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IBM DS8000

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    DS8XXXX Display Current Speed for Fibre Channel Ports As Well As Maximum Speed

    I would request that the DS8 CLI and GUI be improved so that the current operating speed of a Fibre Channel Port will be displayed in: 1) lsioport output2) On a new column on the the Settings > Network > Fibre Channel Ports page.3) When hove...
    about 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Future consideration

    Flashcopy support in DS8K when using Metro mirror dual leg

    Mirrored volumes between two DS8K support and keep the mirror intact when using Flashcopy. We have functions in example DSS like:FCNOCOPY FASTREPLICATION(REQUIRED ) FCTOPPRCPRIMARY(PRESMIRREQ ) SW functions in DB2 have made utilities that uses the...
    about 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 2 Future consideration

    Safeguard Copy to S3 storage

    Allow the ability to schedule safeguard copies off site to S3 storage either on another platform or in the cloud.
    about 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    DS8XXXX Improve How Fibre Channel Port Location is Displayed in GUI

    Under a previous RFE it was requested to add in the physical location of an IO Port to the New DS8 GUI in the Fibre Channel Ports view:http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=121398 In the old GUI when we went to c...
    over 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    DS8K Logical Configuration backup & restore functionality

    Hello,I would like to ask to implement IBM as a vendor supported way to create backup about DS8K storage's logical configuration, with option to restore it.The configuration backup should be possible to be created from both DSCLI and DS8000 Storag...
    over 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    CUIR (Control Unit Initiated Recovery) for DS8000<->DS8000 Fibre-Channel Remote Copy Links

    Control Unit Initiated Recovery (CUIR) for DASD<-->Z works fineControl Unit Initiated Recovery (CUIR) for Tape<-->Z works fineCUIR works fine with Microcode-Updates and hardware-maintenance Control Unit Initiated Recovery (CUIR) for DA...
    over 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    DS8000 REST API New functions

    Expand the DS8k REST API to include more functions that are provided today with DSCLI.
    almost 5 years ago in IBM DS8000 2 Future consideration

    dscli communication with DASD frame - password less

    Currently for a dscli software to connect to a DASD frame, a static user ID & password has to be passed. But to automate procedures using a static password defined in the script is an audit exposure. Also I see we can setup a pwfile making pas...
    over 5 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    DS8K Storage connection to CSM via HMC mode - static password is Audit exposure

    Currently to add a DS8K using HMC connection in CSM, we use a separate ID (admin level) created for this which has static password. We cannot use direct connection. This is an audit risk where we cannot have static passwords. Can an alternate proc...
    over 5 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    Safeguarded Copy offload to Cloud via TCT

    We are looking to have the ability to offload Safeguarded Copies (LCP) to the cloud via TCT (preferably S3 cloud) and maintain the capability to create a recovery copy from any of the offloaded Safeguarded Copies. Today due to physical capacity li...
    over 5 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Future consideration

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