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PINNED Is there a use case for having a host with no ports in a host cluster?
A host cluster is an existing concept in FlashSystem used to simplify the configuration of a number of similar hosts, usually with the same volume mappings. The question is, is there a use case for having a host in a host cluster that has no ports...
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Pause option to resume automatic upgrade in GUI post node service for hardware issues

When a node is serviced for hardware issues during upgrade process, the previously selected option of pause after each node is ignored and rather it goes with fully automated upgrade process without any pause if resumed the upgrade. Basically, we ...
2 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Policy Based Replication - Need a way to monitor how far out of sync destination volumes are from the source volumes for different Volume Groups

When adding IBM flashsystems to a monitoring tool (we have Zabbix), it can see the Volume Groups made on the flashsystems, but it is not able to get any information that shows how far out of sync the destination volumes are from the source volumes...
2 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

SPP: Get SQL backup amount via REST API / report

I would like to have possibility in SPP to get correct backup amount (frontend size) for each client. Just for clarification frontend amount should be base backup + all transfer sizes before deduplication and compression. Actual build-in reports a...
2 months ago in Storage Protect Family / IBM Spectrum Protect Plus 0 Under review

Schedule a snapshot every 4 weeks via GUI (currently only available via CLI)

A snapshot schedule created via GUI does not allow this schedule: mksnapshotpolicy -backupunit week -backupinterval 4 Using the GUI, only once a month can be set but customer needs every 4 weeks for his schedule. He primarily uses GUI, rather than...
2 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Initiate a SafeGuarded Copy from the GUI without using policies (currently only CLI)

Customer needs a way to initiate an adhoc SGC of a volume. This is currently only possible via CLI. Use case: their SLA’s include taking an immutable snapshot and keeping it for x days (up to a year), immediately after certain changes. Examples in...
2 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Ability to rename a snapshot (local or HA)

Use case: currently snapshots are created with automatically generated names that are very random, with a string of numbers that are meaningless to the customer. Cu will sometimes take individual snapshots via the GUI, as a backup before a major a...
2 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

PBHA/R: increase total vol capacity

There is a limit of 4096 TiB for HA or 2048 TiB for 3-site HA+async. This limit is in terms of the total virtual capacity of the replicated volumes (hidden volumes - change volumes - don't count towards this figure). Limit is reached in this 3-sit...
2 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

PBHA/R limit: how much in use?

There is a limit of 4096 TiB for HA or 2048 TiB for 3-site HA+async. It is not easy for a user to see how much can be added before that limit is reached . Can we provide this in GUI (or CLI). This limit is in terms of the total virtual capacity of...
2 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

3-site PBHA/R replication monitoring: in table view of list of VG's add a column to show how far out of date each VG is

useful in a multi-VG partition; increased delay can indicate perf issue on the source, for the workload in that VG
2 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Add FC ports (also non-host) to performance overview pane

Monitor the intersystem links, to have an immediate indication of replication or HA link problems.
2 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

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