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IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM)

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    Related to SafeGuarded Copy on the DS8000. SGC backup copies CANNOT be deleted. Today, a person with adminstrator rights can still log on and delete off valid SGC backup copies. Customers have been asking for this capability to be removed.

    This feature is required to ensure that SGC is totally immutable.
    over 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Functionality already exists

    When a PPRC session is being built within CSM, if the source and target SSIDs match, there should be a warning or a message that clearly states why this is a problem.

    We had a configuration error in our PPRC target where the SSID of the target was the same is the primary. CSM allowed us to create the copyset even though the SSIDs were not unique.
    8 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Not under consideration

    Improve zOS host IP connection loss detection and failover behavior

    There have been incidents in the field showing the current design of CSM z/OS host IP connection loss detection and failover to redundant active host connection is significantly delayed to 15-20 minutes. This may happen especially when the connect...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Future consideration

    IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) should be differentiate between real HOST-Connections issues vs. a planned shut down from one or more HOST systems.

    Starting with CSM 6.3.10 IBM has introduced his Multi Sysplex Support (feature 87578b). With this feature are several resilience topics addressed to make the tool less prone to incorrect operation. One decision that has been made, for example, is ...
    9 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Prevent TERMINATE of practice disks if a volume is online

    In a session with practice disks, can you add an option to prevent TERMINATE if at least one of the practice disks is online please ?
    12 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Free space on Flash Copy target devices after a Terminate command

    A FC no-copy relation only copies data if the source has been changed (new data has been written). If the primary device has been fully updated all tracks have been copied to the target device and thoses devices are no more in a FC relationship. W...
    8 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Retain CSM level after HMC Kernel update

    When CSM is upgraded outside of a Remote Code Load (RCL) using the stand alone DSCLI and an RCL occurs afterwards where the HMC kernel is updated, CSM is back-leveled to the version that is included in the microcode bundle. This forces the User/Ad...
    about 3 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 4 Not under consideration

    Associate Multiple Sysplexes on different type of sessions

    Allow to associate multiple sysplexes to one session to support features as Hyperswap for SAS and shared volumes. As implemented in CSM 6.3.10 for 4 sites replication enhanced sessions we would like to be able to associate multiple sysplexes to a ...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    ESEsizer - Enhance error handling conditions around communication timeouts caused by network drops

    It would seem that the ESEsizer tool requires network connectivity for a long duration when collecting stats from the DS8900. Unfortunately, when there are network dropouts - the whole ESEsizer session is ruined, and you need to start again - whic...
    12 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Include "Remove Session" command under dual control to secure LCP!!!

    To secure our LCP backup environment
    8 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

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