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Support end user activation for HyperSwap relationship suspension and activation to allow batch workload best performance

Spectrum Virtualize HyperSwap current implementation does not allow selectively pausing/activating active-active replication for a volume or a consistency group protected by the HyperSwap mechanism. This forbids clients to host latency sensitive w...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

support for openzfs on linux

Please add native support for backing up the openzfs on linux filesystem. OpenZFS on linux is used quite extensively at the national labs. Current workaround options to get by such as using virtualmountpoints are unwieldy. pools may have a large n...
over 1 year ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Future consideration

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

Spectrum Protect Plus - Remove from SLA button

When modifying subject being backed up by a specific SLA, it would be more user friendly if you added a "Remove SLA" / "Unassign from SLA" button. Now i need to "Select a SLA Policy" to actually unselect a subject from a SLA.
almost 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

Storage Insights to display PPRCPATH Pairing Information from the DS8000

We already have Copy Data statistics that pull in a wide range of information with regard to copy pairs, etc. Would it be possible to include PPRC Paths and their pairings at the LCU level, just like we can retrieve from DSCLI and the GUI? This wo...
about 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Planned for future release

Simplify and Enhance the Copyset Build Process using the GUI Copyset Build Wizard

We utilize CSM in our environment a lot and that utilization is increasing. Typically and probably for most users, we build the session and then have to go out to excel or some other method externally to build the .csv to build the copyset pairing...
about 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

Add Spectrum Virtualize (SVC) lslicense information to Spectrum Control

Add a report to Spectrum Control which gives an overview of the required licenses for all monitored SVC clusters. (SVC CLI lslicense output). The current SCU license overview (settings->licensing) are the licenses needed for Spectrum Control wh...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Control 0 Future consideration

Allow GDPS ksys in the IGNOREGOPS

Allow GDPS ksys in the IGNOREGOPS list since GDPS provides the KSYSOFF=YES setting.
almost 3 years ago in TDMF z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Please add the connected servername to the dsmadmc window title

If you have multiple TSM Administrative Commandline windows open you can easily loose track on which is which. It would be very useful if the servername one connects to is added to the title of the dsmadmc window.
about 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Backup-Archive Client) 1 Not under consideration

SPP - offload (copy) or archive a specific version (not only the last one)

currently, a copy or an archive can be made via scheduler or via "planning" tab.in both cases, only the last version is copied or archived.
over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

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