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    Query virt. Volume Inventory (Sizes)

    Hello, The TS7700 Virtual Tape System tracks the space used by each logical volume containing data. However, the Web GUI currently does not provide a way to query this information in bulk (e.g., through the Search Logical Volume panel: TS77-I-108)...
    2 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 3 Planned for future release

    Support NVIDIA Blackwell for Fusion HCI GPU node

    We're now planning to build a platform business with major SIer vendors in Japan. We're planning to propose Fusion as their platform equipped with GPUs, but they requested us the latest model Blackwell is needed to expand their business into infor...
    8 months ago in Storage Fusion 1 Planned for future release

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

    Currently DS8K only issues 2048-bit RSA keys which is not sufficient anymore.
    about 1 month ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

    Volume and Host move between partitions (split partition)

    We need the possibility to move volumes/LUNs and Hosts between partitions on the same system. The current Partition Design is very static and gives limited flexibility. This feature can be relevant if you want to split your current volume/LUN/host...
    8 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Planned for future release

    Proxmox support for PBHA

    In order to attract disgruntled VMware customers, we need an official support statement for policy-based high-availability (PBHA) for Proxmox VE (Proxmox Virtual Environment). For both, Proxmox stand-alone servers and clustered ones.
    about 1 year ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Planned for future release
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    Add Spectrum Scale support for Red Hat's kpatch feature. https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/linux/what-is-linux-kernel-live-patching

    Anyone that maintains a Red Hat server running Spectrum Scale could benefit from this capability.
    over 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Planned for future release

    Support for Ubuntu 22.04

    As Ubuntu 20.04 support comes to an end in April 2025 please could you provide support for Ubuntu 22.04 for Spectrum Protect Server as per the previous versions listed here IBM Storage Protect 8.1.25 Server Requirements and Support for Linux x86_64
    10 months ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Planned for future release

    Alerts notifications by mail should include all details for the alert and not only the link to the Aler in the SI instance

    SI alert notifications by mail should include the full description/details of the alert and not only the link to the alert in the SI instance. With this you will have at good overview of the "problem" with all details and no need to go to SI insta...
    5 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Planned for future release

    add a DMS portal for GEOs other than AWS-US.

    The DMS portal of Defender is currently only available in AWS-US. For customers in Europe that have to deal with DORA, NIS2, GDPR and other topics find it hard or impossible to accept a critical application running outside of EU. Please roll-out a...
    almost 2 years ago in Storage Defender Data Resiliency Service (DRS) 3 Planned for future release

    Option for consistently following symbolic links in AFM

    AFM's default behavior updates symlinks without fetching the target file at the home site. This behavior can cause applications that are relying on that symlink to break. We are requesting a feature that allows AFM to follow symlinks if the target...
    over 1 year ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Planned for future release

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