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IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM)

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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 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

Command to start first Global Copy and switch to MM after 99% of completetion

We have a problem after starting H1-H2 (Metro mirror). At the beginning of start H1-H2 dasd are copied with a good velocity. At the end when DS8K had few data to copy, the time to do this remaining job tooks a very very long time. On our configura...
about 3 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Delivered

CLI option to view TB managed by CSM

On CSM v6.3, on the overview page, it will show below details:Remote copy source volumes (not cascaded): 62 ( 411.9 GiB )FlashCopy source volumes: 78 ( 1.1 TiB )Volumes protected by Safeguarded Copy: 0 ( 0.0 KiB )Volumes used as targets: 141 ( 2.6...
over 3 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 4 Delivered

CSM Operator should have access to Scheduled tasks

Most of the activities, we have created Scheduled tasks for Operators to start/stop whenever the need arises. Like for DRs, we have 3 sessions which are dependent on each other and we created scheduled tasks. But current CSM Operator role cannot p...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

Copy Services Manager Needs a 'run once' scheduling option

CSM v6.2.8 currently provides the following scheduling options:1. Running a task at an interval of 0.5-144 hoursor 2. Running a task at a set time on any number of days each weekor3. No Schedule I wish to setup a task, pick a 4th option 'run once'...
over 4 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

View by User Defined Group

Would like to have a View By User Group option under Sessions. When having multiple sessions the User Defined Group option is great for sorting. However, being able to roll them up under the User Groups (like with view by Volume Group) would make ...
4 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

Allow MONITOR role to 'view' all (or most) items and configurations in CSM

Currently the MONITOR role in CSM does not allow access to things like port pairing csv or authentication settings and even the scheduled tasks. As a result we always need an ID with ADMINISTRATIVE access. Per our firm's security standards the adm...
6 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 3 Delivered

essclient.properties file activity

SMF records show that this property file is being read circa 100M times per day, driving high I/O rates and CPU activity. It doesn't make sense that a static property file should need to be read this frequently.
9 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Delivered

Add GM Master Location to Global Mirror Info tab

With newer CSM sessions including multiple GM legs simultaneously, it would be very helpful to show the Location of the GM master in the display. This would help identify and differentiate the GM masters and lead to less confusion.
about 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 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”...
over 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

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