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SI/SC don't show NPIV ports on SpecVirt devices

Today, neither SI nor SC show NPIV ports on SpecVirt devices, only the physical WWPN. Since the direction is to use NPIV only for host attachment, this prevents important information related to host connectivity being visible.
over 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Future consideration

SI no longer shows data collection logs

Recent versions of SI have removed the ability to view data collection logs.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Future consideration

Storage Insights Ability to Import a list of Departments and applications by CSV

Our customer is requesting the ability to import Departments and applications via a CSV import mechanism
about 4 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Please sign Insights with an IBM certificate - security apps block Insights binaries

Security software like Bit9 block Insights binaries. Insights binaries are blocked even after whitelisted by security admins because Insights files are copied to different folder than the installation folder. Also, automatic updates are not possib...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 2 Future consideration

"Totals" option for adding up how Volumes and Utilization per Application

When certain reports are selected, the ability to SUM certain fields that are selected into a "Total Summary" at the top of a report would very helpful. In the reports lets say we select Volume Report and then select the columns we want to see. Be...
over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Global Mirror volume write throughput

Need an ability to see the Global Mirror Volumes listed on "Copy Data Screen" under General Tab. Also, need a total value of Global Mirror auxiliary volume write throughput as mentioned in the following webpage: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/spectru...
about 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Future consideration

Storage Insights Pro Support for HDS Ops Center

Hitachi is advising customers to switch to Ops Center. SI Pro does not support Ops Center, only Command Suite. SI Pro must incorporate Ops Center in order to be compatible with Hitachi devices.
about 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Storage Insights to Allow CSV Reporting for Consumer and Chargeback Reports

Please add the ability to send CSV attachments of the Consumer and Chargeback reports, as have been added for the other reports available in Storage Insights. Also if there can be an option to add a line with totals at the bottom of each report th...
about 5 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Resources > Hosts view does not show the Health Summary status table

The Hosts view (Resources > Hosts) does not show the Health Summary status table at the top of the page, next to the device image. In comparison, reviewing all the other Resource views, they all have the Health Summary status table: - Resources...
over 1 year ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

Need to add the total number of nodes and enclosures column to the array tabular view

Today its a common ask in a large environment how many total enclosures or nodes are in a cluster and the only option is to drill into each cluster. Under internal resources we actually have total nodes and enclosures displayed. But this can take ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

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