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Search results: IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Re-enable host IO-group selection while adding a new host via the GUI for 8.4.0.x and up

Re-enable selection of IO-group during host creation in SVC code 8.4.x and up
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Mimimum volume datarate for HyperSwap primay site switching consideration or Primary site enforcement for volume pairs

The RFE proposes to create a client input parameter acting as a threshold (expressed in MB) instructing the HyperSwap site optimization module to ignore write traffic below the threshold. Alternatively the RFE proposes to create a CLI command allo...
about 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

Snapshot and volume management improvements

A recent sale to a non-IBM customer has shown just how poor our basic management capabilities are within the GUI.We were compared to their 5 year old Nimble array and we did not stand up well. Snapshot scheduling; Simple snapshots that are created...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

Select background colour in GUI

When working with several systems it would be nice to change background colour or banner colour.It would be easier to visually see what system you are working on.
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Spectrum Virtualize Automatic Quorum Selection isn't intelligent enough

If using automatic quorum selection it would be beneficial for the quorum drives to automatically be assigned across multiple controllers/back-end devices if available. This will help if someone forgets to update quorum drivers when an SVC gets a ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

Spectrum Virtualize Create RAID Wizard Defaults to RAID5 and allows storage from multiple pools without warning

The Create RAID Array Wizard in Spectrum Virtualize defaults to RAID5 creation. It also allows you to select storage from any number of pools without warning. This should be warned against; pools that are too large will increase the failure domain...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

DOD Certified Erasure tools

Would like a new tab under the settings for Erasure of pools / arrays that is DOD certified for use in Federal space and adheres to a configurable wipe method and select-able features or configurable run times.
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

SVC ability to select multiple hosts field is too small to see long hostnames

SVC ability to select multiple hosts is not good enough, the field is too small to see long hostnames and no grouping can be done
almost 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

Spectrum Virtualize GUI resizable fields

Since redesign of the GUI in 7.6 (could also be in 7.5 but we did skip that release) a number of fields cannot be resized anymore. This is very frustrating for our storage administrators as they have to pick items on random and see if this is the ...
about 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

SVC management GUI does not select the config node by default

When we open the SVC management GUI and go to the screen named “Download Support Package” (where we can view or create support logs), the GUI has pre-selected a view that shows a list of available files. Usually the SVC node that is selected for v...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered