IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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    Support for symbolic links at CESS3/noobaa buckets

    To support a seamless migration from swift to CESS3/noobaa it is required to use symbolic links to the bucket directory. Nobbaa has already the parameter config.NSFS_CHECK_BUCKET_BOUNDARIES at the configuration file /usr/local/noobaa-core/config.j...
    3 months ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted

    implement tiering from HOT storage pool to COLDDATACACHE storagepool in object domains, effectively allowing tiering to Tape storage

    in IBM SP 8.2.x a new feature was added to allow storing GLACIER object data to tape with the requirement of the data has to be of storage class GLACIER at upload time. Allowing retroactive tiering to GLACIER based on domain policy or lifcycle rul...
    3 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 0 Submitted

    Progress bar for Node Replication

    My customer needs a progress indicator, how much data have already been replicated. At the moment, there is no progress bar in the Operations Center ? There are the PMRs: TS001082298, TS000931890, TS000896249
    about 8 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 1 Future consideration

    Node replication based on managementclass or storagepool

    Currently node replication can only be issued on a node/filespace basis and backup/archive data. A big global bank has the requirement to replicate all data cross country which are older than 5 years. The data can't be distinguished by filespace o...
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Future consideration

    Enable DS8K range and TS7700 range to interface with Cyberark (password vault)

    Currently we (Barclays) use Cyberark as a password repository. We store all our system userids (Admin/Customer) in cyberark and they are meant to be system managed i.e cyberark will change the passwords for those userids without manual interventio...
    over 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

    Make "Hold service state" persist across power cycles.

    Currently, at a remote location, there is no way to make a FlashSystem stay offline across power cycles. There are cases where power maintenance activities take place, and it is expected that power may go up & down multiple times. Having a Fla...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

    Ability to Copy or Tier Storage pool data of File Device class type to S3 compatible COS bucket with Retention Lock set

    As we know it is difficult for Spectrum Protect to manage dedup extents when stored or tiered to a cloud container storage pool and is a major development work, IBM developers may think of introducing this functionality which may be quicker and ea...
    about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    Alternative Archive Destination with Oracle

    If, for any reason, the DB or Backup has had a problem und the archive destination is filled for 100% the DB get's in stuck.DB Administrator will choose an alternative archive destination.After Backup works again, it only backup the archive logs f...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 2 Future consideration

    Add additional commands to IBM Spectrum Protect's command approval infustructure

    IBM Spectrum Protect currently has the ability to require approval from two administrators for certain commands. However, commands like REGISTER ADMIN, UPDATE ADMIN, and REMOVE ADMIN are not included in this framework. From a security point of vie...
    about 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Future consideration

    Enhanced RBAC with command specific granularity

    Implement enhanced RBAC policy configuration based on a per command configuration policy. We want to specify per defined adminitrator which actions/commands can be executed. Command approval as implemented in the latest versions is to limited
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Future consideration

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