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SVC Reverse FlashCopy, Copy Rate%

I have been talking to Bill Wiegand about this change i would like to have changed int eh SVC. When you create a reverse Flashcopy the default if to set the copy rate to 0. When i have a Flashcopy as a SNAP and the default rate of a reverse is 0 n...
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Set Vdisks READ ONLY on SVC

With the intent to make migration into the SVC pre-work and outage time to the application as short as possible. I would like the ability to once i have new disks in a unmanaged state in the SVC as part of a migration. The ability to set that devi...
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Registro de producto

Quisiera registrar el producto en la web de IBM, ¿Como puedo hacerlo?
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC Flash Copy GUI Change

I have discussed this with Bill Wiegand but i am requesting a change to the SVC GUI. The GUI needs to display a restore option for flashcopy sessions. Currently It is a operational challenge to perform restores on a large number of flashcopy sessi...
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Not under consideration

SVC is unable to test SNMP operation without physically inducing a non-fatal error (SYS4952)

SO Delivery is asking for the ability to test SNMP through a command, and not pulling a part or cable out of the hardware.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

V7K is unable to test SNMP operation without physically inducing a non-fatal error (SYS4951)

SO Delivery is asking for the ability to test SNMP through a command, and not pulling a part or cable out of the hardware.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Allocation of (file-based) Scratch Volumes

For file-based storage pools only.1. TSM does not take into account free space in the fileystem when allocating new Scratch volumes2. Owing to 1 if new disk (filesystems) are added there is no fuction that will "even out" disk usage. This RFE is t...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 2 Not under consideration

eviction wishes

it would be really nice if: - there was a dry-run mode for mmafmctl evict that just generated output or a logfile of what it would have evicted there was an easy way to:- limit evictions to a specified pool- specifiy a pool safelimit instead of a ...
over 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

This applies to Spectrum CDM: enchance GUI ergonomy

Client noticed that when defining a schedule for a Spectrum CDM job, there are no “Save” or “OK” buttons on the schedule configuration window (see document attached) and it is required to click outside the Window to save changes. This is considere...
over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 3 Not under consideration

Perf monitor requires admin role

Performance Monitoring of the SVC for different external performance monitoring tools require admin level role for the tool. Tools tested include OnCommandInsight, Cacti and TPC.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

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