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IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM)

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For V7000 and SVC create an automated report for the status of Global Mirror sessions

Create a global mirroring report providing the status of V7000 and SVC Global mirroring that can be automatically run daily and sent via email to end users. Should contain the following (at a minimum)CG_Name Active Connnected CurrentDate/Time Last...
about 7 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

No Copy option on Metro Mirror w/P session

In DS8K environments using ESE volumes we would like to have the No Copy option for Metro Mirror with practice sessions as already available on GM w/P session type.
about 7 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

CSM estimated completion time via CSMCLI.

1. CSM estimated completion time via CSMCLI Of Flash Copy Command Hi, We would like to have a report generated with CSMCLI Command who will give the completion of the FlashCopy Ce can see dynamically the completion with GUI.But if we want to follo...
over 7 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

Import existing hardware copy services relationships directly by CSM

Customer is using DSCLI to manage Copy Services relationships and now they want to migrate the existing CS relationships to CSM, but customer have a lot of DS8Ks and CS relationships, it's not easy and time consuming to do it manually, we also tri...
about 8 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

Add path status in Overview Screen Page

In IBM Copy Service Manager It's possible add path status in Overview Screen Page?? We monitoring Overview page for potential issues of session, server connection, but we don't see path status, that is visible only in a specific screen
over 9 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Future consideration

Provide SMTP Authentication capability to CSM (Copy Services Manager)

I work at a financial institution and our Security Department has recently implemented a policy to block all unauthenticated SMTP which, of course, is affecting alerts via email from CSM. This forced us to utilized SNMP for alerting...which isn’t ...
2 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...
4 months 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...
9 months 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...
11 months 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...
11 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

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