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IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS

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Enable one-way location for text xfer to open platforms

Object storage is an infrastructure which supports both open and mainframe environments. While certain datatypes are not compatible it is possible to share basic text files between the two environments. CTC should support the capability for writin...
about 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Enable clear key support in CTC for lifecycle encryption

CTC V2 introduced Lifecycle Encryption to provide clients with the ability provide persistent data encryption, manage their own encryption keys as well a offload encryption to their zIIP processors. While the encryption process does not require a ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Enable support for multi-thread download from cloud

Currently CTC supports the THREADS parameter to enable multi-thread upload to improve overall throughput. This same value should also be used to enable multi-thread download of objects as well.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Planned for future release

CTCz MS Azure support

KUBOTA want to store their backup data into Cloud using Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS, instead of the local tape unit.But they are using Microsoft Azure as their standard Cloud Server and CTCz is not supportable for Azure right now.Please add this...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0

CTC inventory to cloud audit

CTC should support an audit function which can be used to identify and correct discrepancies that may result between the host based CTC inventory and the actual objects currently resident in a target cloud repository.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enhance CTC History processing to reprocess updated file

When CTC History processing selects a file to be uploaded it creates the cloud version and updates the catalog entry to CLOUD. When a subsequent scan processes it detects that the cloud based copy exists and skips the dataset. When the cloud datas...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Support dynamic refresh for HVTVLTxx in CTC

Many of the HVT parmlib members can be dynamically refreshed like HVTTRLxx. Parmlib member HVTVLTxx cannot be dynamically refreshed. While a couple parameters within HVTVLT can be controlled dynamically the ability to refresh the entire library wo...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Enable CTC to leverage TCT for network transfers

Where possible it would be good if CTC could leverage TCT as it network transfer mechanism which would effectively enable serverless data movement and reduce overall resource consumption.
about 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 0 Future consideration

Support IAM option to either the DSORG or DSNAME_TYPE keywords

AAM supports certain functions of IAM datasets. It would be beneficial if selection criteria could be used to control intervention based on whether a dataset is of type IAM or not.
about 3 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 1 Future consideration

Can CUZ#EXPR be changed so it only produces reports and doesn't delete anything

CUZ#EXPR is run to delete expired backups from the repository and cloud service(s). I would be nice if there were an option available to allow it to produce the reports of what will be deleted without actually doing the deletes. The reports can th...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Cloud Tape Connector for z/OS 1 Future consideration

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