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IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem

increase max nuber of storage partitons in a flash grid

current limit is 32, we have very large sans and have hit the limit already on our flash grid.
28 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

Identify SVC/IBM Storage Virtualize volume when RTD is detected on backend FlashSystem

When Real-time Threat Detection/RTD detects suspicious activity on an IBM FlashSystem that is used as backend storage behind IBM SAN Volume Controller/IBM Storage Virtualize, the current event information identifies the affected backend FlashSyste...
29 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

Develop the Transparent Cloud Tiering capability to send snapshots to cloud, but use a different Ethernet port than the managment port.

Would like to send snapshots to the cloud vs. storing them locally long term. This funcationality exists, but requires the use of the management network to connect to the cloud. Would like to use another Ethernet port to send snapshots to the clou...
30 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

enhance onboard performance monitoring

For many years customers have been asking to enhance the built-in performance monitoring capabilities in StorV's GUI. For a while now we're offering a 60 days history but only at an overall system/node level. However, many customers expect from an...
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

Don't raise warnings about volumes with "deleting" status being offline

If a volume is deleted while there are dependent snapshots it remains in "deleting" status until those snapshots expire or are removed via CLI. There is an idea to improve UI handling of those snapshots (SCSI-I-1277), but it does not address the a...
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

Allow the auto_zone_prefix to be added even after an auto zone enabled portset has been created.

If a customer has already setup the portsets for auto zoning, then realizes they could have setup a prefix name to help with the zone naming convention, they cannot setup the prefix without tearing down all the auto zone portsets.
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

Recommend adding the host name, as specified in the host definition, to the zone name

FlashSystem auto zone in 9.1.2.1 code does not work with AIX LPM hosts, where host definitions include both the active and offline WWPNs. My speculation is, if a live WWPN cannot be seen there is no way to identify which fabric they are logged int...
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

IBM block storage CSI driver, increase ssh connections on FlashSystem

Who benefits: OpenShift customers with one FlashSystem, but more than one Openshift Cluster How it should work: the FlashSystem Software should increase the number of SSH connections. This enable customers to use a single FlashSystem as a Storag...
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

Customer would like product enhanced to record the username of the modified/deleted user.

The customer recently had an internal security audit for Virtualize 9.1. One of their findings was as follows: Description: If the solution has local accounts, are the below activities logged? a) Creation/modification of roles/profiles b) Modifica...
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review

Timezone to be shown in log entries for security and system events

Customer recently had an internal security audit for Virtualize 9.1. One of their findings was to ask for the timezone to be shown in the log entries.
about 1 month ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem Under review