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IBM DS8000

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Add clip functionality to ZCPYS / CSM

Add functionality to ZCPYS and/or CSM to enable the clip of the VSN prefix on any flashcopy session. For example - we take a FlashCopy of a system with a VSN prefix of VA. Use ZCPYS to change the VSN prefix on the Flash Copy session from VA to VQ ...
3 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Future consideration

DS8K - Single Sign ON (SSO) with OIDC

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

MFA support with IBM Verify

Dear Development and Product Management team, Please, I would like to suggest an enhancement to the MFA feature of DS8000. Some of IBM customers are adopting an IBM solution to implement MFA called IBM Verify, that offer significantly benefits com...
6 months 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...
26 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

DS8K Logical Configuration backup & restore functionality

Hello,I would like to ask to implement IBM as a vendor supported way to create backup about DS8K storage's logical configuration, with option to restore it.The configuration backup should be possible to be created from both DSCLI and DS8000 Storag...
about 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

Get the HighWater mark of Safeguarded Copy used capacity

We would like to know the maximal used of the Safeguarded Copy capacity for a volume. This will improve the monitoring of SafeguardedCopy and will help to define a good multiplier (and be sure we can backup the full volume, in addition to regular ...
12 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Future consideration

The DS8900 uses a 2048 bit RSA-encryption for the request and that doesn't suite our certification authority (3072 bit or better 4096 bit)

The DS8900 uses a 2048 bit RSA-encryption for the request and that doesn't suite our certification authority (3072 bit or better 4096 bit). Even with the 9.4 release it still seems to be a 2048 bit key and there is no possibility to change/adjust ...
about 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

Improve DS8000 Rest API capabilities

REST API the current trend for automation. It provides a flexible, scalable, and easy-to-use way to retrieve and automate tasks that can be accessed from any platform or programming language. Enhancing Rest API on DS8000 will enable end users to s...
over 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 3 Future consideration

Add more Debug Tools in DS8xxx to implement Data At Rest

When trying to implement Data At Rest encryption, we got several problems to establish communication with the key servers. On DS8xxx side (which is the client in the relation), messages for debugging are not really explicit. On Key Server side, no...
almost 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

Encryption on Metro/Global Mirror Link (FCP/PPRC)

It is currently an audit exposure if data is encrypted only at a rest. Clients are required to encrypt data in all physical media where the data transits and is stored, from the CPU to disk, and also from primary copy to all other copies where it ...
8 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration