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IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM)

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CSM Improve DS8000 Paths Interface

I would like to propose several enhancements to how the CSM DS8000 Paths screen is displayed and managed. 1) The DS8000 Paths screen has a lot of unused space when drilled down into a storage device list of paths, on my monitors at least half of t...
over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

User Exit to be utilized for application consistency volume copies

In order to have application-consistent volume copies, the product should provide a user exit before and after a task for FlashCopy and/or Remote Copy in conjunction with IBM Spectrum Virtualize. Those user exits must provide a facility to handle ...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Delivered

Keep the base hardware relationships on the storage system: by default

When removing copy sets from the Safeguarded Copy session, the following options are available: Remove the hardware relationships (option by default) Keep the base hardware relationships on the storage system. A customer would like that the “keep”...
7 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

Scheduled Task Creation and Modification commands are needed for REST API and CLI to automate Volume Group Snapshot configuration.

The newer version of Safeguarded Copy in the FlashSystems does not have the sessions automatically imported like the Legacy FC based Safeguarded Copy did. Everything is available to automate this process via the CLI or REST API except the Schedule...
7 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

CSM to Provide Capability to Preserve Data in a 5th Copy (Secondary) after Changing the Primary SRC in a 4-Site MM/GM Session

Currently, we are setting up to use the 3-Site GM/GC Session which helps us with maintaining the 3rd copy (LCP) and avoiding Full-Push exposure when region switching (PRESS) between Data Centers. We would like to see if there was a way to provide ...
11 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

Add a role with hability to create SGC backups without possibility to expire them

It will improve security of the backup especially when SGC backups are triggered by a ZOS batch job. Without this role, everybody who can run the job can expire the backups and remove them.
about 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

Add a user timeout option for the user interface of Copy Services Manager

I know that there is not an option to set a user time out for the user interface of CSM. Due to security and audit reasons there is a need to have a user be logged out after a certain idle time. Having the option to set this to maybe 30 minutes or...
about 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

API to update device passwords for Spectrum Virt and other devices

Please add an endpoint to the API to update device passwords for Spectrum Virtualize (and perhaps other devices.) The updateHMC endpoint only works for DS8000. Our environment includes FS9k's in multiple availability zones across multiple regions....
about 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Delivered

Schedule tasks with option to select multiple times

When taking SGC captures using CSM, due to business requirements, we have been asked to take at 4 different times of day. Ex: 1am, 6am, 6pm, 9pm. And it is different for each environment. Current CSM doesnt have such option. Need this option which...
over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

Copy Service Alerting for missing/stale safeguarded copy session

CSM doesn't send any kind of notification for missing safeguared copy of a given vdisk.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

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