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IBM DS8000

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Global Mirror RPO Alerting from DS8000

Clients running Global Mirror replication are always concerned about the state of their replication - mainly through the RPO metric. Currently, there is no direct RPO reporting that is handled by the DS8000 system itself. For clients not using man...
about 22 hours ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

DS8K - Multiple local user support when AD/LDAP is configured

In DS8K - post configuration of AD/LDAP, it allows only one user in addition to LDAP users. Since we have local users created for different purposes (for e.g. CSM replication user, Spectrum Controller user, Monitoring tool integration users, Servi...
about 23 hours ago in IBM DS8000 1 Submitted

Daily System Check using Ansible

In an effort to automate our DS8k-environment with Ansible we are looking into automating our daily system check where we see if there is any physical drives in a failed status. The current process is done via DSCLI and generates a report manually...
4 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

Implementation of AOS Control via Ansible

As per security requirement AOS must be closed and should only be opened when there is a reason for it. Like IBM Support working on machines or in case of any defects. In these cases, the control center gets involved and sometimes people who are n...
4 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

DS8K - Dual Control for operational activities

Add Dual Control function to any operational activities on the DS8K HMC to increase resilience and protect from insider attacks
21 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

DS8K - Single Sign ON (SSO) with OIDC

Add SSO support via OIDC to externalize authentication and enable multi factor authentication on the DS8K HMC
21 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

Create a REST API for the DS8910 to Discard/Delete acquired Token

Currently there is no way to logout from a REST API session on the DS8910. This leaves authorization tokens until the expiration period expires enabling them to be used subsequently by another process or user. This will tighten the REST API securi...
28 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

Implementing other message codes for SNMP trap 221

The client configuration is using DS8900 with Safe Guarded Copy At the moment when they see an SNMP trap trigger for trap 221 they only receive Message Code 10, which is telling them it's already removing space. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ds8900/...
about 1 month ago in IBM DS8000 2 Not under consideration

Remote Pair Flashcopy for GM (Global Mirror)

This functionality is currently our highest priority for upcoming microcode enhancements. We are awaiting this capability to enable DB2 image copies—and more broadly, any FlashCopy operations—without negatively impacting our Global Mirror (GM) Rec...
about 1 month ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

Add an 'absolute' logout for DS8 GUI and CLI

Along with the idle timeout on the DS8 GUI, further security restrictions are requiring us to have an 'absolute' logout time. Even if session is NOT idle a login could not be longer than 12 hours (for example). This should be included on the DS8 G...
about 1 month ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

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