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    IBM Storwize/SVC QOS function to prioritize workload

    The Storwize / Spectrum Virtualize QOS function (I/O Governing) can limit the I/O's on a LUN. We need a functionality as I/O Priority Manager for different tenants (e.g Pepsi and Coca Cola) on one system.This priority Manager must be integrated in...
    about 6 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

    vSnap implement HA feature - automated failover

    Implement an automated failover for vSnap component:When having multiple vSnaps in one Site and one vSnap fails, the other vSnaps won't automatically stand in and pick up the backup jobs. This causes a service outage which is not acceptable. Of co...
    over 5 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    Add aborted command/transfer metrics to SI

    Spec V systems don't incorporate response time metrics into the performance stats for IOs that were aborted. The hosts would have actually been impacted by these IOs because IOs are typically aborted once they have hit some kind of timeout value. ...
    about 3 years ago in IBM Storage Insights 0 Future consideration

    Protect STGPool type=local mounts tape before checking if data to be copied available

    TSM Server protect STGPool mounts Carts without any payload.
    over 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Server) 1 Future consideration

    IBM Spectrum Protect Plus Reporting using VM Tagging

    Customer would like to expand the SPP reporting by using VMware Tagging.
    over 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 1 Future consideration

    insert more than two media categories/types for logical volumes

    Today there are only two media categories available for defining logical volumes in an IBM VTS - Media Type Cartidge System Tape and Enhanced Cartridge. But you can define the volumes as 400MB, 800MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 25GB in the library. Since w...
    over 1 year ago in IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape Library 2 Needs more information

    SVC HyperSwap and FlashCopy restrictions

    In theory HyperSwap seems more appealing than an SVC stretched cluster and have some advantages regarding cross-site traffic and in case of an site failure. But if you also plan to use the FlashCopy technology, there are some restrictions I have b...
    over 7 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

    select to get damaged containers in OC reports

    The command QUERY DAMAGED <STGPOOLNAME> type=container is nice in order to see any damaged containers, however in Operations Center Reporting it is not possible to do the same command and there is no equivalent select statement available as ...
    about 7 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect (Operations Center) 3 Future consideration

    Policy Based Replication (aka PBR) is required at version 8.7.0.1, and we would like it to be adjusted as an option vs requiring the undoing of Global Mirror Change Volumes (aka GMCV) replication.

    MEDHOST is currently configured with an SVC that has 9 nodes (one being a hot spare) and 4 IO groups clustered as a single storage pool. We are currently experiencing the BEST performance and reliability using this configuration since we have been...
    12 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

    Externalize Environment Sensor Data

    In reference to TS018533380...This is for a TS4300 (3555) Library....Since the tape library / drives can capture and log the environmental operating conditions (i,e - temp and humidity) ; I would like the tape library to post an event into the log...
    12 months ago in IBM TS4300 Tape Library 3 Future consideration

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