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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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PBHA/R limit: how much in use?

There is a limit of 4096 TiB for HA or 2048 TiB for 3-site HA+async. It is not easy for a user to see how much can be added before that limit is reached . Can we provide this in GUI (or CLI). This limit is in terms of the total virtual capacity of...
13 days ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

3-site PBHA/R replication monitoring: show all VG's and their status in the main window

useful in a multi-VG partition; increased delay can indicate perf issue on the source, for the workload in that VG
13 days ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Add FC ports (also non-host) to performance overview pane

Monitor the intersystem links, to have an immediate indication of replication or HA link problems.
13 days ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Have Volume Group next scheduled snapshot be DST aware

When you have a daily snapshot policy setup for a volume group, the next scheduled snapshot is always 24 hours later. When daylight savings time is involved, this will lead to the snap shot being taken 1 hour later/earlier in the day (according to...
about 1 month ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Provide a UUID for each object that is replicated across multiple clusters (e.g. in PBHA / PBR / Flashgrid Configurations)

Objects such as volume groups or hosts that are being replicated in a PBR/PBHA config exist as individual objects with local IDs on each FlashSystem Cluster, although they actually are considered as unique objects in a cluster-overarching context....
3 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Make "Hold service state" persist across power cycles.

Currently, at a remote location, there is no way to make a FlashSystem stay offline across power cycles. There are cases where power maintenance activities take place, and it is expected that power may go up & down multiple times. Having a Fla...
28 days ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Add DarkMode to the GUI

I suffer with eye strain and light sensitivity and it seems like supporting a dark mode is pretty straight forward.
about 2 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

increase total volume limit

the total limit today is Basic volumes per system: 15,864 we already hitting this limit with only 970 volumes. we have svc Stretched Mode and we are trying to do safeguard copy 7 generation snapshot and we are hitting the limit (1 snap every morni...
19 days ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

checkMK . FlashSystem Plugin update

Some of our customers use Checkmk as their monitoring tool instead of IBM Storage Insights. To ensure compatibility and optimal performance, it would be beneficial to update the current plugin to support the latest IBM Flash System Family.
about 1 month ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Under review

Add Last Access Time to GUI Table

While managing volumes, I often want to see how long it's been since a volume has last gotten an update. This can only be done from the CLI (lsvdisk | grep "last_access_time"); but it would be nice to be able to see it in the GUI.
4 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review