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My votes: IBM TS7700

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Possibility to define the NTP server address through the TS7700 MI by using administrator user (customer)

Currently the NTP server can be configured in the TS7700 cluster or GRID by the IBM SSR. The customer wants to be able to define the NTP server adress through the TS7700 Management Interface by using its administrator user.
over 2 years ago in IBM TS7700 1 Not under consideration

BVIR maintenance integrated in zOS

BVIR delivers very good Reports, but is maintained outside of zOS. The Tapetools have to be downloaded, unpacked, installed, the already used JCL has to be checked for changes. The TS7700 is maintained with PTFs instead, as it is usual in zOS.
over 4 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Not under consideration

TS7700 - Surface NTP server usage via TS7700 Management Interface

Wells Fargo has requested that the TS7700 provide a method via the Management Interface that allows them to validate they the Ts7700 is utilizing a NTP server and what the IP address is for that NTP server. NTP is currently activated by the SSR vi...
almost 5 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Not under consideration

Provide historical n/w metrics in TS7700 historical view

We experienced recent performance issues in our VTS environment and were having problems isolating the issue. It turned out to be WAN saturation so our 'sync across the WAN' workload was the only ones being slowed down. However, we only came to th...
about 5 years ago in IBM TS7700 2 Not under consideration

Enhancement Grid control function to fence a cluster automatically when the grid network were unstable.

When the grid network was unstable Hydra Domain Manager on each cluster could be also unstable and cause to wait for logical volume mounting. If the network disconnected completely, the status of the cluster(s) could be changed into "not operation...
almost 2 years ago in IBM TS7700 9 Not under consideration

TS7700 - Validate export media

Validation of data (logical volume) in the physical media.
over 4 years ago in IBM TS7700 1 Not under consideration

Support for more than 16 tape drives

Michael at Navy Federal Credit Union would like to be able to add more than 16 tape drives to TS7700 in future.
almost 2 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Not under consideration

Enhancements to TS7700 VESHSTATS statistics

Enhancements in next VEHSTATS reports:H21ADPSU Add information about how many FICON channels are working and the nominal transfer speed (4GB, 8GB, ...) on every cluster.H33GRID Add information about how many gridlinks are working and the nominal t...
over 6 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Not under consideration

Request the ability to read and write C07 style tapes behind the TS7770 including previously written C07 tapes.

CTBC Bank currently use three TS7740 with GRID connection, we are proposing three TS7770 to replace them.Since CTBC did implement backup 3-2-1 policy. After daily backup jobs they did submit other backup jobs to physical copy those that need to be...
almost 4 years ago in IBM TS7700 0 Not under consideration

TS7700 active data in client interface

Need an easy way for the client to identify the amount of 'active data' maintained in a TS7700 cluster. Today this metric can only be obtained via BVIR/VEHSTATS and this creates a huge overhead if not implemented to get this metric. It would be mu...
about 7 years ago in IBM TS7700 4 Not under consideration

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