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insert more than two media categories/types for logical volumes

Today there are only two media categories available for defining logical volumes in an IBM VTS - Media Type Cartidge System Tape and Enhanced Cartridge. But you can define the volumes as 400MB, 800MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 25GB in the library. Since w...
1 day ago in IBM TS7700 1 Needs more information

Implement password policy for CSM Users in the Basic User Registry

There is obviously no password policy for CSM Userids in the basic user registry, when using CSM on HMC. This is a security breach, because the CSM users are not prompted to use a complex password. But in most cases, they do it voluntary to ensure...
11 days ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Future consideration

Being able to define an IP white listing to access the Defender Services DMS and DRS

DMS and DRS are SaaS based services which are widely accessible from the Internet. Although there are strong authentication, MFA and other security mechanism controlling the access, some clients are requesting the possibility to restrict access to...
8 days ago in Storage Defender 1 Future consideration

Add IP port utilization to Storage Insights

Currently we can only monitor FC port utilization using SI so we're completely blind when it comes to ISCSI port utilization and need to contact our network team to monitor usage which delays incident resolution. It would be great to be able to mo...
1 day ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Management Class in Library Request Command LVOL

There is no way to see the management class for a specific volume with the Library Request Command LVOL. You will get a lot of information, but there are no SMS constructs in the output. In the MI you will find it via Volume Details, but there is ...
1 day ago in IBM TS7700 1 Needs more information
209 VOTE

mmrestorefs into REST API.

The proper long term solution is to request a new feature to implement 'mmrestorefs' into REST API.
7 months ago in ESS 3 Future consideration

Support for native velero backup to Storage Protect using the S3 Object Agent

In case of a non-OpenShift container environment, native Velero implementation can be used to backup containerized applications. Velero is able to write the backups to an S3 target, for which the Object Agent from the Storage Protect can be used.
14 days ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Functionality already exists

On premises S3 as a source for protection

Many customers are starting to ask for on premises S3 to be protected as part of their daily routine. Defender DP can currently protect S3 data based on AWS ( https://docs.cohesity.com/7_1_2/Web/UserGuide/Content/Cloud/protect-amazon-s3.htm?Highli...
28 days ago in Storage Defender 0 Under review

Replicate backups to S3 object-lock repository (e.g IBM COS, IBM Ceph)

Many of our IBM clients have listened to our cyber resiliency messaging and looked to re-introduce a "3rd" copy of the data. In alignment with industry standardization for "321" backup methodology it is important to have an isolated and secure rep...
about 1 month ago in Storage Defender 2 Future consideration

Support for Proxmox virtual environment

In terms of the EMEA region, at this time of licensing changes in the VMware market, customers are responding that they are considering (or have already switched) to Proxmox virtual environments and are demanding agentless backups as they are used...
7 days ago in Storage Defender 0 Submitted

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