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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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If there is a broken or offline canister, make it easier for the offline canister to rejoin the good canister after the offline canister is replaced

Customer had a canister that was replaced. The new canister would not boot. Support had to work with the admin to run the chbootdrive command to update the serial number to the new canister to get things fully working. The request is for an enhanc...
7 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Preventive Function to corrupt a volume as flashcopy target if the volume is scsi reserved

If a volume is mounted and used by a OS and V7000 execute flashcopy to the volume as target, the volume is corrupted by occurring inconsistent with filesystem on the OS. The our client strongly request an optional function to prevent the situation...
almost 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

node canister replacement fix procedure

The Run fix to replace the canister is missing a step.It doesn't run the "satask chbootdrive -replacecanister" under the covers or mention that the command needs to be run on the replacement node. The instructions are in the Knowledge Center but w...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Is a defect

Movement of Config node without node reboot

Ties into RFE 114313.command structure or flag that can be used to set the next targeted config node, then be able to execute the movement of the config node without requiring a reboot of the current config node.
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

IP Quorum allow a chance to increase logging size 2. why is the application based on outdated java runtime

1. Customer would like a way to increase the size of logging for the ip quorum application for troubleshooting .2. why is this application based on an older java runtime .
almost 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

Display information about encryption technology used in GUI & CLI encryption command

Display information about encryption technology used in GUI & in CLI encryption command - which will help customer's cybersecurity team - requested by customer. Check this thread in slack # specv-sme-se = https://ibm-systems-storage.slack.com/...
7 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Spectrum Virtualize: SCSI ID consistency and uniqueness

#1 Host-clusters ensure SCSI ID consistency for volumes presented to clustered servers; when volumes are migrated to non-clustered storage systems the consistency needs to be maintained. This consistency is critical for VMware stability #2 When mu...
about 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

SVC-Allocated Core (CPU) per volume

Hi, Our customer need to have the following feature (available at competition): To monitor Core (CPU) usage by Volume and info on percentage used.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

possibility to influence SVC quorum promotion

We would like to have the possibility to influence on which site the disc quorum will be promoted to active, once all IP quorum are not eligible quorum anymore.
about 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Not under consideration

Vdisk mirror – out of sync condition / reporting

It would be a great improvement to show stale copies immediately in the Event Log, send as an SNMP trap or for example an email notification.
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration