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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Ability to expand existing mdisk by adding a single disk

Allow an existing mdisk to be expanded.An existing mdisk RAID 5/6 or DRAID would be able to be expanded by adding a single disk.An existing mdisk RAID 10 would be able to be expanded by adding a pair of disks.
almost 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Delivered

HyperSwap and enhanced stretch cluster support with SGC in SCDM

To get application consistent (!) SGC in a high-available setup (FS or SVC), we need CDM to support such. Right now, CDM support HA without SGC!
almost 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Change to CIM support

On version 8.6.1 and newer, support for the CIM protocol is removed. Some third party applications that connect using the CIM protocol will need to be updated.
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 12 Delivered

IP quorum support double SAN switch failure.

The IP quorum on the Hyperswap solution creates a huge risks in the fact that you can't fail double SAN switches on a single site. Doing this will cause the complete solution to reboot and will cause downtime on both your sites. We would like IBM ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Spectrum Virtualize needs a replication Wizard which advises on ALL parameters

Replication setup can be highly impactful if done incorrectly. Most mistakes revolve around either 1) Defaults such as buffer size, partnership bandwidth, and gm link tolerance. 2) Improper FCIP Switch Configuration
about 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

SpVirt encrypted syslog

send encrypted syslog files to a syslog central; our syslog feature currently doesn't include TLS encryption
about 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Delivered

Better hardware alerting \ callhome

In SVCs we see certain scenarios where hardware issues especially on DIMMs do not call home and do not post any alert messages. Is is possible to get development to make the SVC alert us about these events?Example - PMR 10919,004,000Event log is c...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Delivered

We need the ability to convert a Thin Clone recovery into a Full Clone recovery.

While a Thin Clone is desired for testing of a snapshot recovery, a successful validation requires a second recovery of the snapshot in order to obtain volumes not dependent on the source volumes. Without removing the dependencies, volumes with de...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

Replication policy - Timer for Recovery Copy Sync

We currently see a countdown for the # of TiB remaining, would it be possible to add a time showing the approximate amount of time unles the recovery copy is in sync?
9 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Delivered

Node Port Commands required

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