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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Volume performance & capacity metrics in native UI.

These are now considered basic features in competitive products. Over the last couple years it has become a concern with clients as to why we still don't have these: ----performance----1. Real-time volume performance statistics in native UI.2. Rea...
over 3 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...
about 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future 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...
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

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.
about 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 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.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

FS9500 - inbound CHAP where we can manipulate the secret per host bases

ISCSI- Mutual Chap authentication Inbound: We see option to set system wide chap secret authentication for ISCIS attached hosts. Currently IBM offering System wide chap (being configured via chsystem CLI) is used for two way chap authentication wh...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Planned for future release

Add "Remove" disk to Virtualize GUI

Add "remove disk" function to the GUI. To remove a disk required using the CLI. In the above ticket, the SV1 phoned home for a drive throwing errors. It was determined the drive needed to be replaced. The SSR went on site and was working with the ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

V7000 / V3700 / SVC GUI Based Flashcopy Scheduler

Our customers are requesting an enhancement to the V7000 to include a basic scheduler of flashcopies per LUN. EMC and Netapp both offer this compelling feature. Smaller shops do not want to purchase or deal with the complexity of Tivoli Flashcopy ...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Not under consideration

IBM Spectrum virtulize should generate alert before rebuilding of a failed disk

One of our customer have large infrastructure of IBM Storage deployed ,where IBM FS 840 /FS 900 / SVC / IBM V7000 / IBM FS 9150 / IBM FS 9200 installed across India. Although we have call home configured and working for all devices , fault like di...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 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...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Is a defect