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change of MgmtClass in VTS 7760 should automatically activate CopyExport without z/OS mount required

We were implementing CopyExport with VTS7760 and deceided to take over all tape datasets in our VTS (~68000) to CopyExport Volumes (all Tape data ever produced). For that the ManagementClass of each tape must be changed to a MC which is using Copy...
9 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Not under consideration

More granular level of tape data retention than just categories

At the host, a user can set more than one retention period for a category/media type for an LPAR. The TS7700 allows only one retention period per Category by design. The issue is that if a host user modifies the retention period at the host (malic...
about 5 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Planned for future release

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...
about 2 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Not under consideration

Tape 7700 CUIR Function Enhancement - Vary one device Online for testing purpose while the Cluster in Service Mode

First: What is it? Vary one device Online for testing purpose while the Cluster in Service Mode using CUIR Function before bring the Cluster back to Online mode using GUI. At Now, we bring the Cluster in Service Prep, then finish what need to be d...
9 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 3 Not under consideration

Enable messages trapping for Account Creation/Modify/Deletion to be sent via Rsyslog so we can alert on these events

Enable messages trapping for Account Creation/Modify/Deletion to be sent via Rsyslog so we can alert on these events It is my understanding after speaking with IBM that these messages are captured but the system is only designed to send Login / Lo...
9 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

Improved Monitoring of the Defined Premigration Threshold Limits of a CPx Partition on the TS7760

The IBM TS7700 hardware provides the possibility to start pre-migration in one or more CPx partitions when the Premigration threshold defined in the TS7760 is reached. This premigration may start at any point in time, whenever the threshold is rea...
over 4 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

TSSC level and patches available in 7700 MI

To simplify the retrieval and management of microcode levels and patches, provide the TSSC microcode and patch information in the Cluster Summary download file of the 7700 MI. This should be very similar to the 7700 microcode and VTD_EXEC level in...
almost 3 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Planned for future release

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.
almost 3 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Not under consideration

G0015 message should have corresponding information in TS7700 MI

We recently had a very short 16 second total WAN outage between our two data centers. During this time at least one cluster in every VTS grid send out this message:CBR3750I MESSAGE FROM LIBRARY PVTD016: G0013 Library 00016 has experienced an unexp...
about 4 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

TS7700 GUI needs information on G0013 message

Over a weekend we received G0013 messages from our VTS's indicating loss of network access between the clusters in the grid. When attempting to diagnose the issue we logged on but saw no evidence in the Events log that would indicate a network out...
about 4 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Is a defect

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