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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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"Autoexpand" option for THIN and Compressed volumes on SVC

We are currently using IBM SVC v7.5.x and v7.6.x. We found that while creating THIN or Compressed volumes using GUI, option "Automatically Expand" option is enabled by default, however while creating THIN and Compressed volumes using CLI, we need ...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Easytier PROD,DEV,TEST

Allow tier participation, selection by LUN. Today, each LUN can only be selected easytier on/off.
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Virtualize - Assign or change SCSI ID for volume – removed in 7.6.GUI

Assign or change SCSI ID for volume – removed in 7.6 GUI. No option in the GUI to change or assign SCSI ID. Customer uses GUI almost exclusively - not CLI (only most experienced SAN Admin uses the CLI and then only when required. As the move thing...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Restore SVC GUI (7.6/later) to have Volume Overview tab with information as pre-7.6 changes

Volume Overview Tab – Appears when we right click a volume. Missing in 7.6. Please refer first screenshot in the below email. Unfortunately there is no equivalent to this in 7.6 and later. All the information is available only on different screens...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Include preferred node ID in standard CLI-listing of all vDisks

Can we include the preferred node ID in the standard listing about all vDisks in the SVC cluster, which can be requested via CLI command -lsvdisk ? The averall listing should include this as standard output, but it could be de-selected by using fi...
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC to have fail safe code if someone is trying to compress data that is not compressible. Applicable to V7000 too.

The SVC, and V7000 needs some sort of safety measure for the Realtime Compression feature. If the customer is trying to compress something that is not compressible, then the SVC/V7000 should be able to recognize it as such, stop it's compression e...
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Planned deletion like rmmdisk of mdisks before removing them from SVC cluster

It would be very helpfull te prevent unwanted alerts and events when removing mdisks from a SVC cluster. Currently, when removing mdisks from a cluster, you make sure the mdisks are unmanaged, then you de-provision them from the back-end array, wh...
almost 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

Senior Technical Specialist

Add another Security Role.The Role is the same as Monitor with the added function of "Download Support Package".
almost 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

V7000 Hyperswap reduced FC connectivity between Sites

The V7000 with Hyperswap configuration with no ISL. Two V7K enclosure implemented for two site with NO ISL configuration. Two site has been connected each other via 4 FC link . The connectivity is limited with 4 FC cables instead of 8 FC cables an...
about 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC - Flashcopy incremental sync report sizes

Currently when taking a SVC Flashcopy snapshot there's no way of recording or reporting how much was copied from the source to target vdisks.
about 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

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