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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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V7000 Gen1 PCIe bus issue causing Node aserts

When the node asserts due to a PCIe issue the node is taken offline. This impacts performance and redundancy. An IBM CE is required to reseat the node to bring it back online.
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Is a defect

V9000 - stopfcconsistgrp command with force option cancelled flash-copy tasks on another consistency group !

Our V9000 All Flash Array has two flash-copy consistency groups. 1. Used for daily backups ( Oracle hot backups )2. Used for a QA refresh. On 8/4/2016, we did a QA refresh of 14TB using consistency group 2. copyrate was set to 50, we estimated it ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Ability to setup SVC cache prefetch on a per volume basis.

When there is a need to disable cache prefetch, the only option available today is setting a parameter that takes effect accross the entire system (cluster). There are cases where cache prefetch is not beneficial (examples: colliding (overlapping)...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Create Hyperswap with GUI

When creating Hyperswap volumes with the GUI only the sourcevolume get a speaking name. The auxilary copy and the Changevolumes are named by defaults (vdiskXX). It would be more helpful to have the same name with suffixes as the sourcevolume has.
almost 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Ability to auto-restart SVC Global/Metro Mirror relationships.

When a problem occurs that leads to either a SVC 1720 or 1920 error, the Global/Metro Mirror relationships automatically stops. The options available today to deal with this case is either to manually restart the relationships or develop and imple...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 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...
about 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Volume based on/off cache prefetch

Erste Group is building up the new HW and SW infrastructure for corporate DWH system For hot data they are using 8 node SVC (model DH8) cluster and FlashSystem 840 as the SVC back-end Tier0 storage. For the cold data (Tier 1) they are using the sa...
over 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

SVC log entry when a node starts running on UPS

When AC power is lost and UPS ride through begins we post msgs to a log that is only available in the SNAP. We need messages posted in SVC error log also so that client can easily see instances where this may be occurring. Ideally, we would immedi...
over 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC upgrade test utility usage design change

1. The svcupgradetest utility currently does not allow the "-f" and "-v" flags to be used together on the same command line. Currently the "-f" flag can only be used with the "-d" flag. When the "-f" and -v" flag are used simultaneously, such as "...
over 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Silent mode for STAT tool

With the Heatmap STAT tool would be the ability to have it run in silent mode. In its current state, it has to be run interactively and someone has to hit return for it to complete which makes scripting difficult.
over 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

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