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IBM DS8000

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    Ansible modules for DS8000

    Provide an ansible collection with modules to perform the equivalent of DSCLI using playbooks. ** Note the RFE webpage forced me to choose an operating system and z/OS was the only choice. This is not a z/OS operating system request
    over 5 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

    pseudo admin to administer and manage the box/users without access to destructive commands

    We would like to have the ability to create a pseudo admin userid which has the ability access and manage all settings on the ds8ks and perform user account management but without all the other powerful options / dscli commands commonly used by th...
    about 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

    Add support to "cluster" object in RESTful API

    Add support for "cluster" objects in RESTful API, to be used for storage provisioning automation purposes.
    about 6 years ago in IBM DS8000 1 Future consideration

    DS8k - WWPN/WWNN for Fibre channel Ports

    According to the PLOGI (Port Login) and PRLI (Process Login) are used to establish connections between devices in a SAN (Storage Area Network).That means source and target WWNPN/WWNN are known. However, the details for the logged in links is only ...
    11 months ago in IBM DS8000 2 Planned for future release

    LCP : Dynamic Management (increase and decrease) of Safeguarded Capacity

    This idea would benefit all IBM z customers who are using, or who are considering implementing Logical Corruption Protection (aka z Cyber Vault) of data hosted on DS8000 storage subsystems. It would be of particular value to large installations wh...
    about 3 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    Create a REST API for the DS8910 to Discard/Delete acquired Token

    Currently there is no way to logout from a REST API session on the DS8910. This leaves authorization tokens until the expiration period expires enabling them to be used subsequently by another process or user. This will tighten the REST API securi...
    6 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Future consideration

    Allow customer to use LDAP groups for both authentication and authorization level

    Allow customers to use LDAP groups for both authentication and authorization level (admin, operator, etc) … The customer would like to adminstir the groups on th eDS8k exactly how it works in the Storage Manager GUI for the z/OS.
    9 months ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    Integrate the use of RELP protocol in DS8K for syslog management

    RELP is a reliable syslog events management protocol (message delivery tracking). Supporting RELP in DS8K would be an enhancement in events management systems integration.
    about 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 0 Under review

    Request for DS8K GUI to show logically occupied in comparison to physical occupied capacity in dashboard

    Enhancement request for DS8K GUI to especially show in particular the logically occupied capacity also at first glance, and in comparison to the physically used. The Dashboard should already outline whether and how much is overprovisioned.The Dash...
    about 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 0 Planned for future release

    DS8000 ScG backup volume runs out of Virtual Capacity

    When a SG backup volume runs out of Virtual Capacity, have the DS8K automatically increase the Virtual Capacity Multiplier with 1 for that volume.The increase by 1 should be sufficient I think, I do not think this should be configurable. However, ...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM DS8000 3 Not under consideration

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