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IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM)

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Query for bitmap increment status

During a configuration change from H3->H1->H2 to H1->H2->H3, running the start H1->H2->H3 command may result in an unexpected full copy from H2 to H3 instead of a quick resync (for example, when z/OS systems were down after rolli...
18 days ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Submitted

Add a SYSLOG option for console logs

In addition to having the option to view the console logs in the user interface add an option to offload to a syslog server similar to hardware platforms (DS8, VTS, etc).
5 days ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

When a PPRC session is being built within CSM, if the source and target SSIDs match, there should be a warning or a message that clearly states why this is a problem.

We had a configuration error in our PPRC target where the SSID of the target was the same is the primary. CSM allowed us to create the copyset even though the SSIDs were not unique.
about 2 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Not under consideration

add option for the tgtread status

We are using CSM on open system to manage zOS LPAR. When we create replication, the option tgtread is at yes with CSM, which is not compatible with zOS. Can you add a checkbox to manage this option?
4 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Future consideration

IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) should be differentiate between real HOST-Connections issues vs. a planned shut down from one or more HOST systems.

Starting with CSM 6.3.10 IBM has introduced his Multi Sysplex Support (feature 87578b). With this feature are several resilience topics addressed to make the tool less prone to incorrect operation. One decision that has been made, for example, is ...
3 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

Improve CSMCLI scripting by enabling an echo and echoprefix

In DSCLI, you can define echo on/off and you can set an echoprefix. In CSMCLI, this is still not available. When running CSMCLI in script mode, you see in the output dataset only the command response, but not command itself and you see only the IP...
4 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

add affected storage system / path for the message IWNR1963W

The message IWNR1963W is: One or more logical paths between storage systems have entered an error state or have been removed. Sometime there are micro network issue that makes the path have a punctual error. As we have several storage system in ou...
4 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

Prevent TERMINATE of practice disks if a volume is online

In a session with practice disks, can you add an option to prevent TERMINATE if at least one of the practice disks is online please ?
5 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 0 Future consideration

Include "Remove Session" command under dual control to secure LCP!!!

To secure our LCP backup environment
about 2 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Future consideration

Related to SafeGuarded Copy on the DS8000. SGC backup copies CANNOT be deleted. Today, a person with adminstrator rights can still log on and delete off valid SGC backup copies. Customers have been asking for this capability to be removed.

This feature is required to ensure that SGC is totally immutable.
about 1 year ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Functionality already exists

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