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Password expiry notification

1.)Password expiry notification – XIV use to have this feature, wherein it will inform the user about 10 days before password expiry.
2 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Delivered

Outbound traffic (AOS, callhome) through Proxy must be able to be inspected.

Proxy Security controls dictate that all network traffic leaving the organization must be inspected, controlled and managed. If there is a way to safely do this on all traffic (using certificates or any other way) to have the traffic decrypted for...
4 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library Delivered

CSM allows the use of multiple cryptographic TLS protocols

CSM can actually only select one version of TLS in the configuration member. Parameter of Configuration member csmServer: protocol=TLSv1.2 In order to simplify management and enable error-free migration to TLS v1.3 across different LPARs, we are r...
5 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) Delivered

Fix Incorrect Cache State After Lazy Loading

Summary: Fix inconsistency between actual cache state and reported state. Description: After lazy loading, files appear as uncached in tools like tspcacheutil, even though content matches (verified via md5sum). Impact: Misleading cache reporting O...
5 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) Delivered

Enhancing gpfs.snap for Hadoop Cases to Improve RCA and Reduce MTTR

The gpfs.snap -hadoop command is part of the process for opening Hadoop-related cases. In many instances, IBM development requests additional Java diagnostics that are no longer available during RCA. Incorporating relevant Java troubleshooting out...
6 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) Delivered

Storage partition PBHA should not be in error when a host is offline

Most of our IBM clients have IBM Power server.And most of them also doesn't use PowerHA. Instead they use offline LPAR that would be ready in case of a PRA. (AIX or IBMi, particulary IBMi with CBU licences). The problem is that the client prefer h...
6 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Delivered

Comment Run External Script Action

in a CSM task may be many run external scripts commands and currently the only action description is generated automatically as being "Run an external command on server xx.xx.xx.xx". This is not enough to understand what does exactly each run exte...
6 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) Delivered

To get support for NVMeTCP on the iWARP adapters on the FS9500 platform

We exploring IBM 9500 for NVMeTCP on the FS9500 platform where its been advised by IBM development team that flash system running on iWARP adapters not certified and compatible. 1) Would like to understand whether this is limitation of hardware or...
7 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Delivered

Reconnect message in the console to match the disconnect message

Currently, CSM seems to only show a message when it is disconnected from a DS8K storage system but not when it subsequently reconnects. IWNH1044E Nov 5, 2025, 9:57:30 PM The Replication Manager is disconnected from a cluster for the hardware devic...
8 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) Delivered

Automated ODD generation in CSM, along with periodic cleanup based on a retention policy to prevent storage overrun

Background: I recently met with the Storage Infrastructure Head of a large Indian bank. During the discussion, the customer specifically asked whether DS8000 supports automatic ODD generation based on predefined thresholds or triggers at the time ...
8 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) Delivered

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