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IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM)

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    Ability to View Scheduled Task

    Currently it is not possible to view a CSM Scheduled Task. The only option to view the details and the Actions that a Task will execute is by issuing the Modify command and then cancelling before updating anything. This is less than ideal from a s...
    5 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Display Standby Synchronization Progress

    In larger environments, it can take some time for the Active server to synchronize the Standby and progress to the Synchronized state. Currently there is no way to know how much progress has been made or how soon the servers will become Synchroniz...
    5 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    New Synchronize and Swap command related to Active and Standby Servers

    Create a new command that would combine the steps to synchronize a Standby server and then automatically swap the Active and Standby servers once the initialize synchronize completes. For larger environments where server synchronization takes an e...
    5 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Improve the Logical Path Change alert to be more specific.

    Currently, when a connection is temporarily dropped, we receive an email alert (like the one shown below) to notify us that a path has gone down. In the DS8K log, we can see when the path goes down, & when comes back up, but the alerts show th...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Log of a scheduled task in a dedicated window

    When i run a scheduled task, the result is in console log. So if a problem happened and i have activity on CSM console log the failing message is difficult to find and also it is not easier to cath all actions doned by the script. It can be easier...
    3 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Display actions for a scheduled task

    To investigate what is done by a scheduled task, i need to modify this task. For me it should be great to have an action button to display actions for a scheduled task without tthe need to select the modify action for displaying actions. Also if i...
    3 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Larger window when you modify a scheduled task

    When i want to change a scheduled task, a window is opened inside the window. The new window is small and i can't see all informations concerning the task unless i have a large screen. I have to move with the mouse to read all informations or see ...
    3 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    One authentication for a group of Dual Operator Notifications actions, such as disabling multiple scheduled tasks

    Currently we have 100+ scheduled tasks for CSM SGC backups. As we have Dual Operator enabled, this currently creates a Notification for each task. Would it be possible to group this type of action together to Approve as currently the overhead is s...
    8 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Add roll-up snapshot/SGC Schedule

    Allow the user to have an aggressive snapshot interval that rolls up to a less aggressive, longer retention snaps.
    about 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

    Check and Remove existing IR bitmap when Preparing for Secondary Migration to avoid full copy during resync to new secondary

    The CSM secondary migration feature uses the IR bitmap on the primary system to perform an incremental resync to a new secondary system. Actually, when CSM perform the Prepare for Secondary Migration step, it will request the DS8000 to set the IR ...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

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