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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Allow Easytier to place data on any tier of storage

The customer would like to tell Easytier to place incoming data on any tier of storage, specifically in this case, tier 0. They pull in databases to their storage and want to quickly access them from Tier 0. This functionality is provided in compe...
about 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Show warning for mismatching "local fc port mask" upon attempt to add nodes to an existing cluster

Attempt to add nodes to an existing system failed with the candidate nodes being stuck in "adding" forever. This was caused by the configured "local fc port mask", which restricted the inter-node I/O to certain FC port ids. There was no hint, erro...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Hyperswap: Choosing survival site

Need ability to specify site, that remain active in case of replication link is down (split brain).Customer strongly required to manually choose main site,
about 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Log failed commands in auditlog or syslog

We are increasingly working with applications that "talk" to the SVC (and FlashSystems). In case of problems, we try to find out which commands these applications used.Commands that have failed are not logged, while this can be important informati...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Functionality already exists

SVC Mirrored Volumes - Change all primary Volumes at once

In SVC current releases, it is not possible to switch all primary volumes at once from one mirror to the other. It's only possible switch the primary state for each LUN (Volume) in the SVC for mirrored Volumes.
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

modify behavior of ldap authentication cache expiration

Currently ldap authentication cache expiration timeouts can be set via commandline:e.g.:chldap -authcacheminutes 60would set the authentication cache to be refreshed every hour. This is a fixed timer that starts to count when user logs in and woul...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Functionality already exists

SVC volume naming and sorting

When using the web GUI to create multiple volumes the only option for appending a numerical suffix is to use base 10 numbers. Would like the ability to append a hex number, or even better would be to be able to use the last several digits of the U...
about 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Report the opened IBM ticket number back to the Storwize GUI after a call home occurred.

Feature: Report the opened IBM ticket number back to the Storwize GUI after a call home occurred. When the Storwize system makes a call home we do not know if it successfully created a ticket at IBM. Also when IBM calls back and you have multiple ...
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

FS900 attribute "-rebuildpriority hostmax" works out well for client = Can this attribute be implemented in FS7200 , as client was looking for this option in FS7200 ( A LUG requirement )

Pls consider this request as Urgent/High priority FS900 attribute "-rebuildpriority hostmax" works out well for client = Can this attribute be implemented in FS7200 , as client was looking for this option in FS7200 ( A LUG - Large User Group requi...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Spectrum CDM Support for CSV with SQL

Request if for support SQL Servers configured with Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV). With Copy Data Management
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration