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    CSM enhancement request to have two CSM active servers to work with some user's responsibility

    One customer in Japan is now implementing CSM environment on z/OS to manage FlashCopy and Global Mirror on DS8Ks. They are now using Hitach's shadow images (SI) and universal replicator (UR) and they will replace IBM DS8K's FC and GM with CSM mana...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Easier filters for logical and physical switches in Storage Insights

    Add an easier way to filter logical and physical switches when viewing in Storage Insights. There is a column called "virtual" with a yes/no answer that can help you sort the list. That helps you separate them from each other, but they are all sti...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

    Option to suppress unmonitored switches in Storage Insights

    Switches attached to other monitored switches are displayed in Storage Insights as not monitored unless the credentials match the switch that was added. The switch must also be a switch type that Storage Insights can monitor. Add an option to supp...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

    Option to suppress unmonitored switches

    Switches attached to other monitored switches are displayed in Spectrum Control as unmonitored unless the credentials match the switch that was added. The switch must also be a switch type that Spectrum Control can monitor. Add an option to suppre...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Control 0 Submitted

    Customize visible Name for the Device in Browser-TAB

    The customization of the visible Device-Name in the Browser-Header or Browser-Tab will be helpfull, if you have to manage multiple Devices. If you have to manage you will be able to identify the different Devices when you are able, to set the Devi...
    over 1 year ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 0 Future consideration

    Add host_unmap option in the auto config wizard

    In case we have Flash system behind SVC storage and we are running the wizard of auto config for virtualization - it is important also to add option to configure host_unmap.since by default the wizard does not change the default value.host_unmap o...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Planned for future release

    Spectrum Scale Toolkit support for separated admin and daemon network

    Due to security, some clients have different IPs for daemon and for admin network, in a Spectrum Scale Cluster, and current version of Toolkit does not support different networks.
    almost 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

    export/import backupset volhist and ToC pool

    If replication is used to migrate data from one SP server to another SP server, information about backupsets (and exports) in volhist is not sent over to the new server.make export server able to export server filedata=backupsetand export server f...
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    Allow Target Server to be specified on Replicate Node

    Allow the the target replication server to be specified on the replicate node command. In addition, document the DOMAIN option on replicate node in online and admin quide.
    over 6 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    Increase vmmaxvirtualdisks limit

    Increase the maximum supported disk size (Vmmaxvirtualdisks option) to current available limit. In version 8.1.10 the maximum is 8TB but the maximum vmdk size in cSphere 6.7 is 64TB.
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 1 Not under consideration

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