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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Make IBM block storage arrays provide the "port symbolic name" to HBAAPI clients

Other vendors' storage arrays populate this data with something useful that can be a vital hint for system administrators. Not providing it kind of bites. If this RFE is accepted, I'll put one in for the AIX team to enhance "fcstat" to report on it.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

FlashSystem Refresh without host-side intervention

refresh an FS device to a new FS without requiring any server commands/intervention. This would supply a process to handle an FS device refresh where 100% of the activity is done at the Storage level only, preserving all of the following configura...
about 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

validation of HDS new code level: 88-08-04-x0/00-M101

We are using HDS G370/G900 with the SVC (we are running 8.3.1.4) and got from HDS an new code level:88-08-04-x0/00-M101 we request the validation of this code for the SVC
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Ransomware detection on block storage

“How IBM FlashSystem can recognize the possible cyber ransomware attack?”

 The ransomware do data encryption. Most of our Clients uses data that are eligible for compression and the average ratio is around 2:1. The idea is to measure compression ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Single pane of glass for FlashSystem management

Many A9000/R (even still XIV) customers are migrating to Spectrum Virtualize. EVERY one of my customers that has done that asks for the equivalent of HyperScale Manager for FlashSystems. It is a huge whole in the management process of FlashSystems...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

V7k Should Not Keep Bothering Users to Add Systems to Storage Insights if the Systems are Already Managed in Storage Insights

Our V7000 devices which we already manage in Storage Insights keep popping up Suggested Tasks and mentioning on the Support Package page that we should look into starting managing the devices in Storage Insights. We have seen this at 7.8 and 8.3 c...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

Re-enable host IO-group selection while adding a new host via the GUI for 8.4.0.x and up

Re-enable selection of IO-group during host creation in SVC code 8.4.x and up
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Need FS9200 to support SCSI PR Read Full Status at SPC-3 Standard

Client wishes to implement FS9200 with RHEL HA Clustering. For success they need FS9200 to support Read Full Status Service action (03h) and perhaps yet unknown other functionality that comes with SPC-3.
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Windows 2022 Support - Spectrum Protect Client, VE (TVE), SVC

Need support for Windows 2022 as it relates to: 1. Spectrum Protect Client2. VE (TVE)3. SVC
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

AIX v7.3 support for IBM Virtual Storage Center

We would like to request development team to commit to support the above connections by end of Jan 2022. #1; AIX v7.3 and VSC 5.4.x or later (Spectrum Control support OS)#2; AIX v7.3 and Copy Service Manager v6.3.x or later#3; AIX v7.3 and SVC v8....
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered