IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM System Storage products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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IBM DS8000

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    TCT functionality on DS8000

    To reduce HSM mips usage, we were advised to use TCT on DS8000 for migration and recall, but the objects moved by DS8000 will never offload from TS7700 cache to backend tapes or ICOS . To accommodate these objects, we need to increase TS7700 cache...
    3 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

    Improve DS8 Communications Certificate Renewal Process

    The current Communication Certificate renewal process is lengthy and cumbersome, and as the industry is moving over the next few years to require rotating certificates every 47 days vs just once a year, improving existing workflows as much as poss...
    11 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

    DSCLI ‘list volume’ command options can show volumes mapped to a host, but do not provide ability to show volumes *not* mapped to a host.

    IBM enhance DSCLI commands to show volumes *not* mapped to a host. Intent is to help identify missing volumes and aid inventory / configuration / improve quality of storage provisioning. This was opened as an IBM i Large User Group (LUG) requireme...
    6 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

    Restrict Critical Actions in AOS (Assist On-Site) Even for Root Users

    Summary: Implement safeguards in AOS to prevent root users from executing high-risk actions—specifically system shutdowns and core configuration changes—without additional authorization. To perform a shutdown, two independent authorizations must b...
    3 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Needs more information

    Add pool capacity information to REST call "get pools"

    Customers are converting from dscli to REST API to feed e.g. Grafana dashboards. The dscli "lsextpool" command displays values for totalLogicalCap, usedLogicalCap, provisionedCap, totalPhysicalCap, usedPhysicalCap and compressionRatio. The REST re...
    12 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

    Add a projection of "free logical capacity" to the GUI

    Add a projection of "free logical capacity" to the GUI (under the assumption, that the future compression factor will be similar to the existing one). The total logical capacity, as it is the "addressable limit" in case of very good compression re...
    18 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

    Ability to Trigger Customized Client-Initiated Call Home via DSCLI or API

    As a DS8000 user with numerous DS8000s in our environment, we do not currently have an automated method to trigger an IBM Health Check on one or more of our DS8000 systems. Due to security concerns, we do not currently have IBM Storage Insights im...
    2 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

    Update DSCLI windows client with Developer Signatures for Win 11 Security

    The current DSCLI client will not install in Windows 11 environments secured with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, as the installer is not signed by a developer certificate. After moving to Windows 11, our storage admin team (4+ admins) is unable t...
    10 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    Add a user choice capability for displaying different capacity units in the GUI

    The GUI Dashboard screen provides capacity information which is great for the user. However, the graphs are displayed in TiB, the mouseover tooltip displays values in kmod1. This is irritating for the user. Some users like to handle their capacity...
    18 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

    DS8K - HMC must support at least 4096-bit RSA keys

    Currently DS8K only issues 2048-bit RSA keys which is not sufficient anymore.
    5 months ago in IBM DS8000 2 Planned for future release

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