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    SSO login for CLI (MS Azure or ADFS)

    For a while now, there's MFA SSO support for the Storage Virtualize GUI. However to comply with our internal security policy, we also need to enable this for CLI access to our storage systems. Please add CLI login support to the authentication met...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

    Show Capacity Savings Total Provisioned Line only for vDisk assigned to a host

    On the FS or SVC Dashboard the total provision value is the value in all vDisk. If attached behind a SVC, there are normally provisioned but not assigned vDisk to fill up the entire space. That leads into a missunderstanding on the dashboard.
    over 1 year ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

    Abort of STGRule ActionType=Copy if no MountPoint is available

    Starting a Storage Rule with ActionType COPY and no Tape MountPoints are available the transaction is aborted by the server.
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    Update vSnaps over SPP GUI / Dashboard

    We would like to be able to update one or more vSnaps through the IBM Spectrum Protect Plus GUI / Dashboard.Currently we have to update the vSnaps manually via the cli on the vSnap server itself.
    about 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    High‑Availability Enhancement for TS7700 Microcode Maintenance

    Eliminating planned downtime would deliver a best‑in‑class user experience for TS7700 customers, comparable to the DS8000 series. Currently, downtime is required because the TS7700 architecture relies on a single controller, which must be taken of...
    6 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

    add SVC log message when volume mirror copies run out-of-sync

    Please add an informational log message to SVC when volume copies 0 and 1 get out-of-sync. Despite the two policies that can be set with the 'mirrorwritepriority' option it would be very helpful to notice problems in the back-end when volume copie...
    over 13 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 5 Not under consideration

    Increased detail on TS4500 log events.

    Customer has requested the TS4500 log events be modified to reflect a higher level of granularity. The specific ask is to make the TS4500 log details similar (if not identical) to the logs produced by the TS4300. The customer appreciates the level...
    12 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Future consideration

    Default Lifecycle Policy

    Setting up a default lifecycle policy from the cluster management which would be in effect for every bucket by default unless the bucket owner puts a custom lifecycle policy on the bucket. This would in effect force the users to either set-up thei...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM Storage CEPH 0 Planned for future release

    Verify Management Class Contraints on Node Migration

    When moving/migrating a TSM node from one TSM domain to another, and in the target TSM domain the management class used in the source does not exist in its policiy definitions, the default management class is used. The fall back to the default man...
    about 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

    Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI configuration mode checkbox should be UNCHECKED by default.

    The Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI configuration mode checkbox should remain unchecked as a default setting for normal use.
    almost 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 2 Planned for future release

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