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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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expandvdisksize include a -finalsize instead of -size

RFE for expanding an FS900 volume via the CLI (doesn't allow New Total, Grow by, or Current Size) like GUI does. Ask them to allow "New Total" parameter NEW_SIZE instead of EXPAND_BY
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

More intelligent Caching

With the DS8000 IBM has several patents and very efficient caching algorithms. This interlectural property should be also available in the SVC
over 11 years 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...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

FlashSystem code and drive firmware upgrade

Join the code and firmware upgrade in one process with an option to complete the drive post of prior to the code upgrade is a good idea even where there are nothing to upgrade. Making the firmware is part of the code upgrade is something make the ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Planned for future release

Support end user activation for HyperSwap relationship suspension and activation to allow batch workload best performance

Spectrum Virtualize HyperSwap current implementation does not allow selectively pausing/activating active-active replication for a volume or a consistency group protected by the HyperSwap mechanism. This forbids clients to host latency sensitive w...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

SVC vSphere Plug-in supporting vdisk mirror

The vSpehere Plug-in for VMware should be enhance so that the admin using the plug-in will be able t specify more detailed properties when creating a vdisk on SVC. Especially the definition of vdisk mirroring is important because we use SVC Split ...
over 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

SpVirt GUI: option to set the refresh period of webpages

gui : option to set the refresh period of webpages, as it is automatic now and rather short.
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Is a defect

Spectrum Virtualize v8.2.1.9 'lsfabric' command does not support hostclusters

When tracking host fabric connections to a Spectrum Virtualize controller (especially with multiple IO groups) the command 'lsfabric -host <hostname>' can be used.However our VMWare cluster has 9 hosts, configured within a host cluster.The '...
almost 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

Event notification capability to mark a hardware/software event as "Acknowledged/Unfixed" to suppress daily ongoing notifications until able to be resolved.

Current Spectrum Virtualize Software behavior: When an event is triggered/logged for a hardware/software failure or pending failure it causes SNMP notification to our in-house Monitoring system that triggers a call out notification to the Team (as...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Increased number of concurrent SSH connections and allow us to manage open ssh connections

Allow an increased number of available ssh sessions into an SVC and allow us to terminate or timeout hung or idle connections.
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Functionality already exists

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