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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Modular Spectrum Virtualize code upgrades

Any Spectrum Virtualize upgrade, even from say a.b.c to a.b.d is a full load of the entire Spectrum Virtualize code on each node, which is a potentially disruptive event
about 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Windows 2022 Support - Spectrum Protect Client, VE (TVE), SVC

Need support for Windows 2022 as it relates to: 1. Spectrum Protect Client2. VE (TVE)3. SVC
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

SVC - Throttle control at host level

I have a customer asking for the ability to throttle IO rate and/or MB rate at the host level vs the current method today of the Volume level.
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

AIX v7.3 support for IBM Virtual Storage Center

We would like to request development team to commit to support the above connections by end of Jan 2022. #1; AIX v7.3 and VSC 5.4.x or later (Spectrum Control support OS)#2; AIX v7.3 and Copy Service Manager v6.3.x or later#3; AIX v7.3 and SVC v8....
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Include DNS server input information in SVC GUI during e-Mail server setup

When input in the SVC GUI's setup view the e-Mail server related information there is currently no possibility to enter DNS server related details. Can this be included in the input screen in future releases ?
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Delivered

Non disruptive volume migration between Storwize devices

I would like to migrate hosts between members of the Storwize family without needing an outage on each host. The current methods for this are either through image mode migration or replication. Both of these methods require an outage on the host t...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

V7000 Security Vulnerabilities related to DISA STIG findings

SPAWAR engineering component for the Dept of the Navy is considering the IBM V7000 for several Navy programs storage requirements. All systems/devices that are to be considered for procurement need to go through Security Technical Implementation G...
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

More detailed user rights on SVCs

We need more detailed user rights for the users on the SVCs and V7000 Systems. We will begin to use the FCM (Tivoli Flash Copy Manager) for many different applications/systems. But now must the FCM have a SVC user with admin (that means, complete ...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Spectrum Virtualize Storage - Preferred node alignment for FlashCopy volumes with source volume

System: IBM Flash 9150Actor: Storage system enforce best practice When creating FlashCopy or Remote copy w/Change volumes relationships, this does not enforce the FlashCopy volume or Change Volume to be placed on the same preferred node as the sou...
about 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Spectrum Virtualize GUI resizable fields

Since redesign of the GUI in 7.6 (could also be in 7.5 but we did skip that release) a number of fields cannot be resized anymore. This is very frustrating for our storage administrators as they have to pick items on random and see if this is the ...
about 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered