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Fast replication of tape

During tape replication over a longer distance, RPO time can be quite long (>1 h). In a disaster recovery scenario, this is not acceptable. Potentially we could loose critical data.
about 7 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 17 Not under consideration

Connection to CLOUD through of DNS ALIAS not IP FIXED

In the configuration of CLOUD in TS7770C, in the GUI, the URL what should be used , is a "IP FIXED" (for example, HTTPS://192.xxx.xxx.xx) . It's not possible use a "DNS" name. I think is more versatile the use of the DNS ALIAS vs IP FIXED. I think...
7 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Under review

MASTEROVERWRITE option that prevents append to an existing file or volume

There exists a need in some environments to have a LWORM or RMM option that specifies that once a dataset is initially written no further writes are allowed to the tape volume. Either an enhancement to LWORM with an option that limits Write Mount ...
about 3 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

youtube tv contact number customer services +1(833) 756-4415

YouTube TV is a popular streaming service that allows users to watch live TV and on-demand content. While the platform is known for its seamless user experience, there may be instances where you need to reach out to their customer support team for...
8 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Not under consideration

TS7700 Performance Management, prioritize important tasks/jobs

• Problem Description:Each task/job using a virtual tape drive of a TS7700 cluster gets an equal fraction of the overall (licensed) bandwidth regardless of its importance or the current utilization (read or write, backup or recovery).Examples: – D...
about 5 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Future consideration

Add GRID REQUEST Licenced volser Information to the LI REQ command

Add GRID REQUEST API output to the LI REQ,libname,GRID,REQUEST command so that we can fetch the licences volsers information from z/OS HOST itself.
8 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Needs more information

'Audit report required for 'Days Without Access' function of physical volume pool

I would like to be able to obtain an audit report on reclamations made for the 'Days without Access' function.
about 4 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Not under consideration

change of MgmtClass in VTS 7760 should automatically activate CopyExport without z/OS mount required

We were implementing CopyExport with VTS7760 and deceided to take over all tape datasets in our VTS (~68000) to CopyExport Volumes (all Tape data ever produced). For that the ManagementClass of each tape must be changed to a MC which is using Copy...
8 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Not under consideration

TS7700 Feature License panel should have option to display by s/n and not by node

Recently we noticed that a few features on the TS7700 were missing. The codes had been shipped but not installed. In trying to match up the feature codes that we did have installed we noticed that some of the feature codes are listed twice in the ...
about 4 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

TS7700 and IBM Security QRadar support

From level R5.1 (8.51.0.63), the name of the sender of the logs visible in the IBM Security QRadar software is for example :- LinuxServer @ 00323_78-H9952_ (example of TS7700 unit with the serial number of the 3957-VEx server) - LinuxServer @ Adre...
over 3 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 2 Not under consideration