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IBM DS8000

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    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

    API to change the admin password on DS8000

    Since they're integration issues with CyberArk and DS8K it would be great for clients to able to change admin user password with API.
    10 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Under review

    Provide support on DS8910F for DADSM UNMAP function in Copy Services relationships to allow use of Erase on Scratch on z/OS without unacceptable overhead

    Our DASD environment is all-flash DS8910F, mirrored across a distance of approx 25km. In order to satisfy audit requirements, we recently enabled Erase On Scratch via RACF (SETROPS ERASE (ALL)). Unfortunately this created an unacceptable overhead ...
    over 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 2 Not under consideration

    Provide last login time / date via DSCLI lookup

    This is a requirement for audit purposes to be able to provide a list of users with last login date via a feed from the DSCLI. Currently you can get this information via the GUI but we can't get it via the DSCLI commands which is a requirement in ...
    11 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    Enable DS8K range and TS7700 range to interface with Cyberark (password vault)

    Currently we (Barclays) use Cyberark as a password repository. We store all our system userids (Admin/Customer) in cyberark and they are meant to be system managed i.e cyberark will change the passwords for those userids without manual interventio...
    over 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    Retain a backup of Copy Services Manager installer file, when CSM was upgraded via DS CLI installsoftware process

    During DS8000 HMC reload or upgrade, CSM is back-leveled if the Customer had previously upgraded to a higher level, using the installsoftware process. The installsoftware process removes the CSM installer file upon successful completion, making it...
    about 3 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

    Remote Pair Flashcopy for GM (Global Mirror)

    This functionality is currently our highest priority for upcoming microcode enhancements. We are awaiting this capability to enable DB2 image copies—and more broadly, any FlashCopy operations—without negatively impacting our Global Mirror (GM) Rec...
    6 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Submitted

    S3 Object Storages compatible with Transparent Cloud Tiering

    We're implementing the Transparent Cloud Tiering for a Mainframe environment and customer would like to use other on-prem solutions of Object Storage, different of TS7700 or COS, to store data. Customer would like to use: - Hitachi HCP - DellEMC E...
    over 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    LDAP Direct Authentication - Multiple placeholders strings for Direct Auth

    LDAP/AD environments are sometimes complicated and users can exist in multiple OUs and Domains. To remove the necessity for an LDAP bind ID we would need to have the ability to search the LDAP forest or allow for multiple placeholder strings. Plea...
    5 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

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