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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Node Port Commands required

CLI command to enable/disable specific Fibre Channel ports
about 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Automatically use the same preferred node of source volumes for snapshot target volumes.

Automatically use the same preferred node for target snapshot volumes of source snapshot volumes.
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Tx/Rx values at SVC GUI

Could you please develop to be Tx/Rx values visible at SVC GUI? It would be useful at a port investigation issue. There is a problem with swith SFP, FC cable or SFP of an SVC node. With this info we could raise a ticket much more perfectly. Thank ...
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Support of VVOL Replication and QoS for Spectrum Virtualize

Hi, I would like to ask support related of Spectrum Virtualize integration with VMware.Product: Spectrum VirtualizeCustomer : We're work with a S1 Account, Serpro, who will buy Storage and Virtualization solution for refresh their environment.Cust...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud (SV4PC) - AWS GP3 support

client (BP) have moved AWS GP2 to GP3 since GP3 was introduced DEC 2020. GP3 are 20% lower costs per GB month than GP2 and provide 3000 IOPS v's 100 at GP2. This makes GP3 now the default choice for our AWS client. Even with SV4PC data reduction ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

Need ability to rebalance volume extents when adding more MDisks to an existing storage pool

When adding MDisks to an existing storage pool for SWV7K or SVC we do not automatically rebalance the extents volumes' are using from the pool thus we get hotspots and imbalance in utilization. We have had request to add this to SVC since 2003 and...
over 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 15 Delivered

9848-AF8 / 8.3.1.1 limits migration speed ( number of threads )

After upgrading FS9x00 - 9848-AF8 to 8.3.1.1, the number of threads when migrating out of internal mdiskgrp has been limited to 4. That combination can be reached by 4x1, 2x2, 1x4 - the total number of threads cannot exceed 4 This is a limitation ...
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Augmenting storage controller code/capability to erase disk data satisfying regulatory requirements

With increasingly strict compliance by Reserve Bank Of India [similar central bank in other countries], banks need to mandate that any storage media leaving their premise does not carry any data. Therefore clients want to ensure data is erased com...
about 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

IBM's SRA lacks functionality HP does offer

Volume mapping lost after failover and failback using VMWare SRM
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

V7000 and SVC replication via onboard IP links

We'd like to request the ability for the Storwize V7000 and SVC to be able to replicate via Global Mirror using the onboard IP ports on the V7000/SVC. This will eliminate the need to use 3rd devices for FCIP translation and simplify the current an...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 13 Delivered