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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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V3700 ThinProvisioning does not work as advertised

V3700 Thin Provisioning does not work as advertised.We consider "IBM Storwize V3700: Ideal for VMware environments" => http://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/tsf03029usen/TSF03029USEN.PDFSince Storwize does not currently support the VMware...
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Support of UEFI Boot Mode for VMs

Lack of Support - IBM Storage Support for Microsoft VSS VDS IBM Storage Support for Microsoft VSS VDS does only recognize a VMware VM as a VM when this VM was booted in BIOS-Mode. A VM booted in UEFI-Mode will not recognized as a VM.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Hyperswap with FS9200 : prefered site selection with GUI 8.4, as it was possible with GUI 8.3

When creatin an hyperswap volume in FS9200 GUI version 8.3, it was possible to select a prefered site; now, with GUI 8.4, it's no more possible.We request this possibility for hyperswap volumes to select in the GUI a prefered site to be implemente...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

Expand and reduce DRAID / RAID

We should be able to grow or shrink an existing RAID by any rational number of disks. At each operation, there would have to be data movement and array rebuilds. Relocate the first chunk, then rebuild those stripes based on the new geometry (and r...
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

Flashsystem : Behavior when the management IP port cable is disconnected

If the cable of the node with the management IP on the side with the management IP is disconnected, there will be no SNMP signal or syslog signal forever.
about 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

System managed throttles

Volumes throttling is managed at a canister/node level such that a throttle for a volume or server is the sum of what both canisters can deliver. If a canister were to fail the throttle can only deliver 50% of the original value. The throttle shou...
about 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

Update CopyOperator role in IBM Spectrum Virtualize

IBM SVC v8.2.1.9IBM CSM v6.2.8 >Trying to execute CSM FlashCopy sessions to SVC controllers and CSMSERVICE account needs 'Administrator' role access as the 'CopyOperator' privelidges are insufficent. > Unfortunately the 'CopyOperator' group ...
about 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Planned for future release

Host outages during SVC Codeupgrade: Missing Warning for misconfiguration and missing SVC check – command

All backend-paths of each mdisk needs to have the same Host-LUN-ID (SCSI-ID). In case of different IDs on different paths of the same mdisk, SVC does accept this without a warning. But during a SVC Code-Upgrade, this leads to a offline-SVC-pool-si...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

VASA 3.0\DRP with child pools (VVol support)

IBM is lacking support for VASA 3.0 with VVol support with data reduction pools.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

Make GMCV FC Mappings use distinct Dependency Chain

Make GMCV FC Mappings use their own dedicated 'chain', with no dependencies to other FC Mappings using the same Source Volumes. GMCV establishes a FlashCopy Mapping from the source/production volume to the Change Volume (as well as a reverse FC Ma...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

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