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Status Submitted
Workspace Storage Sentinel
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 15, 2026

Support SQL Server Always On Availability Groups (AAG) and Failover Cluster Instances (FCI) in IBM Storage Defender Sentinel

Our enterprise customers typically run mission-critical Microsoft SQL Server workloads using Always On Availability Groups (AAG) or Failover Cluster Instances (FCI).

Since Sentinel does not support scanning these configurations, it is effectively unusable for protecting SQL Server workloads in enterprise environments.

Customers cannot compromise their existing high-availability architecture just to enable ransomware detection.

We strongly request AAG/FCI support in Sentinel, especially since IBM Storage Defender CDM already supports backup and recovery of these configurations.

This limitation is a significant barrier to Sentinel adoption in real customer projects.

Idea priority Urgent