Summary of changes
New functions introduced in IBM® Copy Services Manager 6.3.18 are described here.
Version 6, Release 3, Modification 18
This table provides the current technical changes and enhancements to Copy Services Manager as of June 2026.| Function or feature | Description |
|---|---|
| IDEA CSM-I-236 – Add customer description for external script actions on scheduled tasks | By adding a description, customers can fully see what all the steps in the scheduled task will run when viewing the task at a glance. Previously, the only thing displayed was that an action was being run on a given server. |
| Add the ability to send webhook notifications for events in CSM | Webhooks are the best way to send notifications and alerts to other products or automation. Customers can now setup a webhook in CSM for any of the notification categories in CSM allowing them to trigger their own automation. |
| IDEA CSM-I-65 – Create ability for customers to define Personal Access Tokens for use in automation | Personal Access Tokens allow customers to create tokens that can be used by automation so that a userid and password does not have to be used. |
| IDEA CSM-I-65 – Create ability for customers to define Client Certificates for use in automation | Client Certificates allow customers to create certificates that can be used by automation so that a userid and password does not have to be used. |
| Toleration for FlashSystems Partition Migration | CSM will now be able to tolerate when customer migrate their primary or secondary Partitions in a Policy Based Replication environment. CSM will automatically pick up the new source or target FlashSystem and migrate the scheduled tasks accordingly |
| IDEA CSM-I-244 – Support both TLSv1.3 and TLSv1.2 connections to z/OS systems at the same time | Customers migrating to TLSv1.3 required the ability to connect some systems via TLSv1.3 and others via TLSv1.2 at the same time, until all systems could be migrated to TLSv1.3. |