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IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM)

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Have the ability to "lock" a session from admin role to avoid any action on that session

In some d/r configuration where you can setup a MM-GMp session normally working but also a GM reverse session from H3 to H1 to protect the data when you switch to H3 site to run production, it could be advisable to have the ability for the admin r...
about 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

Prioritise selection of zOS Host Connections in Copy Services Manager

Have the ability to be able to prioritise/order which zOS system(s) in the zOS Host Connection panel in Copy Services Manager (CSM) is selected. There is the possibility that some zOS systems added as zOS Host Connections may not have equal CPU ca...
over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 3 Future consideration

Support Spectrum Virtualize Recovery host mappings via CLI/API

CSM supports host mapping management for SGC backup recovery via the GUI to simplify actions necessary to validate an SGC backup, for example as part of a Cyber Vault solution. A general recommendation for Cyber Vault solutions is to automate as m...
over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

Options to disable Dual control for few sessions

We have enabled dual control for our CSM server, but there are some sessions which are managed by API or manual control. In those cases, having dual control makes it little difficult to implement since we need a 2nd ID to approve the activity. Wou...
over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 3 Future consideration

CSM Incremental Flashcopy Options

Global Mirror Either Direction w/ Two Site Practice. We have the incremental option switched on in the session properties for 'H1-I1 and H2-I2 Options'.This is to allow us to take a daily flashcopy to the H2 volumes at the remote site. A full back...
over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

CSM triggered backup of logs -feature add

CSM should trigger automatic backup of logs to files in case of a critical event related to replication occurs. Reason to request this feature >CSM logs are getting overwritten in a very short period of time that critical events disappear from ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

CSM - add 'if then' functionality to a scheduled task

Client wants a scheduled task to be able to determine the active host and issue commands to the active host
over 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

allow FCM to more granularly control message output

We need the ability to suppress the message IWNRF015I when needed.The PDEBUG variable value currently has non effect on the setting of "show_dups" variable and this leads to hundreds of unwanted messages on the screen during the SEL-SOURCE and the...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

CSM TOCHECK ON HDS HYPERSWAP that a copy destination of 1 LCU does not come from more than 4 source LCUs

CSM team confirmed that per current design there is a check made by CSM that one source LCU has no more than 4 target, but there is not a check made into the opposite direction that a copy destination of 1 LCU does not come from more than 4 source...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

Improve SVC/Virtualize FC session capabilities

SVC/Virtualize FC sessions in CSM provide just basic capabilities for FC management. This limits users for building more complex FC solutions or provisioning capabilities. Especially when using Space Efficient volumes, or when cascaded / multi-tar...
about 3 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

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