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Readd the ability to change GUI SSL certificate in Storwize Family

We currently only offer a self signed SSL certificate in the Storwize GUI.Some customers ask to exchange those SSL certificates with their own - official - SSL certificate as they are not allowed to use self signed certificates in high risk areas ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Recommend 4 GB extent size - V7000 & Spectrum Virtualize during DRP Pool Creation

By default the Extent size is being shown to use as 1 GB while creating Data Reduction Pools (DRP) on Storwize & Spectrum Virtualize products. By using 1 GB extent size, the physical usable cap is only 128 TB, and beyond that we can not use it.
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

When updating SVC firmware in Enhanced Stretch, monitor volume mirror states before continuing update

In an SVC enhanced stretched cluster environment. When updating the SVC firmware. The customer performed an automatic update. All volumes are mirrored and in sync.1st node got updated and waited 30 minutes, most of the volumes returned in sync dur...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

V7000 / SVC mdisk secure wipe

V7000 and SVC should have the ability to wipe (secure erase) unused extents in mdisks. This would require a CLI command to issue a wipe against unused extents using one or more commercially reasonable secure erase algorithms.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Comprhensive management tool for multiple Storwize V7000 systems

Need to enhance the management GUI for Storwize V7000 to manage multiple Storwize V7000 systems
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Spetrum Virtualize default vdisk protection to off from 7.4 onwards

VDISK Protection Default (vdisk_protection_enabled  yes /no) Current default is NO starting with V7.4 onwards, Volume protection ensures that some CLI actions (most of those that either explicitly or implicitly remove host-volume mappings or delet...
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

Prevent Harmful actions related to NPIV ports

For NPIV prevent going from transition to disabled or transition to enabled mode on iogroups . If there are servers/hosts with any paths to both physical and virtual WWPNs  This will cause an impact and possible outage.
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

Spectrum Virtualize Volume Format default to enabled

The volume format was default disabled till 7.5. Enabled is now the default and a 1TB volume can take 6 days to complete with the default syncrate. Changing the sync rate can reduce this to 4.5 hours. This can cause severe impacts to pre-existing ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

Spectrum Virtualise Transparent Cloud Tiering support for MS Azure

We have a clear opportunity to sell a client a pair of IBM FS9150s but the client would like TCT support for Azure to be on the Spectrum Virtualise roadmap
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

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