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IBM TS7700

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Enforce stricter controls for config changes/limits on VTS TS7700 Hardware

The IBM TS7700 hardware allows changes in the configuration/limits which could lead to a complete lockdown on the front-end, e.g. when increasing the premigration queue far above the PMTHLVL. This status, in particular, cannot be changed nor the q...
about 4 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Future consideration

TS7700 I/O Priority

Problem Description:All systems (Test or Production) sharing the same TS7700 cluster or GRID get the same priority/throughput independent of its importance.Request:Implement the possibility to set a priority for each LPAR/Sysplex using the same TS...
over 4 years ago in IBM TS7700 1 Future consideration

Improve TS7700 Scratch Allocation Assistance functionality

We have 2 cluster Production Grid, 1 local and 1 remote. We preference the local cluster, because Ficon performance to remote forces us to. We have employed SAA to preference the local cluster.When the local cluster fails or is put into service pr...
over 4 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Future consideration

TSS - Enable DNS over TLS

To implement concepts like zero-trust it must be possible to define in the TSS management console the Name Server as a secured one using DNSSEC and either DNS over HTTPS (DoH) or DNS over TLS (DoT).
3 months ago in IBM TS7700 0 Future consideration

TS7700 improve cloude connection on dedicated NIC

Currently to implement Cloud connection from FS7700 to any cloud provider the same NIC used for grid replication is used. To improve performances it is helpful to have a dedicated connectivity with additional NIC within VED
11 months ago in IBM TS7700 0 Planned for future release

TS7700 and VEHSTATS tool - ORDERALL member

Today, for each new version of VEHSTATS tool, the customer have to manually customize a new ORDERALL member which is time consuming (ORDERALL member is around 1200 lines today), fastidious, with a high risk of errors.The customer wish to have the ...
almost 3 years ago in IBM TS7700 3 Not under consideration

LI REQ Commands to display Network Port Information

The current LI REQ,xxxxx,STATUS,RDP,FxPyz is a great command and useful for FICON port connectivity. Would this command be able to expand for all Network connections as well? For example on a DS8000 DCLI command I can view all IOPORTS, NETWORKPORT...
about 3 years ago in IBM TS7700 1 Planned for future release

Provide batch management of TS7700 controls

We are a large shop with a large number of VTS clusters to manage (72 currently). Having this many clusters means a lot of additional work when logging on to that many GUI's to manage the various statuses and configuration settings. In order to mo...
about 3 years ago in IBM TS7700 1 Future consideration

Please upgrade the TS7700 rsyslog protocol to use TCP with TLS

The current TS7700 rsyslog communications protocol is TCP in the clear. By adding TLS encryption to TCP, the communications will be more secure.
10 months ago in IBM TS7700 0 Planned for future release

Emergency/recovery encryption key generation for External Disk Encryption with TS7700

On DS8K there is an option for creating an emergency/Recovery Key on a USB stick - a final resort in case the GKLM setup is fully damaged. Such 'final backdoor option' is not existing for TS7700. We absolutely need same functionality for the TS7700.
10 months ago in IBM TS7700 0 Future consideration

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