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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Improve request for System Storage V7000 recovery logic

Since the customer is executing online applications for the train ticket reservation system which would abend transactions with 5 seconds I/O timeout in case that any H/W failure triggers a path failover, the following request is raised from the c...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

iSCSI Connectivity Status for Storwize products

Ability to list iSCSI host logins and status on Storwize (similar to the FC connectivity Tab)
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Request for improvement of AIX multipath driver (SDDPCM)

Since the customer is executing online applications for the train ticket reservation system which would abend transactions with 5 seconds I/O timeout in case that any H/W failure triggers a path failover, the following request is raised from the c...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC node reboot call-home should not be Sev3 by default and should retrieve asserts from node's IPMI card

Currently, Error ID 9053 "Node has been missing for 30 minutes" and Error Code 1195 "Node has been offline for 30 minutes" generate a Severity 3 (low priority) PMR through call-home, and do not give any additional details. In the customer's case (...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC Android mobile applicatoin

Manage SVC from android phone or tablet. Apple IOS version is available, would like to extend this to Android.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC Global Mirror relationships increased to 5

Increase the number of SVC global mirror relationships an SVC may have to 5. I believe the current limit is 3.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

SVC Flash as Cache

Customer requests that SVC be able to use flash drives as cache.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Enable to set threshold when error drive is offline on V7000

On customer's V7000, a disk drive reported transient errors "Drive medium error" (ErrorCode=1321) for several day, and finally turned to offline.Before turned to offline, disk I/O delayed, so customer's application got error and end user couldn't ...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

CASE ID: RCMS 0193FP7,866 - V7000 (TBW) What is the TBW (Total Bytes Written) Value on the SSD on V7000

We require assistance for the V7000 Enterprise SSD MLC devices e.g V7000 - 2076 3504 - 300GB 2.5 SSD (E-MLC) SAS Is there a GUI or command line sequence which will show the current value of TBW for a given device. Otherwise we have no idea of when...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Possible data loss

The customer, don't understand why a 1691 error, with possibledata loss, only should be reported as a Warning and not as an Error.Think this is a major design failure and should be corrected in a future code level...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration