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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Performance Data Change

On version 8.5.2 and newer, there is a change to the internal performance XML statistics file. Some third party tools that parse the iostats XML files will need to be updated.
about 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

A new feature called 'Fast Format' in SVC Code 7.5 level

A new feature called 'Fast Format' has been introduced in the SVC 7.5 level of code. This sets the 'format' option of new volumes on by default.During the time the volumes is formatting, the volume can still beaccessed by a host system. But for a ...
over 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Replicated volume expansion without deleting relationship

We need the ability to expand volumes with a Metro Mirror remote copy without deleting the relationship between the volume and its copy. Deleting and re-creating this relationship every time there is the need to expand a volume poses a risk to the...
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

SVC management GUI does not select the config node by default

When we open the SVC management GUI and go to the screen named “Download Support Package” (where we can view or create support logs), the GUI has pre-selected a view that shows a list of available files. Usually the SVC node that is selected for v...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Make IBM block storage arrays provide the "port symbolic name" to HBAAPI clients

Other vendors' storage arrays populate this data with something useful that can be a vital hint for system administrators. Not providing it kind of bites. If this RFE is accepted, I'll put one in for the AIX team to enhance "fcstat" to report on it.
about 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

make comprestimator available as an SVC internal command

Please can you internalise the 'comprestimator' functionality as a command within the SVC
almost 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 8 Delivered

Multiple callhomes on a single device failure open new PMRs each alert

Title: Multiple callhomes on a single device failure open new PMRs each alertTCC Client Owner: Jason Robinson, TysonPriority: HighProblem description: Multiple callhomes on a single device failure open new PMRs each alert. The process should assoc...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

EasyTier Tiers and Drive Classification is Manual

In Spectrum Virtualize Tier Classification of managed backend storage devices is manual. This results in numerous seemingly random performance impacts as EasyTier functionality migrates data to and from mis-classifed drives.
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Improved software quorum handling for all Spectrum Virtualize and Storwize products.

At the moment there is only the .jar file to download, but no proper instructions for implementation as a service on the supported operating systems. Likewise, updating the file when changes are made is a manual process; an automatic update should...
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Manual Classification of Storage Devices leads to many performance impacts

Storwize Products require that users manually classify the storage to a tier. This is prone to human error across dozens to hundreds of definitions. This has the potential to cause performance impacts via EasyTier with as little as one mdisk in th...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

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