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My ideas: IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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v7000 GM-Change Volumes GUI Re-Design (no more 99%)

Strange behavior with "Consistent Copying" and progress bar at "99%" all the time is irritating for customers.So let's suppose that customer will have 20-30 active LUN relationships. It is not "normal" to explain the customer that everything is OK...
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

SVC currently supports 10 SSH sessions per system, lift this restriction to at least 20

Currently the SVC supports 10 SSH sessions per system;the request is to at least double this number to 20
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

512 LUN max per host

There is a Current limitation of 512 LUNs per host on the V7K; Customer requires at least 1024 luns attached to the same host.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

SVC - increase maximal number of supported volumes per host from 512 to higher value

Hello SVC development team, could you please increase the maximal number of supported volumes per host to a higher level ? Currently the limit is 512 volumes per host. 1024 would be very helpful.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

Greater than 512 LUNs per host on the V7000

The capability of creating at least 4000 LUNs per host. Current capabilities limit this number to 512.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Optionally don't show the alert 986020 regarding Thin-provisioned volumes space

The message of the event ID code 986020 is shown very often for Thin-provisioned volumes, and causes the event log sometimes to flood with a message that can be ignored. The client wants an option to prevent the message from being shown.
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

IO group distribution for creating new volumes in a cluster with several io groups

If you create a single vDisk in succession in a SVC cluster with four io groups, they will be distributed cleanly over the IO groups. But if you create many vDisk in one go they all end up in an IO group. There should be a switch to synonymous wit...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Lockheed Martin SVC GUI

When looking at a Pool (MDG) in the GUI why does it only show the Virtual Capacity when the pool is over-provisioned?
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

SVC - Multiple Thresholds

We like to see warnings on Pool usage but in a critical situation…a warning isn't enough. Today many warnings come through the system especially with Global Mirror….warning for pool space usage get lost easily. A warning with a higher criticality ...
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

create greater than 99 volumes in GUI simultaneously

Ability to create greater than 99 volumes simultaneously in the GUI. Current GUI interface is limited to 99, it would be useful to at least have 1500 simultaneous or better still the max current capable count of volumes.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

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