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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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SpVirt cluster-wide throttle definitions

Host throttling operates at the node level and therefore applies only to the volumes in that IO group. Need to be able to define a cluster-wide throttle.
about 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

Show the sum of used capacity when selecting multiple volumes via GUI

When selecting multiple volumes via GUI, show the sum of Used Capacity for the selected volumes, along with the Capacity that is already displayed today.
about 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

Spacereservation in compressed pools

In systems with with Flashmodules and compression always on there should be a integrated process to reserve some space for emergency release. As these systems are designed for overprovisioning this is a lack of security.
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

How to gracefully stop the IP quorum application on host

Customer raised question :" how to gracefully stop the quorum application and shut that RHEL server down." Presently , we don't have stop command - hence we have to be dependent on host shutdown It will be good idea to add this new functionality "...
about 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

DRP Pool -> improve vDisk copy delete function and progress

Deleting a vDisk copy in the DRP pool can be a long process if the copy is compressed or deduplicated. Unfortunately, you can not figure out how long it will take. This would require a display in the GUI and a command on the command line. During t...
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

Provide meaningfull names for volumes created by HyperSwap volume pair allocation by CLI and GUI

When allocating an HyperSwap volume pair, the client input naming the HyperSwap volume (let's assume it is new_HS_volume) is only used to name the Master copy of the quadruplet created by the allocation dialogue. The 3 other volumes (Auxiliary, Ma...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 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.
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 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...
about 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

SVC 2145-DH8 Use IMM port for remote access/control

SVC Nodes are commonly installed in multiple Data Centers, not all Data Centers have a support personnel at all times, and in certain circumstances the SVC Nodes require physical access in order to Reboot the Nodes. Currently the IMM Port of the S...
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

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...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

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