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    Have the ability to report serial numbers for all data-bearing components in the DS8000

    Be able to identify and report the serial numbers of all data-bearing components on the DS8000. Reporting must be automated so Morgan Stanley can retrieve component details as needed.
    about 2 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Needs more information

    rmsyslogserver should be sent to remote syslog server

    Setting up a remote syslog server to catch notifications from StorV is an important component in any security framework. Likewise it is important to monitor if syslog notifications get unconfigured. As of today, removing the last/only syslog serve...
    6 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

    In non-GM sessions, make the SUSPEND command a two-step process

    For non-GM sessions (Migration and Metro Mirror), make the SUSPEND command not appear in the default list of commands. I would suggest to add a Session Option in the Session Properties which would have to be selected in order for the SUSPEND comma...
    7 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Allow IBM Spectrum Protect Client installed directly on ESS Appliance Family

    When performing backup operations on ESS using MMbackup and IBM Spectrum Protect, the current architecture needs to have a Backup Proxy in order to configure the IBM Spectrum Protect and MMbackup. In this configuration, MMbackup currently forces t...
    about 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Future consideration

    SIPro to trigger SGCs on FlashSystem when malware is detected

    To have a fast SGC triggered when malware is detected, we should enable SIPro to trigger such without Defender DRS. Now this can be done with webhooks- that requires no out-of-the-box solution and a lot of customization.
    10 months ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

    Increase logical paths limit of 512 for Control Unit

    We had this idea opened for z/OS and HCD (https://ibm-z-hardware-and-operating-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/ZOS-I-4129), but through cases TS017155124 and TS017074516, it was suggested to open an IDEA directed to the DS8Ks. We use shared DASDs to t...
    over 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    Improve CSMCLI scripting by enabling an echo and echoprefix

    In DSCLI, you can define echo on/off and you can set an echoprefix. In CSMCLI, this is still not available. When running CSMCLI in script mode, you see in the output dataset only the command response, but not command itself and you see only the IP...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Support for Diamondback 2drives configuration for PoC

    Since price can sometimes be a barrier for our clients when purchasing PoC environment, we would like to have a system that allows for a 2drives configuration only for PoC.
    6 months ago in IBM Storage Deep Archive 0 Submitted

    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.
    almost 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Functionality already exists

    Automatic Safegurded volumes to s3 or COS

    With safeguarded copy, we have a fantastic solution to provide an immutable copy of a volume. Rapid recovery is effective if the volume resides on the storage array, however, with ransoware taking 200+ days to detect, it is less likely this volume...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 6 Future consideration

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