IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    Installation DSCLI via Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)

    In the past we used DSCLI on Windows. In this environment we got informations about the software itself and security vulnerabilities automatically via a software management tool. If there was a breach or new version we got automatically informed. ...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

    Show zHyperlink performance details in DS8K GUI

    Would be helpful in monitoring DS8K performance or in case of incident handling.
    over 3 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

    REST-API request for GET a list of defined LDAP Users/Groups and their roles

    Security department needs to report weekly a status of important security parameters to the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). We need REST-API to query detailed permissions of authenticated users. Which LDAP Users/Groups are defined ...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 0 Future consideration

    REST-API request for GET a list of permissions for roles/custom roles

    Security department needs to report weekly a status of important security parameters to the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). We need REST-API to query which user/group has which role. All return formats should be in JSON and YAML fo...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

    Frame swap challenge when using Delayed Premigration. I call it "Autonomic prepare of frame swap when using Delay Premigration”

    Below idea is related to frame swap from old TS7700T subsystem to new TS7700T. Meaning virtual tape having a backend Tape Library(ie TS4500) and backend Pdrives/Pvols. When preparing frame swap, due to hardware renewal, you need to be well prepare...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Future consideration

    Spectrum Protect faster backup and restore for Filer

    Spectrum Protect's Backup by General Storage's MAGS parallelizes the process of checking objects for changes. As a result, this time-consuming part of the backup on file servers is massively accelerated.
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

    Be able to set default throttle or multiple throttle schedules (business hours or weekends, for example)

    This request is to have the ability of creating different throttle schedules, or setting a default throttle.
    about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    installation image for physical vSnap servers

    IBM provides vsnap server OVAs für virtualized vsnap servers.In some customer situations it would be helpful to have also a fully supported installation image for physical vsnap servers including update images.
    about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Not under consideration

    New Flash 4th Site command in 4 Site Replication Enhanced session

    It is requested to provide a new command "Flash 4th Site" that would provide similar functionality to the "Flash 3rd Site" command. We would request that the 4 Site session, knowing the current 4th site, would carry out all of the steps required t...
    9 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Integrate SGC Hold and Release Commands into 4 Site Replication Enhanced session

    The recently delivered SGC Hold and Preserve Backups command and the SGC Release Backup Expiration command are extremely useful for certain clients. In a 4 site environment, the Scheduled Task to automate this process must either me modified upon ...
    9 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

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