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DFSMS HSM

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BLKSize of 16KB is much less than TapeBlkSZLim of 256K

DFSMShsm only writes 16K-Blocks to Tape,both for Migration and Backup.Many of our files are greater ones, which would participate much of larger block sizes.
about 10 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 7 Planned for future release

DFHSM FRBACKUP - Update function to return rc=04 when a Volume Definition in the Source Storage Group is has no devn assigned

Currently when the HSM FRBACKUP command is executed, HSM will invoke the UCBLOOK macro against each volume in the source Storage Group(s). If this macro returns a rc=04 because there is no device currently assigned to the volume serial, the FRBACK...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 2 Planned for future release

Honor the MC attributes for TCT using 'HMIG' command

Currently if you use 'HMIGRATE' command, all attributes of the 'Management Class' concerning 'Transparent Cloud Tiering' are not honored.
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 0 Planned for future release

Notify DFSMShsm users when automatic functions do not complete within a specified amount of time.

HSM has automatic functions which run for a certain amount of time that can be varied. At times, an automatic function, such as migration, may get hung and not complete. Provide the capability of noting when a function does not complete within spe...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 3 Planned for future release

DB2 Backup System, timely release SYSPITR lock when Backup fails

!!!! Not able to select the appropiate Produkt, therefore select a random produkt. Produkt should be DB2 for z/OS !!!! When SYSPITR lock is held too long this can lead to Groupbufferpool shortages and DB2 is unable to perform GRECP/LPL recovery. S...
almost 6 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS HSM 3 Planned for future release