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Node Port Commands required

CLI command to enable/disable specific Fibre Channel ports
almost 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

No quiesce option for VM backup

Along TSM-VE implementation, I have observed that lots of errors are generated due to virtual machine quiescence errors. Beause TSM has no control on how the operating systems are configured, and if there is any issue with the in guest VSS tools, ...
about 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 4 Delivered

Automatically use the same preferred node of source volumes for snapshot target volumes.

Automatically use the same preferred node for target snapshot volumes of source snapshot volumes.
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Upload DS8000 On-Demand Dumps (ODD) from Storage Insights

Would like to be able to upload DS8000 On-Demand Dumps (ODD) from Storage Insights. These are necessary to investigate issues on DS8000 and require to be generated rapidly (contents are rapidly overwritten). As of today, Storage Insights offers on...
over 1 year ago in IBM Storage Insights 1 Delivered

Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud (SV4PC) - AWS GP3 support

client (BP) have moved AWS GP2 to GP3 since GP3 was introduced DEC 2020. GP3 are 20% lower costs per GB month than GP2 and provide 3000 IOPS v's 100 at GP2. This makes GP3 now the default choice for our AWS client. Even with SV4PC data reduction ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

Tx/Rx values at SVC GUI

Could you please develop to be Tx/Rx values visible at SVC GUI? It would be useful at a port investigation issue. There is a problem with swith SFP, FC cable or SFP of an SVC node. With this info we could raise a ticket much more perfectly. Thank ...
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Support of VVOL Replication and QoS for Spectrum Virtualize

Hi, I would like to ask support related of Spectrum Virtualize integration with VMware.Product: Spectrum VirtualizeCustomer : We're work with a S1 Account, Serpro, who will buy Storage and Virtualization solution for refresh their environment.Cust...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Implement full LDAPS

We have a requirement from a client to implement all IBM tooling along with Spectrum Protect (8.1.2) via LDAPS. We have successfully proved the current form of integration with StartTLS but the client in question is a bank and has concerns around ...
almost 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 3 Delivered

Add GM Master Location to Global Mirror Info tab

With newer CSM sessions including multiple GM legs simultaneously, it would be very helpful to show the Location of the GM master in the display. This would help identify and differentiate the GM masters and lead to less confusion.
5 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

gpfs.snap option to add case number and upload to IBM

It would be nice to have an option in gpfs.snap that would take a case number and then upload the snap output once it has been created. Would remove some manual steps... think of how much collective time would be saved with this feature!! -Bryan
over 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 4 Delivered

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