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IBM DS8000

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    Implementing other message codes for SNMP trap 221

    The client configuration is using DS8900 with Safe Guarded Copy At the moment when they see an SNMP trap trigger for trap 221 they only receive Message Code 10, which is telling them it's already removing space. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ds8900/...
    6 months ago in IBM DS8000 2 Not under consideration

    Avoiding full volume background copy after restoring of one FlashCopy relation in DS8K multiple incremental FlashCopy env.

    The environment we request this enhancement is in DS8K multiple incremental FlashCopy with cascading FC support. In this environment, The customer will have two incremental FC relationships from one source A as Step1 bellow. Actually they will tak...
    about 7 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

    DS8000 REST API New functions

    Expand the DS8k REST API to include more functions that are provided today with DSCLI.
    over 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 2 Future consideration

    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 ...
    about 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    Perform Remote Pair FlashCopy on *all* Metro Mirror pairs in a parallel PPRC setup

    We have four site replication where the primary devices have two targets (Parallel Metro Mirror). Currently Remote Pair FlashCopy (pmir) is only able to be enabled on one leg. When HyperSwap is enabled on the leg without pmir enabled, a FlashCopy ...
    5 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    Installation DSCLI via Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)

    In the past we used DSCLI on Windows. In this environment we got informations about the software itself and security vulnerabilities automatically via a software management tool. If there was a breach or new version we got automatically informed. ...
    about 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

    Global Mirror RPO Alerting from DS8000

    Clients running Global Mirror replication are always concerned about the state of their replication - mainly through the RPO metric. Currently, there is no direct RPO reporting that is handled by the DS8000 system itself. For clients not using man...
    5 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    DS8900 SYSLOG does not log severity

    Even though events can be sent to syslog, it is useless because it does not include the severity (information, warning, error), which makes it very hard/impossible to automate.
    about 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

    Implementation of AOS Control via Ansible

    As per security requirement AOS must be closed and should only be opened when there is a reason for it. Like IBM Support working on machines or in case of any defects. In these cases, the control center gets involved and sometimes people who are n...
    5 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    Monitoring DS8K network adapters

    Using Transparent Cloud Tiering (TCT) the network adapters are now key for this function. Currently there is no function available to monitor the utilization of the adapters. The idea is to add an option within ‘monitoring’ à ‘performance’ where I...
    over 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

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