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Status Delivered
Workspace IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware
Categories HMC/Support Element (SE)
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 21, 2015

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SE backup via FTP to HMC

Currently backup from SE runs via FTP to an customer server.
But our SE are in a secure network environment and no FTP to other network is available.
In this secure network is the HMC (a PC tower from IBM) too.
We need a FTP funtion on this HMC to connect to the SE. So we can backup the SE Via ftp to the HMC.

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 9, 2020

    Delivered in z14 GA1

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 4, 2016

    Thanks for the information. I will review and get back with you.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Feb 3, 2016

    Hello,

    our requirement are not satisfied.

    We need the FTP to the external HMC because a FTP connect outside our HMC Mainframe network is not allowed (security reasons).

    The current solution is bad because if one SE had a defect and affects the other SE (both SE are on the same rack and one under the other) we lose both SE and access to the system.

    Increase the severity to "Medium".

    Last week we had already an broken HDD in one SE ...

    RGDS Helge van de Kraan

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 29, 2016

    Hopefully this satisfies your requirement, if not please provide more details. For z13 that the Backup of the Primary SE is sent to Primary/Alternate SE HDDs or additionally to an FTP location. This change eliminates the need for the USB for the SE, and there have been size issues with the amount of backup data fitting on the USB. We felt that the two SE HDD backup approach is more than adequate. If someone wants to do something like rotate backup versions per backup, then they should additionally use FTP.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 22, 2015

    Creating a new RFE based on Community RFE #74351 in product zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12) zEnterprise BC12 (zBC12).

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