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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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SVC uplifting of cluster replication Change Volume limit to 2048

This is a pre-sales request. Customer is seeking a uplift of the SVC Change Volume restriction to 2048 per SVC Cluster pair. This will enable the consolidation, centralization and replication capability of the customers environment.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

Default setting for EasyTier should be "On" rather than "auto"

By default, Easy Tier is set to "auto" which means that when SSDs are added to a pool, at that point a dpa_heat file is created and data migration takes place. The dpa_heat file can be used in conjunction with the Storage Tier Advisor Tool to dete...
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

v7000 Cluster Volume Mirror

When 2 v7000's are clustered it would be extremely useful to be able to setup a Volume Mirror to mirror a volume one one v7000 to a volume mirror on the other v7000. This functionality IS available on the SVC so it would be great to have it on the...
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

512 LUN max per host

There is a Current limitation of 512 LUNs per host on the V7K; Customer requires at least 1024 luns attached to the same host.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Visual notification in case of SMTP problem

If, for any reason (misconfig or network problem), SMTP server is not reachable, the Node display shows 2600. 2600 : 009150 Unable to connect to SMTP (e-mail) server The GUI main page shows "all green". It's only when the customer digs into to the...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

GUI diplay of Nodes should be sorted ny Node name rather than NODE ID.

When the nodes for a cluster are displayed though the GUI, they are sorted by Node ID within an IO group instead of physical placement in the cluster. . The Node ID changes every time a node is shutdown and/or removed & re-added to the cluster...
over 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Gwinnett County Public Schoolls

Can a mechanism be built which will allow a more consolidated view of global values (such as TP Grain size) instead of having to go directlyto each volume?The problem they are attempting to address is having to drill into each area for new provisi...
over 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Delivered

SVC GM exception management improvements

After a wrong operation where target volumes were deleted on a GM relationship while relationship removal was in course, T2 crash recovery was produced on main cluster. Improvement on RAS requested to limit affectations just to the CG being affect...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Support SSL communication between TSM Fastback for Workstations client and TSM server

We would like to use SSL when communicating between client and TSM-server. This is al-ready possible when installing the API from a TSM ba-client. But it's not supported. We "proved" the functionallity in PMR: 90994,110,846 .
about 13 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

change the default user connection timeout value

Requesting a GUI way to change the default user connection timeout value. when a user is connected (to GUI) for a long time (specifics unknown) they must logoff and back on to see all the volumes again. seems some if not most of the volumes disapp...
over 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

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