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IBM DS8000

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Visibility to volume and LSS use of space for ESE volume

We are just starting to implement thinly provisioned ESE volumes and have identified some deficiencies in the lack of granularity in the visibility to the amount of space utilized. We do have a way to look at the space used from z/OS we don't have...
over 6 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Delivered

Syslog capability to capture all internal/external commands executed to external log collection location

request is to add syslog type function (similar to SVC) that records commands executed by all users (including dial-in support) and make that syslog viewable to an external source (log server) for review
over 6 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Delivered

DS8886 Physical Design

We had been facing issues to propose DS8886 in the country, especially on the 46U height rack configuration where some of data centers cannot meet the height requirements. While DS8886 has the 40U configuration option via RPQ, again it triggers ot...
almost 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Delivered

DS8888 GUI to Include IO Card Physical Location

In the Previous GUI for DS8888, under Configure IO Ports, we are able to see what is the physical location for a port, eg R1-B1-C1-T0 as well as the I0XXX number and WWPN for the port. However in the new DS8888 GUI, under "Settings > Network" i...
almost 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Delivered

Reserve/Release Support for HyperSwap

MUFG Bank, the former name was BTMU, would like to use z/OS HyperSwap among multiple SYSPLEXes.And MUFG Bank has a shared volumes between multiple SYSPLEXes, it is a strong requirement to maintain it. To achieve the objective, MUFG Bank need the f...
almost 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Delivered

DS8886 should allow query of FICON/FCP connectivity

We have a large number of IBM DS8886's in our environment and frequently have connectivity issues for our FICON and FCP ports. Unfortunately, we do not have any visibility within the DS8886 to the connection (if any) at the other end of the cable....
almost 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 2 Delivered

REST api provides OOS track counts for remote copy and flashcopy pairs

The REST api provides Remote Copy and FlashCopy query capability. It does not provide the out-of-sync track counts for the relationships. We use automation that relies on queries of remote copy relationships and requires the current OOS track coun...
almost 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Delivered

DS8880 needs to support nested LDAP groups

We have a large number of IBM DS8886's spread across our enterprise along with some older DS8870's. As of a couple of weeks ago they were all setup to use LDAP for user logon authentication. However, without our knowledge our administrators enable...
about 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Delivered

Authentication when using SMTP to send email

DS8000 uses SMTP to send emails for Monitoring and notifications. Actually there is no possibility to send emails with authentication (SMTP user and password). Security is getting more and more important. Our SMTP server does not allow unauthentic...
over 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Delivered

DS8000 - Copy Services support for LUN sizes greater than 2 TB.

Currently, DS8000 Copy Services are not supported for LUN sizes that are greater than 2 TB. This limit is restrictive. In today's environment of ever increasing datasets it is time that Copy Services support LUN sizes greater than 2 TB. I would re...
over 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Delivered

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