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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Idea for Flash Grid Promote (with only one flash system)

As in previous versions, please bring back the "in this same controller housing" feature that was available when setting up partnership, as it allows practice and demonstration of PBR settings in a single controller housing, which is useful for pr...
5 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Adding file system management to Flashsystem

Currently we have ceded the unified market to Pure, Netapp, and others and to help a client with file data requires a bolt on solution. We should either acquire Racktop's Brickstor and offer it as a add on for any Flashsystem as their product mesh...
3 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Accuracy in SDP configs to allow for better list pricing

Currently the customer facing page leave a lot to be desired and to get a better idea of pricing requires additional work and calls and can take 1 to several weeks. Improving this and giving the client an idea of what kind of discounts are availab...
3 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Easier Flashsystem configuration Export/Import

A customer requirement is that if a situation arises where a failed storage device is to be replaced, the original storage controller configuration can be easily and immediately imported as a new storage controller configuration. We would like to...
5 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

add SVC log message when volume mirror copies run out-of-sync

Please add an informational log message to SVC when volume copies 0 and 1 get out-of-sync. Despite the two policies that can be set with the 'mirrorwritepriority' option it would be very helpful to notice problems in the back-end when volume copie...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 5 Not under consideration

ibm.storage_virtualize.ibm_svcinfo_command module to have filtervalue options available for use

The ability to have the filtervalue option available would enable searching through lsvdisk to be a much more efficient when it comes to utilising the Ansible Collection. It would reduce the dependency on having to handle the large output from an ...
8 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Logging for when a host exceeds its Throttling limit

Currently when a host exceeds it's Throttling limit there is no logging to inform us a host has hit its limit. With old XIV's and the A9K arrays, whenever a server hits its QOS limit, we would get an Event and could then investigate why a server w...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

vdisk default caching IOgrp assignment

Hi, While creating vdisk, Caching IOGRP assignment is automatic in a cluster containing more than 1 IOgrp. e.g. When vdisk is created on pool1 located on IOG1, its caching IOgrp by default should go to IOG1 maintaing local affinity in order to avo...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

Expand TPI to more actions

With the new TPI feature it is not possible to delete safeguarded snapshots. We would very much like the feature expanded to include operations such as deleting regular datastores in an attempt to prevent ransomware attacks. And before you say "ju...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

Respect the TIER of the source volume when adding a volume copy to avoid performance impact

When a client adds a volume copy to a vdisk, for example when converting a volume from Basic to HyperSwap (but other situations would also apply), the SVC SW does not respect the TIER of the source volume when allocating the extents of the volume ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

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