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IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Improve how to change volume population rate

If the rate for a volume population should get changed (default 2 MB/s) it is required at first to display the "populating_mapping_id" using "lsvolumepopulation -showhidden". Then this "populating_mapping_id" must be used with the command "chfcmap...
1 day ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

IP Quorum for PBHA Rescan Automatic

IBM L3 told me this: When the application (IP Quorum) starts, it uses a configuration file that includes the management IPs of both systems but only the service IPs for the system where the app was created. If the app cannot contact the management...
8 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Policy Based High Availability: send Warning Event Notification already if the first of two IP Quorum instances in a Partition gets unavailable.

IBM recommends to configure at PBHA solutions for each HA Partition a second IP quorum as a backup for situations where theprimary quorum fails or requires maintenance. As of today the FlashSystem sends a Warning Event Notification as soon as the ...
24 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Incorporate Google and MS Authenticators to FlashSystem MFA

Currently the supported MFAs are Duo and IBM Verify.I received a few requests from customers that do not work with Verify nor Duo, and requested to have the other options as well.
28 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Reintroduce the option in the GUI – Modify Mirror Sync Rate

A few days ago, I had a customer complaining about slow mirror synchronization performance.He even went as far as threatening to return two FlashSystem 7300 units because of the perceived sync speed issue.He was only convinced that there was no st...
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Submitted

CCU Checker enhancement

Enhance the blocking feature of CCU Checker so that it can distinctly handle update errors when there is a risk of severe impact to hosts and volumes. Handle errors with methods that prevent any circumvention without IBM second level approval.
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Reintroduce NVMe/FC Connectivity Support in IBM Block Storage CSI Driver

The IBM Block Storage CSI driver previously supported NVMe over Fibre Channel (NVMe/FC) connectivity, however, this support was discontinued in newer versions of the driver. NVMe/FC is a critical protocol for clients running latency-sensitive work...
about 2 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Under review

Adding a new volume to a parent volume group containing a snapshot that a thin-clone volume group was created from should automatically add the volume to the thin-clone VG when that VG is refreshed from a new snapshot taken from the parent VG.

Since the thin-clone VG is tied to the snapshot of the parent, if you add LUNs to the parent and create a new snapshot and then refresh the thin-clone from the new snapshot, it seems logical that you would want the thin-clone VG to also have the n...
about 2 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Under review

Support for HPE VM Essentials with FlashSystem (including PBR/HA)

MSP considering HPE VM Essentials as VMware replacement, but need FlashSystem/SVC support
about 2 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

Integrate PB-HA volumes with Veeam Backup (qualification)

Many customers use Veeam Backup and want to purchase a disk system for this application, which can be found on the "Veeam Alliance Partner integrations and qualifications" page https://www.veeam.com/solutions/alliance-partner/integrations-qualific...
about 2 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 6 Planned for future release