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IBM DS8000

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Update DSCLI windows client with Developer Signatures for Win 11 Security

The current DSCLI client will not install in Windows 11 environments secured with Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, as the installer is not signed by a developer certificate. After moving to Windows 11, our storage admin team (4+ admins) is unable t...
5 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

Improved method for applying the company self signed certificate as well as annually updating for governance purposes

Customer has been trying to apply a company signed certificate but currently has to go through the process twice to properly apply the signed certificate. This process must also include the ability to easily update the certificate for governance p...
about 1 month ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

Support for Hyperswap - Linux on Z.

Hello Development and Product management teams. I would like to suggest an enhancement to the DS8000 related to the high availability solution, Hyperswap. We are seeing an increasing number of customers adopting Linux on Z, and one of these custom...
7 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Under review

The different pokes for DS8K subsystems should be documented

In DS8K there exist different pokes - which is internal settings that change the default Microcode behavior. A poke is typically set by a DS8K SME based on a case. But as it could help solve problems for you, you need to know that the poke exists....
3 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

Develop or update API to show compression information in GEN10 for pools and devices

This information will help to monitor the growth of the data in the DS8K. It's actually availlable in DSCLI but not in API.
5 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

Query for bitmap increment status

During a configuration change from H3->H1->H2 to H1->H2->H3, running the start H1->H2->H3 command may result in an unexpected full copy from H2 to H3 instead of a quick resync (for example, when z/OS systems were down after rolli...
6 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Under review

Increase Safeguarded Copy Backup Capacity per volume beyond the current limit of 14.6 TiB for CKD volumes

When using maximum sized CKD EAV (Extended Address) volumes on the DS8K it would be useful to to have more than 14.6TiB of safeguarded volume capacity available. If these large volumes experience high change rates they can easily use up all of the...
8 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Under review

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...
7 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

Increase logical paths limit of 512 for Control Unit

We had this idea opened for z/OS and HCD (https://ibm-z-hardware-and-operating-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-4129), but through cases TS017155124 and TS017074516, it was suggested to open an IDEA directed to the DS8Ks. We use shared DASDs to t...
about 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

Once a code upgrade begins, we should block Customers DS GUI logins with a "banner" stating code upgrade is in "progress".

Clients, especially new ones who are not familiar with DS8000 tend to get upset when they are attempting to access the DS GUI during a microcode upgrade and find that they cannot. This will alleviate a great deal of frustration and uncertainly for...
almost 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review