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    Allow for the update of CSM versions without using DSCLI interface.

    Many clients use the DSCLI version built into the HMC GUI. Currently if you would like to upgrade the version of CSM you are required to install the DS8KDSCLI on a third server to facilitate the upgrade. This defeats part of the reason of using th...
    over 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

    Spectrum Control and TS7700 (VTS)

    Today, customer is managing around thirty TS7700 units. He does not have the possibility to easily check the configuration on each one to be sure that the configuration corresponds to their need. Also, in case of problem, it's very time consuming ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 2 Planned for future release

    Copy Data Manager Support for Oracle ACFS on AIX and Linux

    Oracle's new filesystem implentation is called ACFS, taking over ASM. CDM supports virtual ACFS on Windows. Need to have support for physical filesystems on AIX and Linux supporting ACFS
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 2 Planned for future release

    Spectrum Scale maintenance integration with RHEL "yum"

    when patching is performed on RHEL (with yum update), binaries that match the kernel must be available concurrently from an IBM public REPO site.1) Patching of RHEL cannot cause a mismatch of the binaries between RHEL and Scale, 2) compilers canno...
    about 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 5 Not under consideration

    Node Replication & DR - Enable client backup to the Target TSM Server

    Enable the BA/TDP clients to send backup data to the target server in case of a failure of the primary server (node replication enabled)
    over 9 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 0 Not under consideration

    Sync Snapshot information marked for deletion or deleted from the SPS side with the FlashSystem

    Currently, When we execute command "./fcmcli -f inquire_detail" the list of all the snapshots taken by the SPS is displayed. CASE 1 : In case of the parameter MAX_VERSIONS when the new snapshot is taken, automatically older snapshot version exceed...
    over 1 year ago in Spectrum Protect Snapshot / Product functionality 1 Future consideration

    ISP code should be able to handle the same input/output volume when multiple parallel reclamation processes need access to the volume

    When using the following stgpool configuration with ISP there is a limitation torun parallel reclamation for multiple tape pools within the setup: 1. protect stgpool container_archive_prim --> copy_container_archive_prim2. stgrule copy containe...
    over 2 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Not under consideration

    Native LDAP for DS Storage

    Description - Include native LDAP feature for DS8K frames, currently only DS888x frames have it built in w/ CSM Current Workaround - no workaround
    over 8 years ago in IBM DS8000 2 Not under consideration

    TS7700 Performance Management, prioritize important tasks/jobs

    • Problem Description:Each task/job using a virtual tape drive of a TS7700 cluster gets an equal fraction of the overall (licensed) bandwidth regardless of its importance or the current utilization (read or write, backup or recovery).Examples: – D...
    over 6 years ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Future consideration

    Report or chart that shows SVC node/IOgroup balance at a glance

    To better balance the workload across IOgroups, it's important to see the # of hosts, IOPS, throughput, etc. that each IOgroup is handling. Need a report that shows the IOgroup workload for all 4 IOgroups side-by-side in an SVC cluster. This helps...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

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