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Workspace IBM DS8000
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 19, 2021

RELATED IDEAS

Safeguard-immutable copies should remain until their retention expires

Currently, if there isn't enough space for a safeguarded copy, old copies are removed from the DS8 to allow for the new copy to take place. A safeguarded copy should never expire before it's retention period. Safeguarded copies should stop, and alerting should take place to notify that safeguard copies are no longer taking place.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    |     Oct 11, 2023
    Delivered on Release 9.3.2 : (Safeguarded Copy Prioritize Backups over Production when Out of Space), which will allow the user to be able to determine the number of backups via a PFE setting.

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