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Tape - High End Virtualization

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TS7700 - Validate export media

Validation of data (logical volume) in the physical media.
over 4 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Not under consideration

Access of TS7700 Data in Cloud by Open Systems

FedEx has requested the ability to access via open/distributed systems, data they will send from their on-prem TS7700s to the cloud
about 5 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

Show GiB utilization on TS7700 MI Media Categories panel

A need to show GiB utilization on TS7700 MI Media Categories panel by category will be very helpful and enhance the TS7700 MI usability.
about 5 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 2 Future consideration

TS7700 active data in client interface

Need an easy way for the client to identify the amount of 'active data' maintained in a TS7700 cluster. Today this metric can only be obtained via BVIR/VEHSTATS and this creates a huge overhead if not implemented to get this metric. It would be mu...
over 7 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 4 Not under consideration

insert more than two media categories/types for logical volumes

Today there are only two media categories available for defining logical volumes in an IBM VTS - Media Type Cartidge System Tape and Enhanced Cartridge. But you can define the volumes as 400MB, 800MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 25GB in the library. Since w...
3 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Needs more information

Introduce a new command to create additional cache copies within a grid out of existing ones

It is required to have the possibility to create new copies of virtual tapes out of existing (cache) copies in the same grid. As of today, it is not possible to create additional cached copies once the CCP is correct. TS7700 does not distinguish t...
3 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Under review

Introduce a new value for the maximum allowed PMTHLVL in the SETTING or SETTING2 command response

It is required to have the currently allowed maximum of PMTHLVL in the SETTING(2) Library Request command response, e.g. as PMTHMAX This way it is possible to have a check running to verify against the current setting of PMTHLVL. Rational: It is p...
3 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Under review

Buffered log design Enhancement to take advantage of the 65 GB virtual volumes

The majority of TS7700 customers are using in the Data Class setting for Virtual Volume Sizes the default 3490 Counters Handling of “Surface EOT”.There are various reasons why a customer does not want to switch to “Wrap Supported” e.g., they back-...
4 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 2 Not under consideration

LWORM immutability

why is it useful? append is still a change, closer to an air gap solution who would benefit? Sheltered Harbor and applications seeking to create immutable copies on tape using LWORM how should it work? A global parm to allow or not allow a tape da...
4 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Planned for future release

Ability to obtain environmental information

Many customers want to know in live environmental information such as total power usage (in watts) and inlet temperature (in degrees Celsius) on their TS7700 units. This information is available on DS8K storage arrays via GUI or CLI commands but i...
about 1 year ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

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