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move data from one bucket to a new one

the custmer has created a new bucket with ecryption and he migrated DATA from the no encyption bucket to this new one , but on the TSM server ,we couldn't update the bucket name on the container stprage pool, we even couldn't migrate the data from...
about 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Delivered

Allow Admins to run lshardware, lsservicestatus, and lsportstats commands

At Citi they valut the superuser password and can only check it out of vault with a change record or trouble ticket. Having the ability to have storage admins run the above commands will simplify reporting and troubleshooting. They need to be able...
about 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Host and Volume Groups

Allow the creation of host and volumes groups.
almost 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

REST api provides OOS track counts for remote copy and flashcopy pairs

The REST api provides Remote Copy and FlashCopy query capability. It does not provide the out-of-sync track counts for the relationships. We use automation that relies on queries of remote copy relationships and requires the current OOS track coun...
over 6 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Delivered

SVC fragmentation

It has been noticed that flashcopy operations on space efficient volumes tend to produce a copy that is slower to read in sequential manner. This affects backup times. By creating another mirrored copy of flashcopy target vdisk, layout becomes mor...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

256 bit encryption for IBM Spectrum Protect for Lotus Domino

The API for TSM for DOMINO does not support 256 bit encryption, the industry standard. We need to have 256 bit encryption to satisfy a requirement by our internal business partners.
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Mail 1 Delivered

FlashCopyManager on WS2016 CORE

As discussed with IBM support through PMR 87628,122,000, the FlashCopyManager tool fails to open on Windows Server 2016 Core. The error is due to mmc.exe no longer existing on Windows Server 2016. We want to request a new version of FlashCopyManag...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Delivered

SVC Remote Support Access (SYS4939)

IBM GTS SO requests STG to enable newest model of SVC hardware to inclued remote support access capability
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Scheduled Task Action which issues an external command

A CSM Scheduled Task should have the capability of executing an external command on the operating system on which it is installed. For example, a Scheduled Task could issue a DSCLI command through a DSCLI client installed on the underlying server.
over 4 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Delivered

Request to add more timezones to storwize gui dropdown selection

Customer was unable to set correct timezone using the storwize GUI. Only 28 TZs available in the GUI and Gulf States like Dubai and Abu Dhabi are not in the list. Correct TZ is available via CLI so the GUI either needs to offer these as an option ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

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