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IBM DS8000

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    DS8K TCT can support a proxy server

    [Background] We were planning on using TCT to store data in IBM cloud. Because the customer hopes to have the encrypted data stored externally and used in a contingency.However, the customer's security policy requires the use of a proxy server for...
    about 3 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

    Power 11 model with up to 60 cores per CEC

    The DS8A80 has 24 Power9+ cores per CEC, which is about the same as the DS8980F had, and which is not so much more than the DS8A50 or DS8950F which come with 20 Power9 cores per CEC. Power 11 comes with up to 60 cores per CEC, and a lot more trans...
    6 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

    Add SNMP V3 support for events/traps in HMC

    Hello, we are implementing monitoring of SNMP events in WWAO focal point and seems it's possible to setup trap in HMC (DS8950F) using V2 only but customer would like to have V3 due to security reasons.
    about 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 2 Not under consideration

    DS8000 should send SNMP message (SNM038I) in EBCDIC format, instead of ASCII.

    DS8000 family is an "enterprise-class storage for IBM Z". ASCII is not the standard mainframe encoding format. Converting from ASCII to character is not an easy task. We automate SNM038I via IBM System Automation. To interprete SNM038I (in ASCII f...
    11 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

    REST API to support client certificates

    For a more secure connection, we would like to request that you implement the option to use client certificates for authentication.
    about 8 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Future consideration

    DS8000 Dynamic Volume Expansion and Copy Services.

    I want the ability to continue to use Dynamic Volume Expansion even while my DS8886 DASD Volumes are currently in a Copy Services (GC,FC,MM) session. You have effectively removed Dynamic Volume Expansion from ever being used again if involved in a...
    over 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

    Ability to upgrade CSM via the DS8000 GUI or embedded CLI

    Having CSM integrated onto the DS8000 HMCs has been very helpful for a number of clients. Currently, however, it is only possible for a client to upgrade CSM to a desired level via the external DSCLI. For most clients that use CSM on the HMC, this...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    Support remote pair flashcopy on Global Mirror Primary devices.

    Currently we have a GDPS Metro Mirror environment that is being expanded with LCP in a Metro Physical Airgap solution.So we have PPRC Metro Mirror between RS1 -> RS2 and Global Mirror between RS2 -> RS3. In our GDPS Metro Mirror environment ...
    over 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

    include space-efficient storage display in the lsextpool command

    The space efficient storage is not taken in account in the lsextpool command. I recently wanted to create volume on a DS8K, the lsextpool showed me it was 77% full, but the command ended for a lack of non-ESE extent in the extpool. It took me some...
    over 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    Add REST API function to LIST the current certificate installed on DS8K systems

    Hello team, Our team is working with a customer to automate certificate management for certificates installed on RACF, installed on DS8K, and installed on zHMC, to facilitate this process, reduce the amount of effort and decrease the change of hav...
    over 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

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