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    TSM &HSM independently backup data & metadata

    It is about making TSM (SpectrumProtect) and HSM ready to deal with large number of files and huge data pods by doing backup of data independently from meta data.
    about 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    Keep supporting TSM API (backup to TSM via BRMS on IBM i)

    Please do not discontinue this support.
    over 10 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 3 Not under consideration

    Allow the CSM DSCLI for Z logs directory to point to a user-specified location.

    Modify the CSM DSCLI for Z product such that the logs directory, and any other directory the product writes to, can be directed to another location than the product's install location, currently CSM_ProductionRoot/logs. This would be an environmen...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Less tape-commits with server-processes like Backup Stg, Migration and Reclamation to improve throuput

    TSM does a tape-commit (and thus a time-consuming backhitch on the tape drive) every time the backup-date, the nodename, the filespace or even the managementclass within a single filespaces of a single node changes. This is regardless of / precede...
    almost 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Not under consideration

    IBM CSM API Should Show all DS8 Session/LSS/SSID In Hexadecimal to Correctly Reflect The Values on the Hardware

    We recently encountered a discrepancy in our API reporting from CSM where the Session ID was not matching what is in the GUI (and on the actual DS8 hardware), and it turned out that from the CSM/web/sessions URI, all of the session/LSS/SSID values...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Is a defect

    CSM enhancement request to have two CSM active servers to work with some user's responsibility

    One customer in Japan is now implementing CSM environment on z/OS to manage FlashCopy and Global Mirror on DS8Ks. They are now using Hitach's shadow images (SI) and universal replicator (UR) and they will replace IBM DS8K's FC and GM with CSM mana...
    over 5 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Allow Multi-Target PPRC via CSM for HDS Controllers

    We use Hitachi storage controllers with CSM as data mirroring software. In the case of a 3-sided controller migration, it is necessary to activate multitarget pprc. However, CSM currently does not allow this for storage controllers from other manu...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Not under consideration

    Allow user to display "volume full name" and "volume short name" at his conveniance using existing table twistie

    In huges banking Z/os csm implamentation, we can deal with many DS8000 having each more than 100 000 volumes. Having this ability will avoid fingerchecks when usin CSM GUI to perform troubleshooting tasks when things are not work as expected.
    over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Support for GFS2 file systems

    Support for GFS2 file systems. Customer tested the backup and restore of GFS2 FileSystems and the attributes are not restored. Then, the current solution is not valid
    almost 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    Spectrum protect, official support for RedHat 8

    Hi. There is a need to use RedHat 8 servers. Lacking support for backups on Spectrum Protect
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Planned for future release

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