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IBM DS8000

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    Allow client to choose ciphers for HMC's

    The z15 allows the customer to pick the ciphers they want for https: to HMC's
    almost 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 3 Planned for future release

    CIM agent on DS8900F for Spectrum Protect Snapshot

    CIM Agent not available on DS8900. CIM is the only option to connect Spectrum protect snapshot to generate DB2 & SAP integrated Flashcopies https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6353361#req_stg ***note:NON ZOS RELATED BUT RFE WEBPAGE ONLY ALL...
    about 5 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

    Add /var/spool/clientmqueue to logrotate

    HMC2 was unable to backup critical data or send emails due to writes to /var were failing with "[No space left on device]". The cause of this was because /var was completely out of inodes as a result of /var/spool/clientmqueue had accumulated over...
    over 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

    DS8K HMCs should recommend regular power recycles

    DS8K should recommend regular maintenance procedures for HMC power cycles to prevent hangs. This could be yearly, bi-yearly, etc., as long as it was a time period sufficient to prevent hangs due to unforeseen circumstances. This would prevent HMCs...
    about 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

    When cases are created it would be beneficial if we could change the case owner from the default based on who is dealing with the issue .

    This would prevent unnecessary updates to the default case owner when they may not be interested . When we have a large number of cases to deal with sometime it would be better to just get updates for cases that you are interested in .
    almost 3 years ago in IBM DS8000 2 Not under consideration

    Build 3390 with a track size 64K or larger.

    Currently 3390 has a track size around 54Kb. It would be great to have a track 64Kb to write larger records in VSAM. We have a need in our Medical Record System stores several procedure codes and we are always running out of space in the record. I...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

    CEC status reporting enhancement

    During a current issue with a DS8000 CEC failure (on a DS8880 device), the status of the CEC reported to either CSM or storage insights was that the CEC was active. This is apparently the result of the status coming back as ok simply because the e...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

    DS8000 API - Enhanced Event filter

    The current event endpoint does not provide a way to filter out inactive errors and warnings. Neither does the response indicate whether the event is active/inactive. There is no way to poll for currently relevant issues. This filter is available ...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

    DS8000 extensive FlashCopy in a MTMM / GDPS environment

    Customer has Mainframe with GDPS and MTMM running in his environment. They want to use their LinuxOne system (Linux ion z hardware) for DB2 Datawarehouse and also want to integrate this environment into the GDPS construct. (LinuxOne with eCKD Volu...
    over 8 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration

    Problem with the limit of 256 sessions in one consistency group

    My customer PSA manages the replications between his DS8886 with CSM.For production reasons, he defined one and only one a consistency group with a lot of sessions.In the documents it is mentioned that there is a limit to 256 sessions in one consi...
    about 6 years ago in IBM DS8000 3 Not under consideration

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