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Dscli output file in code page IBM-1047 when running in z/OS environment

I use dscli from Z/OS system and using Java batch procédure. When i execute the following commands : offloadfile -perfdata /tmp offloadfile -fcdata /tmp the resulting file is in code page iso8859-1 and not ibm-1047. So to interpret the file file i...
about 1 month ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Not under consideration

data tiering of block (ranges ) within a file

A file needs to be able to be located partially on multiple storage TIERs, depending on various specific conditions like policy rules, selectable by ranges in Bytes or #blocks, rules for file names etc..The goal is that data within one single file...
about 1 month ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

If an SSID participating in a PPRC relationship needs to be changed, DSGUI/DSCLI should provide a warning when attempting a chlcu for an LCU participating in a PPRC relationship.

We encountered a hardware error starting a GM session where we had duplicate SSIDs between the source and target PPRC LSSs. To resolve this, we used the GUI to change the SSID on the target LSS. Although the change was successful it would have bee...
about 2 months ago in IBM DS8000 2 Not under 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

Request for Product Qualification: Fortanix

Customer is needing to integrate their DS8's into their new Fortanix external key manager. They are requesting IBM's support to officially support the EKM on DS8. DS8000 storage system - 88.59.53.0 DS8900 storage system - 89.41.25.0 DS8A00 model A...
about 2 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

PPRC with LUN's greater than 4TB

The customer in CMVC 372631 (BANK_OF_PIRAEUS) wants to migrate data from DS8900 (75KND00) to DS8A00 (78NWC50); involving volumes with a size of more than 4 TB. Current code has a boundary to allow for replication of a volume above a size of 4TB.
about 2 months ago in IBM DS8000 1 Not under consideration

A command to reapply management class on a volume or list of volumes

Objective is to reduce migration time and correction time in case of error.
2 months ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

CSM Server restart & ESSNI restart confirmation in CSM

Following a CSM Server restart, or ESSNI restart through the hardware management console, there should be an indication/event in the logs that that happened. Currently, there is no way to verify within CSM, that a restart of either of these compon...
2 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Not under consideration

Possibility to provide more granular RBAC permissions

The use of Safeguarded Tape increases the potential attack vector on the tape library's management interfaces. The currently implemented options for assigning role-based permissions do not allow these permissions to be assigned granularly to indiv...
2 months ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Not under consideration

API endpoint consideration: show file list under a directory

Currently the gpfs API does not support returning file list under a directory. This limits the developer's ability to retrieve accurate file paths while working with other API endpoints (e.g. get ACL).
3 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Not under consideration

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