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IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem

CSI driver with RWX permission

we have a large VMware environment that uses an IBM FS7300 storage system as the primary storage for virtual machines. We have recently started using Kubernetes together with Persistent Volumes. However, the native CSI driver only supports RWO (Re...
3 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Submitted

Ablity to refresh a thinclone from an unrelated snapshot

The existing ability to refresh a thinclone volumegroup from a snapshot helps with automating repeated tasks and minimising admin in the server and OS infrastructure to discover volumes. In this operation the thinclone volumegroup is constraint - ...
13 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

Need CSI driver support for use of mirrored volumes in SVC standard stretched cluster

To create a volume with high availability (HA) (HyperSwap or stretched topology) on IBM Storage VirtualizeĀ® storage systems, put a colon (:) between the two pools within the pool value. For example: pool: demo-pool1:demo-pool2 Important The two po...
14 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

Identify SVC/IBM Storage Virtualize volume when RTD is detected on backend FlashSystem

When Real-time Threat Detection/RTD detects suspicious activity on an IBM FlashSystem that is used as backend storage behind IBM SAN Volume Controller/IBM Storage Virtualize, the current event information identifies the affected backend FlashSyste...
2 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

SVC GUI SCU calculator

SVC SCU calculation is physical capacity-based with a disk type conversion factor value (Calculation Terms: https://www.ibm.com/support/customer/csol/terms/?id=L-PGBC-EPMNYG&lc=en). SVC GUI show the compressed space mounted; this is higher fro...
about 2 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

Requiring Elevated Access When Deleting Source Volume with SGC and TPI

Current state. Superuser is disabled. Two security admins are set. TPI is enabled. Safeguarded Copy (SGC) is active per volume group (VG). Each sec admin and each admin can delete any source volume in the SGC VG. The volume goes to "deleting state...
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

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 ...
7 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

3-site support for low-bandwidth links to DR system with automatic mode switching

Since 8.7.1 we offer a 3-site HA+DR solution, but it requires a high bandwidth link to the DR system. Most customers are asking for a 3 site solution with a low-bandwidth link to the third site. Standard PB Replication offers an automatic mode swi...
5 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Planned for future release

IBM block storage CSI driver, increase ssh connections on FlashSystem

Who benefits: OpenShift customers with one FlashSystem, but more than one Openshift Cluster How it should work: the FlashSystem Software should increase the number of SSH connections. This enable customers to use a single FlashSystem as a Storag...
2 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

The option to display host site column in Gui was removed in 8630 and above, we want it added again.

The option to display host site column in Gui was removed in 8630 and above. Client want to be able to have it added again. It does allow you to set the site normally when creating host, and "lshost" also shows the host site, but in GUI there is n...
about 2 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review