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My ideas: IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Storwize - Increased information on lsrcrelationship

During DR testing and other tasks we are often asked to manipulate remote relationships to either failover or stop as a backout point. At present when we do this work the lsrcrelationship command only provides the status of idling when the replica...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

SVC Support for Windows NTP Service

Currently SVC and V7000 is not compatible with NTP-service provided by windows-operatingsystem (windows server 2008 R2). Requested feature should support the NTP service of Windows. BTW, DS8000 and Brocade SAN switches supports this already.
about 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Increase the safeguarded copy memory size

Hi, Now Safeguarded copy limit is 2048Mb per IO group. The flashcopies require 1MB of memory for every 2TB of source volume capacity. I have 120 TB data and I need to use 128 retention, 2048 of memory is not enough. Copy limit for IO group must in...
about 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Host and Volume Groups

Allow the creation of host and volumes groups.
over 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

SVC fragmentation

It has been noticed that flashcopy operations on space efficient volumes tend to produce a copy that is slower to read in sequential manner. This affects backup times. By creating another mirrored copy of flashcopy target vdisk, layout becomes mor...
over 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Improve filter functionality on remote copy GUI screen for 8.4 and up to match capabilities which are available in code stream 8.3

Up until SVC code 8.3.x there are extensive filtering capabilities on the remote copy GUI screen. this filter also searches the remote copy groups for matching patterns and shows the matching entries including the remote copy consistency group nam...
about 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Health Check Script or program

a health check script or program to run against the SVC and generate a report which has predetermined thresholds for hardware and software errors which is reported on and can be reviewed locally to determine if issues are repeating or growing
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

Request to add more timezones to storwize gui dropdown selection

Customer was unable to set correct timezone using the storwize GUI. Only 28 TZs available in the GUI and Gulf States like Dubai and Abu Dhabi are not in the list. Correct TZ is available via CLI so the GUI either needs to offer these as an option ...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

SVC Remote Support Access (SYS4939)

IBM GTS SO requests STG to enable newest model of SVC hardware to inclued remote support access capability
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

RFE 99: Standard API for storage array systems (REST)

currently the storwize product line, flashsystem 900, ds8000 series and other array products use disparate command line interfaces which provide only text based output. Providing a standard api with reference including return codes would simplify ...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

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