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IBM DS8000

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    Request for managing Copy functions in the DS GUI

    We have several customers Open / IBMi / zOS who use mirrored DS8000 and who currently use the Old GUI for management of the Mirroring and FlashCopy.CSM is economically not an option for them.
    about 6 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    Show zHyperlink performance details in DS8K GUI

    Would be helpful in monitoring DS8K performance or in case of incident handling.
    almost 3 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

    Enhance RESTful API to be able to pull user group data

    We need to be able to extract the following settings via RESTful API. User group information: - Remote mappings and the roles they are assigned.
    12 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    Upgrading DS8000 to Data Aware Contents Storage and suggesting new series either DS9000 or DS 10000,

    Upgrading DS8000 to Data Aware Contents Storage and suggesting new series either DS9000 or DS 10000, We are in the Era of Agentic Generative AI, using LLMs and RAGs, Although IBM is the inventor of IBM Fusion Content Aware Storage CAS , but we nee...
    3 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

    Provide Notification When PPRC link failure rate is high on all PPRC paths

    We recently had a WAN issue where one of the circuits was experiencing very high packet loss for carrier A. Even though there was a second healthy circuit provided by carrier B, the failure rate was so high on carrier A's circuit that all PPRC pat...
    over 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    Daily System Check using Ansible

    In an effort to automate our DS8k-environment with Ansible we are looking into automating our daily system check where we see if there is any physical drives in a failed status. The current process is done via DSCLI and generates a report manually...
    5 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

    Install ICS through Customer-Code-Load

    This is an enhancement request of Customer-Code-Load of DS8000 R9.3 and later. My understanding is that currently there is no way to choose an ICS through Customer-Code-Load GUI. (If there is a higher level of bundle, some ICSs are selected aut...
    about 2 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

    Add Transparent Cloud Tiering configuration and testing into the GUI or WUI

    Adding a TCT screen to the GUI could include features such as: Provide customer visible indicator of which TCT port is currently active. Add TCT port throughput to DS8K performance dashboard. View/Change TCT port configurations without using DSCLI...
    10 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

    Provide customer access to send ping commands down TCT interface links to test network connections without needing IBM to AOS into machine.

    Customers currently have no access to test network connections for TCT ports on the DS8K. Providing an interface to send ping and traceroute commands out the TCT ports to test networking will save loads of time interfacing with support to perform ...
    10 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

    More granulary distribution and documentation of roles

    We need a more detailled way to manage the rights and roles in our DS8k environment, as we have received the requirement from our Security department to monitor and restrict roles based on Users etc. Expected GUI enhancements and display of which ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

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