansible scale roles.

    Directory method upgrade to support efix package of core packages through open source ansible scale roles.
    9 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

    Support larger tape ranges in the Selective Device Access Control tape range table

    The SDAC tape range table supports 50 entries total. A range of A00000-A99999 covers 100K tape volumes. My client uses letters in the second position of the tape volser (A-Z). I have to enter a range such as AA0000-AA9999 (covers 10K tape volumes)...
    about 2 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Future consideration

    vSnap Failover Functionality

    Currently, vSnap servers do not have integrated failover functionality. This means if a vSnap is not available, and a backup runs pointing to this vSnap, backup will fail. Automatic failover should happen if a vSnap is not available. Backup then s...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

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