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SpVirt encrypted syslog

send encrypted syslog files to a syslog central; our syslog feature currently doesn't include TLS encryption
almost 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Spectrum Virtualize needs a replication Wizard which advises on ALL parameters

Replication setup can be highly impactful if done incorrectly. Most mistakes revolve around either 1) Defaults such as buffer size, partnership bandwidth, and gm link tolerance. 2) Improper FCIP Switch Configuration
about 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Add back the small RPO graph on the Global Mirror Info tab

It seems the small RPO chart which used to be on the Global Mirror Info tab was removed in 6.3.8 although doesn't appear to have been publicized in the release notes. This was a very convenient immediate place to check recent RPO. Having to use th...
11 months ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 1 Delivered

Better hardware alerting \ callhome

In SVCs we see certain scenarios where hardware issues especially on DIMMs do not call home and do not post any alert messages. Is is possible to get development to make the SVC alert us about these events?Example - PMR 10919,004,000Event log is c...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

Change to CIM support

On version 8.6.1 and newer, support for the CIM protocol is removed. Some third party applications that connect using the CIM protocol will need to be updated.
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 8 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, ...
over 11 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 4 Delivered

Node Port Commands required

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

Enable partial scans of directories including subdirectories instead of whole shares

A scan in Spectrum Discover currently scans the whole share. Given the following example scenario: We have a large share with 100.000+ of files Some directories are rather static whereas other directories see daily or weekly changes In order to sp...
over 2 years ago in Storage Discover 0 Delivered

Increase the maximum number of consistency groups

We need to support more than 32 consistency groups (idealy double). We have a customer that is using a DS8k in Open (non-Z environement) and this limitation have an impact to current installation but also to any feature DS8k installations . For ex...
over 1 year ago in IBM DS8000 1 Delivered

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