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Search results: IBM DS8000

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Adding options to loading DSCLI(DS Command Line Interface)

Loading the DSCLI code from Windows/IBM i requires Java 8 or newer plus using the ftp protocol. When the company has removed the use of Oracle Java and replace with another version of Java for the company to use, Second, company has block the use ...
9 days ago in IBM DS8000 3 Future consideration

Install ICS through Customer-Code-Load

This is an enhancement request of Customer-Code-Load of DS8000 R9.3 and later. My understanding is that currently there is no way to choose an ICS through Customer-Code-Load GUI. (If there is a higher level of bundle, some ICSs are selected aut...
6 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

Request for DS8K GUI to show logically occupied in comparison to physical occupied capacity in dashboard

Enhancement request for DS8K GUI to especially show in particular the logically occupied capacity also at first glance, and in comparison to the physically used. The Dashboard should already outline whether and how much is overprovisioned.The Dash...
over 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

LCP : Dynamic Management (increase and decrease) of Safeguarded Capacity

This idea would benefit all IBM z customers who are using, or who are considering implementing Logical Corruption Protection (aka z Cyber Vault) of data hosted on DS8000 storage subsystems. It would be of particular value to large installations wh...
over 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

Select background colour in GUI

When working with several systems it would be nice to change background colour or banner colour.It would be easier to visually see what system you are working on.
over 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

Secure LCU from PPRC Target

I would like to be able to keep a volume(s) from being used for a PPRC target. I would prefer it to be protected at the LCU/LSS level. Since there is no user associated with a PPRC target, resource groups do not apply. I want to be able to protect...
over 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

add security to dscli commands

we want to create personalized security profile by selecting only some dscli commands (and equivalence with the GUI) to restrict permission to a community.
over 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

ICKDSF FLASHCPY support for PAV on z/VSE

System: ICKDSF under z/VSEActor: Restore the original function of ICKDSF FLASHCPY with PAV enabled. Descrition: The enabling of PAV under z/VSE will make the IO from ICKDSF to go through the alias address. There is no way to bypass this address se...
about 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 2 Delivered

Request for improvement of AIX multipath driver (SDDPCM)

The SDDPCM is coded for multiple storage paths connected to a single host adapter. For consistent workload, we require a single adapter be mapped to a single storage port. The SDDpcm does not see this as a balanced implementation, and teh select c...
almost 8 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

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