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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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SVC Role based authentication

Current users in SVC generally have root level access to all pools and LUNs. Would like to add additional roles such as monitor-level and roles restricted to certain disk pools.
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Citi needs increase for the max limit for vol name

Chatting with our dev team, the max limit for vol name length is 63 in the code (though we see 58 for ours). They can officially start working on increasing it with an RFE from Citi. I pushed for 256 and they’re open to it.
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Gui Enhancements - additional reporting fields

5. Would like the GUI to include the following enhancements: a. Host Tab - Need the ability to quickly identify per host the number of io groups in use, which io groups are in use, and the volume counts for that host in each io group with option t...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Spectrum Virtualize 8.4 Password Policy

Per customer request:Spectrum Virtualize Password Policies Hello we would like to use the password policy in Spectrum Virtualize; however, we do not want the policy implemented for superuser, tpc user or storage insights (SIadmin) user. How can we...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC - Ability to downgrade Code level or Revert to previous code level

During the upgrade process at the end there is a final step to commit to system. Would like an enhanced feature that allows for the previously installed code level to be maintained and provide an option to role the code back should issues be encou...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Flashcopy snapshot on stretched cluster volume should have same preffered node as the source volume

When creating a snapshot, flashcopy volumes are assigned on a round robin method. When in a stretched cluster scenario, when you create a snapshot, you want to keep the snapshot at the same site as the source volume to prevent unwanted I/O on the ...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Present option for high performance Volume Group Snapshots

IBM i workloads and Epic Cache/Iris each have blueprints and best practices to use 64KB grain sizes for Thin Provisioned volumes and FlashCopy grain sizes. This is done with traditional FlashCopy and mkvdisk commands through the CLI. There are no ...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Planned for future release

Fiserv has standardized on PingID V1.36 as the MFA software of choice for their enterprize platforms and they would like to have IBM certify PingID with FlashSystem.

Fiserv has standardized on PingID V1.36 as the MFA software of choice for their enterprize platforms and they would like to have IBM certify PingID with FlashSystem Spectrum Virtualize 8.5.4
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Planned for future release

v5000 shows as 2076 instead of 2078 when zoned to SVC

When customer adds a V5000 backend stores and zones to the SVC, it shows as a 2076 (V7000) instead of 2078 (V5000). Customer would like this to represent the correct M/T for the storage type added.
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Hyper scale manager CSR Generation

This is for IBM Hyperscale manager application request for CSR generation for certificate renewal We don't find any option so we logged a case with IBM spectrum control
about 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration