IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


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IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem

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    Integrate PB-HA volumes with Veeam Backup (qualification)

    Many customers use Veeam Backup and want to purchase a disk system for this application, which can be found on the "Veeam Alliance Partner integrations and qualifications" page https://www.veeam.com/solutions/alliance-partner/integrations-qualific...
    5 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 5 Submitted

    Support for HPE VM Essentials with FlashSystem (including PBR/HA)

    MSP considering HPE VM Essentials as VMware replacement, but need FlashSystem/SVC support
    3 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

    export/import for host configurations

    The existing feature to export and import a system's configuration does not include hosts. A feature to export all hosts (including their WWPNs) and import them on another system/cluster would be very helpful.
    10 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

    Adding a new volume to a parent volume group containing a snapshot that a thin-clone volume group was created from should automatically add the volume to the thin-clone VG when that VG is refreshed from a new snapshot taken from the parent VG.

    Since the thin-clone VG is tied to the snapshot of the parent, if you add LUNs to the parent and create a new snapshot and then refresh the thin-clone from the new snapshot, it seems logical that you would want the thin-clone VG to also have the n...
    1 day ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

    partition-specific CLI prompt

    starting with 9.1.1 we can connect to individual partitions. when doing so thru ssh the CLI prompt (PS1) still shows the full controller's name. it would be very handy to have the partition's name displayed here. especially if you're operating on ...
    about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

    Improve FlashSystem grid abilities for multiple systems Code Upgrade in one single interface.

    Improve the capabilities of the Flashsystem Grid by allowing the code and drive firmware updates of all storage systems to be done through a single management interface, instead of having to open the management interfaces of each Storage that belo...
    6 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

    SafeGuarded copy enforced retention

    Currently SGC can be removed just from restricted security administrator, protected by 2-Person integrity (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/flashsystem-9x00/9.1.0?topic=security-two-person-integrity). To further enhance SGC protection, the proposal is ...
    about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Under review

    task-based TPI

    The way Two Person Integrity (TPI) is currently implemented collides with our security policies and is not considered a true "4 eyes principal". When SecAdmin1 approves a time slot of X minutes for SecAdmin2 to do anything with superuser powers th...
    3 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

    Improve Flashsystem grid abilities for daily operations (vdisk, host connections, lun masking, etc).

    We have customers requesting that our Grid solution allow them to manage, administer and configure the functionalities and components of the Storages through a single management interface, without the need to open a specific management interface f...
    6 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

    Enable/ Support Broadcom/Brocade Quantum Safe Data Path

    Support Broadcom/Brocade Quantum Safe Data Path Technologie to encrypt FC Traffic between Server and Storage. Plus Traffic between SVC and Flashsystem and Flashsystem to Flashsystem. Why is this needed? It is needed for compliance under DORA and o...
    5 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

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