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Tape - High End Virtualization

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TS7700 COPY ENTIRE POOL DATA TO NEW EMPTY POOL

We need to copy a pool to e new empty one by a simple fonction in TS7700 GUI
about 3 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Not under consideration

Add machine serial number to TS7700 Grid/Cluster MI summary

TS7700 Grid/Cluster MI summary page has many useful information, including the VE hardware serial number, but it is missing the serial numbers of other components of the TS7700 cluster. Adding the serial numbers of the other components, which are ...
over 1 year ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 2 Planned for future release

youtube tv contact number customer services +1(833) 756-4415

YouTube TV is a popular streaming service that allows users to watch live TV and on-demand content. While the platform is known for its seamless user experience, there may be instances where you need to reach out to their customer support team for...
6 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Not under consideration

Ability to set a warning message when the TS7700 premigration queue utilization reaches certain % of the licensed TB.

There is no ability to set an alert to warn the end user that the premigration capacity utilization is at certain percentage of the licensed premigration TB. Having this ability will allow the end user to take a more pro-active action to prevent t...
about 5 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

Add GRID REQUEST Licenced volser Information to the LI REQ command

Add GRID REQUEST API output to the LI REQ,libname,GRID,REQUEST command so that we can fetch the licences volsers information from z/OS HOST itself.
7 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Needs more information

Ability to generate a report of all the Hydra system inventory.

Ability to generate a report of all the system inventory. -Frame serial number, hydra serial number, tssc serial number, cache controller and enclosures per frame with serial numbers, etc.
over 1 year ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Future consideration

change of MgmtClass in VTS 7760 should automatically activate CopyExport without z/OS mount required

We were implementing CopyExport with VTS7760 and deceided to take over all tape datasets in our VTS (~68000) to CopyExport Volumes (all Tape data ever produced). For that the ManagementClass of each tape must be changed to a MC which is using Copy...
7 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 1 Not under consideration

Improve TS7700 Scratch Allocation Assistance functionality

We have 2 cluster Production Grid, 1 local and 1 remote. We preference the local cluster, because Ficon performance to remote forces us to. We have employed SAA to preference the local cluster.When the local cluster fails or is put into service pr...
about 5 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 0 Future consideration

Fast replication of tape

During tape replication over a longer distance, RPO time can be quite long (>1 h). In a disaster recovery scenario, this is not acceptable. Potentially we could loose critical data.
almost 7 years ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 17 Not under consideration

Tape 7700 CUIR Function Enhancement - Vary one device Online for testing purpose while the Cluster in Service Mode

First: What is it? Vary one device Online for testing purpose while the Cluster in Service Mode using CUIR Function before bring the Cluster back to Online mode using GUI. At Now, we bring the Cluster in Service Prep, then finish what need to be d...
7 months ago in Tape - High End Virtualization 3 Not under consideration