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    This applies to Spectrum CDM: Actions on multiple selected object

    If we have to hold/release several jobs we have to do it on each single job. Selecting all the jobs the only available action is "Delete", which is the most dangerous option. I think it can be very helpful for the day by day activity to enable al...
    over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Planned for future release

    A command to reapply management class on a volume or list of volumes

    Objective is to reduce migration time and correction time in case of error.
    9 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

    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...
    over 1 year ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 2 Needs more information

    Please add ACME Client for TSSC

    Most if not all companies no longer allow Self-Signed Certs on their network. Most if not all organizations are requiring 90 day, 180 day or 365 Day certificate renewals. On TSSC this is a cumbersome task .. especially for 90 day cert renewals. A ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 3 Not under consideration

    add support for other KMIP server type

    Today, only SKLM is supported to encrypt tapes. To simplify infrastructure, we would concentrate our KMIP requests to only one type of server. So our request is to have support for other servers.
    over 2 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 4 Planned for future release

    Add SMTP protocol for event

    For information security reasons, some companies are unable to connect out the systems to report issues and events. Most IBM Storage and Mainframe systems have an SMTP protocol for sending e-mail alerts but not in TS77700. Can you add this option ?
    over 3 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Future consideration

    A flexible way to prestage LV into VTS cache

    Today, there is no native zOS utility available that recalls(prestages) all the needed LogicalVolumes in an effective and automated way back into the VTS cache.
    about 5 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 0 Future consideration

    TAPETOOLS should be part of z/OS

    TAPETOOLS is currently shipped as a set of stand alone utilities. These need to be updated on a regular basis. The process of white washing Internet downloads and introducing them to the z/OS environment is getting very restrictive at some custome...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 2 Not under consideration

    Copy Data Managment - support for Oracle ASM cluster

    Informations from customer about infrastructure and use case. "Oracle ASM HA, Grid Infrastructure ver. 19.7, BS database - cluster - 2 servers, Oracle Linux 7.9, kernel 4.14.35-2047.502.4.el7uek.x86_64, - ASM disk group, 21 volumes of 2 TiB, total...
    over 3 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    PLAC0812-1536 Parallel access read support for virtual tape

    SUBMITTER SECTIONSubmitted by: Carles.ArisSubmitters Company: la Caixa PUBLICRequirement Number and Title: PLAC0812-1536 Parallel access read support for virtual tapeHomework Assigned: NoRequirement Category: Core TechnologyCurrent Status: Closed ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 3 Planned for future release

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