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IBM DS8000

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Enhancement request for DS8K GUI/ESSNI to show end-to-end I/O latency for CKD volumes

As mentioned in the PMH, the I/O response time (System Latency (ms)) provided by the DSGUI of the DS8870 and DS8880 doesn't show correct end-to-end latency in CKD volumes environment, but unfortunately it is current restriction. It is same on DS89...
over 5 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

Encryption on Metro/Global Mirror Link (FCP/PPRC)

It is currently an audit exposure if data is encrypted only at a rest. Clients are required to encrypt data in all physical media where the data transits and is stored, from the CPU to disk, and also from primary copy to all other copies where it ...
4 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

Improve DS8000 Rest API capabilities

REST API the current trend for automation. It provides a flexible, scalable, and easy-to-use way to retrieve and automate tasks that can be accessed from any platform or programming language. Enhancing Rest API on DS8000 will enable end users to s...
about 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 3 Future consideration

Enhance RESTful API to be able to pull user group data

We need to be able to extract the following settings via RESTful API. User group information: - Remote mappings and the roles they are assigned.
4 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

Call home Support Report

When you go to call home cloud facility to view the z Machine and we have the report tab to see the channel & Adapters but I could not able to see the DS8k. if you have create like z Machine then it would be helpful. Kindly find the attached d...
2 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

The DS8900 uses a 2048 bit RSA-encryption for the request and that doesn't suite our certification authority (3072 bit or better 4096 bit)

The DS8900 uses a 2048 bit RSA-encryption for the request and that doesn't suite our certification authority (3072 bit or better 4096 bit). Even with the 9.4 release it still seems to be a 2048 bit key and there is no possibility to change/adjust ...
9 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

Add more Debug Tools in DS8xxx to implement Data At Rest

When trying to implement Data At Rest encryption, we got several problems to establish communication with the key servers. On DS8xxx side (which is the client in the relation), messages for debugging are not really explicit. On Key Server side, no...
over 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

DS8000 should send SNMP message (SNM038I) in EBCDIC format, instead of ASCII.

DS8000 family is an "enterprise-class storage for IBM Z". ASCII is not the standard mainframe encoding format. Converting from ASCII to character is not an easy task. We automate SNM038I via IBM System Automation. To interprete SNM038I (in ASCII f...
27 days ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

Data At Rest customized certificate : CN should be customizable

When you want to implement Data At Rest on DS8xxx with key servers, you can use a customized certificate. The CN field value must be the storage facility image (SFI) ID for the storage system. For example, CN=2107-75NR699. This is mandatory, and i...
over 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

DS8880 - Increase the maximum number of disk devices supported on a VMware ESXi/ESX server to 512

Sicoob is requesting IBM's support for to increase the maximum number of disk devices supported on a VMware ESXi/ESX server and DS8880 to 512, once on VMware side this support is possible.
almost 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Not under consideration