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IBM TS7700

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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...
almost 5 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Future consideration

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 ...
over 2 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Future consideration

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.
over 6 years ago in IBM TS7700 17 Not under consideration

Improvment for FICON Adapter error corretion process.

The customer requested improvement for FICON Adapter error correction process when the link status goes to unstable. Please refer to the case, TS010589231. The support team said, "If customer insists to change an unstable fscsi path to disable, Yo...
almost 2 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Not under consideration

TS7700 Set LVOL to non used state for removing a TMC range

The customer wants a way to set a volser or a range of volsers to a state that will prevent the tape from being mounted as a scratch in preparation to remove the volser or range of volsers from the TMC.
about 3 years ago in IBM TS7700 1 Planned for future release

'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.
over 3 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Not under 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...
about 3 years ago in IBM TS7700 2 Not under consideration

Spectrum Control and TS7700 (VTS)

Today, customer is managing around thirty TS7700 units. He does not have the possibility to easily check the configuration on each one to be sure that the configuration corresponds to their need. Also, in case of problem, it's very time consuming ...
about 3 years ago in IBM TS7700 2 Planned for future release

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 ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Future consideration

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