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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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IBM V.3700 & IBM V.7000 upgrade issue

The IBM V.3700 internal SSD disk drive for its own IBM V:7000 software/firmware was filled up and prevented the system to upgrade to a new release. This problem can also occur on IBM V.7000. Commands to rectify was: * cleardumps -prefix /home/admi...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Spectrum Virtualize does not handle space exhaustion in update directory well

Code Upgrades halts due to no space available to update directory. Nodes do not show a clear message for low space and way to check what is stored in the update directory.. Option to reclaim space used by old firmware codes and log files - SVC fir...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

Spectrum Vifrtualize does not warn you of poor intranode port configuration

Port assignment can allow you to have a single internode connection. This will result in only talking to one fabric. If you lose a node it will keep running but depending on the traffic you can drop the whole cluster. Very busy and can time out an...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

DoD compliant Login Banner

The Federal Government requires a login banner to meet security requirements. This banner can be added to the current login splash screen currently being utilized. The following would need to be put into the splash Screen: “I've read & consent...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

No hostimpact during upgrade/maintenance of nodes (no paths offline)

No hostimpact during upgrade/maintenance of nodes (no paths offline) Two nodes in 1 IO group should be both connected to all ports on a sort of internal/external switch or module, so when a node would go offline all paths from host perspective sho...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

ODX Support for IBM SVC / Storwize Family

ODX Support for IBM SVC / Storwize Family
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Introduce the capability to exclude certain volumes from the volume-protection feature

The volume protection feature is a global setting to prevent volumes from being deleted unless there's been no I/O during a certain amount of time. We would like to have the option to have a volume exclusion list so the feature could be enabled wi...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Allow Admins to run lshardware, lsservicestatus, and lsportstats commands

At Citi they valut the superuser password and can only check it out of vault with a change record or trouble ticket. Having the ability to have storage admins run the above commands will simplify reporting and troubleshooting. They need to be able...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

While starting a consistency group, a "CMMVC7102E" error does not disclose the names of problem secondary volume(s).

Normally starting a consistency group on a IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) is a fairly simple and straightforward process. However, occasionally you may run into an error condition where the consistency group is unable to start because of a confli...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

FS9200 FQDN Support in GUI for NTP, LDAP

Client (Alex Offord) wishes for the GUI to properly support the FQDN support that is provided for LDAP and NTP.
almost 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered