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IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM)

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    CSM Console Messages Need to Show Correct Pair Direction

    CSM log messages always show for example "Starting all pairs in role pair H1-H2" even if the start command was issued for H2-H1 instead. This can be very confusing and misleading when trying to check back and see what commands were issued and what...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

    TPC-R integration with VMware SRA for SRM

    I'm submitting on behalf of a customer who's using TPC-R to manage replication between multiple Storwize/SVC systems and supporting IBM i, AIX, Windows and VMware hosts. For VMware, they're using Site Recovery Manager (SRM) to automate failover. W...
    over 10 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Future consideration

    One authentication for a group of Dual Operator Notifications actions, such as disabling multiple scheduled tasks

    Currently we have 100+ scheduled tasks for CSM SGC backups. As we have Dual Operator enabled, this currently creates a Notification for each task. Would it be possible to group this type of action together to Approve as currently the overhead is s...
    10 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Support for the recognition of cascaded FlashCopy volumes

    If a target volume of an existing FlashCopy relationship is used with FCM as source volumes (Cascaded FlashCopy), the FlashCopy relationship is established, but is not displayed in the report as an existing FlashCopy relationship. Even a Verfiy wi...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    installCSMDSCLI.sh env var CSM_ProductionRoot split into 2 vars

    In zOS CSM DSCLI, one must run the SAMPLIB(IWNINST2) job to actually install the product via script installCSMDSCLI.sh. The script requires 3 environment variables to be set:CSM_InstallRootCSM_ProductionRootCSM_JAVA_DIR The CSM_ProductionRoot path...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Only Report Status on Relevant Paths from Storage Systems Panel

    In our environment, we have IP to z/OS connectivity enabled. As such, we have ZOS:NATIVE connections and IP to z/OS connections to other LPARs. For the ZOS:NATIVE connections, it is not possible for the Standby server to connect via FICON to the s...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Allow the CSM DSCLI for Z logs directory to point to a user-specified location.

    Modify the CSM DSCLI for Z product such that the logs directory, and any other directory the product writes to, can be directed to another location than the product's install location, currently CSM_ProductionRoot/logs. This would be an environmen...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Check the GM subordinate even if there are no copyset in it.

    Currently CSM only queries for copysets that are actively participating in a session. If we have a session with a subordinate with no more copysets on the subordinate, CSM doesn't check the state of the subordinate. Adding a check of the subordina...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Future consideration

    use CSM to create volumes and replication from end to end

    CSM has the knowledge of the box and replication. We could imagine defining policy in CSM with replication type etc... (MM, MGM ...) and when we define new volumes, let CSM create LVOLS on all DS8k and create replication link defined in the policy...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

    Session recovery via query

    CSM is currently designed to stop monitoring underlying replication in an event where certain types of communication failures occur with a subsystem (say after panic/warmstart). It's designed this way to not inadvertently monitor relationships tha...
    about 3 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Future consideration

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