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Search results: IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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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

UTC Timezone selection in Storwize GUI at initial install wizard.

At initial V7000 Wizard System Setup (at initial login of install) the Task "Date and Time" where you can enter manual or NTP, appears that UTC Timezone is not selectable from the pull-down menu choices.
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

SVC Reverse FlashCopy, Copy Rate%

I have been talking to Bill Wiegand about this change i would like to have changed int eh SVC. When you create a reverse Flashcopy the default if to set the copy rate to 0. When i have a Flashcopy as a SNAP and the default rate of a reverse is 0 n...
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Restore Volume Mapping Feature to Volumes Section

Recently we upgraded our SVC clusters from V7.4.0.3 to v7.6.1.1. In the v7.4 release, it was possible to map a volume at the time of creation to many hosts, while specifying the LUN ID. It was also possible to edit a volume's LUN ID after creation...
over 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

FlashSystem V9000 Reverse FlashCopy in integrated GUI

Customer is derating FlashSystem V9000 solution in XtremIO comparison, because they use FlashCopy and Reverse FlashCopy in current environment (EMC) and can do both of this operations in 2 clicks (10 seconds, reported in POC results). In FlashSyst...
about 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

When SVC upgrade stalls and you click abort upgrade a warning states that hosts will lose access but there is no CANCEL

When customer encounters a stalled upgrade, they have an option to Stop Upgrade. When that is selected another pop up window shows up that states "There are volumes that can only be accessed via one node. These volumes will become unavailable. Cli...
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Configurable Read Preference Policy for VDisk Mirrors

Add an option when creating VDisk/Volume mirrors to set the Read preference policy for the mirror. By default the read preference is set to VDisk/Volume copy_id 0. Would like to have an option added to VDisk mirror creation commands that allows fo...
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Enable mirroring on a managed disk level

An extension is requested, such that we could enable mirroring on a managed disk level. This would allow an administrator to select that two managed disks should be mirrored, resulting in a new mirrored managed disk object to be included in a give...
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

write priority selectable via GUI

Write priority should be selectable each time a new vdisk ist created via GUI or should be pre-defined e.g.via global settings (if possible).Most SVC installations (99%) are stretched cluster and in my opinion it is most important to select the ri...
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Request for improvement of AIX multipath driver (SDDPCM)

Since the customer is executing online applications for the train ticket reservation system which would abend transactions with 5 seconds I/O timeout in case that any H/W failure triggers a path failover, the following request is raised from the c...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

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