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Intellectual disk drive updates

If the system has multiple types of disks and a user tries to upgrade all of them, some disks may fail to update. This causes the whole upgrade process to stop and leave all the remaining disks (even upgradable) at an older version. In this case a...
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

Report the opened IBM ticket number back to the Storwize GUI after a call home occurred.

Feature: Report the opened IBM ticket number back to the Storwize GUI after a call home occurred. When the Storwize system makes a call home we do not know if it successfully created a ticket at IBM. Also when IBM calls back and you have multiple ...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

For V7000 and SVC create an automated report for the status of Global Mirror sessions

Create a global mirroring report providing the status of V7000 and SVC Global mirroring that can be automatically run daily and sent via email to end users. Should contain the following (at a minimum)CG_Name Active Connnected CurrentDate/Time Last...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

Drop off state F-SYS after Basic Hyperswap

Hello Support, after loading the Basic Hyperswap configuration all secondary devices get state F-SYS. This state persists untill the next IPL. CSM has commands to Suspend PPRC-Pairs ("Stop") and to Delete PPRC-Pairs ("Terminate"). I expect another...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 3 Future consideration

No Copy option on Metro Mirror w/P session

In DS8K environments using ESE volumes we would like to have the No Copy option for Metro Mirror with practice sessions as already available on GM w/P session type.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

Include Date/Time Stamp option on Sessions panel

A Timestamp column is available on the Session Details panel. However, this column is not available on the main Sessions panel. Please allow the customer the option to customize columns with Timestamp as an option.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 3 Future consideration

CSM Console Messages Need to Show Correct Pair Direction

CSM log messages always show for example "Starting all pairs in role pair H1-H2" even if the start command was issued for H2-H1 instead. This can be very confusing and misleading when trying to check back and see what commands were issued and what...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future 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 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Future consideration

Secure all of Copy Services Manager for z/OS via SAF

SAF Access Currently the Copy Services Manager product that we are using, that is installed and running under z/OS, is accessed and governed by a GUI via a web browser with the appropriate IP address and port number. To logon to the CSM GUI, we pr...
about 7 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

CSM estimated completion time via CSMCLI.

1. CSM estimated completion time via CSMCLI Of Flash Copy Command Hi, We would like to have a report generated with CSMCLI Command who will give the completion of the FlashCopy Ce can see dynamically the completion with GUI.But if we want to follo...
about 7 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

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