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IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM)

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Implementation from the authenticated way to send EMails from CSM

At the moment CSM is not ready to use an authenticated way to send Mails. CSM should implement this possibility at their GUI to use an User + password for their mail Notifications.
over 3 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

Enable TLS encryption as default for Mail Notifications

As default, it is not possible to use the Mail Notifications from (e.g.) CSM 6.2.8 to send mails with TLS encryption. If you contact an Exchange Server where sending from E-Mails without encryption is not allowed, you got during SMTP Server setup ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

CSM Should have the ability to specify password complexity options

CSM does not provide the ability to specify and enforce, the complexity of password (in non-AD mode). For example: minimum length, include numeric, at least 1 upper case, etc.
over 3 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

CSM API token generation without a user ID & password

Using CSM API, we are planning to manage our recovery procedures. But the major roadblock is password generation for CSM. Because of audit concerns we cannot have a static password for a ID. So, because of this, we are unable to make the procedure...
over 3 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

CSM CSM/FCMGR should implemented support of ALL supported MSS

MSS 3 war introduced 5 year ago (with z13) Page 20 and 21: https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg248260.pdf (Now we are migrating from z14 to z15) IBM Utilities / Programs have implemented MSS 3 support (without RFEs) I'll do RFE if this he...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

CSM support for cascaded 4-site replication

Our 4-site environment is a cascaded replication from A-B-C-D where A-B is metro mirror, B-C is a Global mirror, C-D is a global copy. I see in CSM 6.2.6, there is a 4-site support added but it is a MMGMGCreplication., which is A-B (MM), A-C (GM),...
about 4 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 4 Future consideration

Ability to run initckdvol as it is often needed during DASD refresh

During DASD refreshes, we perform multiple times full data push to the new frames so that the application teams can do as much testing on the new frames. And IBM recommends us to run initckdvol before we do a new full push to the new frame since t...
about 4 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

GMCV with Practice session

CSM currently has GM with Practice session and would like to have GMCV with Practice session added. We would use this for our DR tests and for specific application testing scenarios.
about 4 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

CSM certificate processing

We have just upgraded CSM from 6.2.0 to 6.2.7 and during that upgrade we found that for the host connections none of them would connect due to a TLS handshake issue (case TS003534863 was opened). The issue was that we needed to import the lpars ce...
about 4 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

z/OS HyperSwap and Concurrent Copy

After a HyperSwap, the command "Start H2->H1" (Start H1->H2 respectively) will fail if there a active Concurrent Copy Sessions on secondaries (former primaries). CSM will show error IWNR2108E RC 0F13. We know IBM recommends to eliminate any ...
about 4 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

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