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IBM DS8000

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    DS8K - DSCLI as a docker image

    It would be great if IBM can offer the DSCLI as a docker image for zCX. As s390x architecture is already supported, it would be great to have this available as a docker image to reduce the overhead to manually install it. As the standalone DSCLI i...
    8 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    If an SSID participating in a PPRC relationship needs to be changed, DSGUI/DSCLI should provide a warning when attempting a chlcu for an LCU participating in a PPRC relationship.

    We encountered a hardware error starting a GM session where we had duplicate SSIDs between the source and target PPRC LSSs. To resolve this, we used the GUI to change the SSID on the target LSS. Although the change was successful it would have bee...
    8 months ago in IBM DS8000 2 Not under 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...
    almost 2 years 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...
    about 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    DS8880 - Increase the maximum number of disk devices supported on a VMware ESXi/ESX server to 512

    Sicoob is requesting IBM's support for to increase the maximum number of disk devices supported on a VMware ESXi/ESX server and DS8880 to 512, once on VMware side this support is possible.
    over 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

    Adding options to loading DSCLI(DS Command Line Interface)

    Loading the DSCLI code from Windows/IBM i requires Java 8 or newer plus using the ftp protocol. When the company has removed the use of Oracle Java and replace with another version of Java for the company to use, Second, company has block the use ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 5 Future consideration

    Add a nickname parameter to the DSCLI commands mklcu, lslcu, chlcu and showlcu

    The additional field can be very useful in multi-customer environments to add a comment (e.g. customer name) for each lcu.
    12 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    Data At Rest customized certificate : CN should be customizable

    When you want to implement Data At Rest on DS8xxx with key servers, you can use a customized certificate. The CN field value must be the storage facility image (SFI) ID for the storage system. For example, CN=2107-75NR699. This is mandatory, and i...
    about 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

    Concurrent upgrade with Ds8k and 21st Century software VSE

    Concurrent upgrade with Ds8k as a storage for 21st Century software VSE ZOS
    about 1 month ago in IBM DS8000 1 Needs more information

    Safeguarded Copy offload to Cloud via TCT

    We are looking to have the ability to offload Safeguarded Copies (LCP) to the cloud via TCT (preferably S3 cloud) and maintain the capability to create a recovery copy from any of the offloaded Safeguarded Copies. Today due to physical capacity li...
    over 5 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Future consideration

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