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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Global Mirror with SEV target disks

SVC should "reset" the volume space to the specified real capacity when a volume is used as a target volume in a GM relationship, like SVC is doing this for flash copy: when you Flash Copy data to a SEV target disk SVC "resets" the target disk, so...
over 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

V9000 performance testing during Snapshot or incremental FlashCopy for Nifty

We hope either of the following item:Improvement V9000 FlashCopy functionReason for Too large performance impact when take V9000 Snapshot or incremental FlashCopyPerformance degradation over 90% when take Snapshot.Performance degradation over 60% ...
about 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

TiB conversion to TB in Spectrum Virtualize

Provide the ability to convert binary (TiB) capacity to decimal (TB) capacity in Spectrum Virtualize and any other product using the same software stack - IE V9000. It could be a setting in the GUI or a parameter in the CLI.
about 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

lsdumps only displays 500 files

The 'lsdumps' command only lists 500 files.The number of files output is limited internally. Each file is accompanied by a timestamp, and the names of the files along with their timestamps must fit within 20KB. The files selected to list in this c...
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

V7000 Amber LED warning light turning off before disk has been replaced

Issue we are seeing with the V7000 is that the Amber LED warning light turning off before disk has been replaced.
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Need more than 16 WWPN Support Per WWPN

The customer needs to place an Emc VMax3 behind the SVC. The VMax has 128 WWPN and SVC only supports 16..Customer: "One of my concerns with SVC in front of VMAX storage is the limited number of paths that are supported (16). THIS IS NOT A BANDWIDT...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Performance Monitoring Via GUI

In the previous DS3/4/5000 range, there was a feature showing real time the performance of each LUN. I would like to see this feature in the Storwize code. This would help with troubleshooting performance issues with out having IBM support getting...
almost 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Email Settings Field in V3700 GUI won't accept "+" plus in email address

I've attempted to enter the customer's email address in the Email setup in the V3700 GUI, and receive the following error message: CMMVC5711E Not Valid Data. The customers data center team email address starts with a plus character (+). For exampl...
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Button/Function in SVC to trigger disc rebalancing via GUI

Customer is requesting a feature implemented within the SVC like a "button", so that the rebalancing of the disks can be triggered from the GUI.
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 6 Not under consideration

RFE for Storwize V7000 GUI

Customer could not use GUI to add 900GB 10K mdisks to an existing hybrid pool that already had SSD mdisks and 15K mdisks.When he created the mdisks using the 900GB 10k drives, it only showed another 900GB mdisk pool as an option to add the new 900...
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

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