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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Support for up to 8 IO Group Systems

Seeking support for up to 8 SVC IO groups, 16 nodes in total.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Spectrum Virtualize: Enhance MCStore Connectivity/Capability

SVC's supports Cloud Object storage pools for FlashCopy Targets in 7.8. The current method for accessing cloud object storage is via the management port on the config node. This creates a problem with scalability. The request is to enhance this, p...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Allow for import of Wildcard Certificate on FS5200 for securing WebUI

Currently on the FS5200, you have to create a certificate request and then upload the certificate generated from the request in order to secure the WebUI on the FS5200. We use Wildcard Certificates so that we don't have to order a new cert for eac...
11 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Improved reporting to support daily operations

Customers have requested a better way to report and manage space within a pool. The example given was:It is very difficult to work out how much space a snapshot or a series of snapshots are consuming in a pool with IBM storage, other vendors make ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Future consideration

Save failed commands ran on cluster to be viewed in audit logs with output in Blue Diamond

* SME Martin Dzhagarov suggested this , so creating this RFE * - Where were supposed to look for failed commands.This is Blue Diamond and I don't think that it show up in the audit log- Failed commands do not show up in the Audit log. Can the cust...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Error/warning on degraded hosts

Currently when a host is in degraded state, the events are not showing any warning or error. Hence there is a chance that these degraded hosts goes unnoticed. So I suggest to have a warning/error to be reported in the events for any host went into...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

Remote Support Disconnect button

In the Support Assistance screen on FlashSystem our customer would like to have a disconnect button. We understand we can do this with the command line but the customer feels a button to disconnect in the GUI would be more helpful. On a call with ...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

Spectrum Virtualize VSS provider has to support Hyperswap configurations

There are currently limitations in the VSS HW provider used with IBM Flashsystem 9100 in Hyperswap configuration. This prevents Spectrum Protect Snapshot from supporting these configurations.
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Consistent VDisk copy protection during ESC Incremental Resynch and/or Volume Migration

During volume migration and volume copy incremental synchronization in stretch cluster configurations, until the second copy is consistent again, the loss of the primary site will command restoring data from tape backup into the second site capaci...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

V7000 QOS function to prioritize workload

The V7000 QOS function (I/O Governing) can limit the I/O's on a LUN. We need a functionality as I/O Priority Manager on DS8870 that can prioritize the I/O's on a LUN. Can we get this kind of function on the V7000?
about 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration