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PINNED FlashSystems supported by Nutanix as external storage *send your requirements*
FlashSystems supported by Nutanix as external storage like Dell and Pure will allow us to compete against these companies in those environment.
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PBHA: Update location on a set of hosts at the same time

use case: the customer wants to be able to change the host location; with 180 hosts, it's not feasible to do it manually; request a possibility to filter hosts based on volume name and then multi-select to adapt; if that's not possible, filter on ...
6 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

Need support for Microsoft Authenticator as MFA

Microsoft's MFA is a very popular MFA and with Microsoft's solution compassing all enterprise needs, even MFA capability are being adopted as standard in large clients. Hence this integration is being asked from 18 months. Please consider it on pr...
6 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 5 Needs more information

Option to choose pop-up window placement for optimized experience

I think it would be easier to focus on and work with the GUI if different kinds of menus and clickable links would be at the same place (and stop moving around on screen) even when changing between different "views". For example, when looking at t...
6 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Option to keep main menu to the left open when clicking on a sub-option

I often move between different menus in GUI and I find it time-consuming and irritating that the menu is closed every time I click on a sub-option. I've tried both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox to see if different browsers behaved differently,...
6 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Under review

Dynamic grain size for point in time copy

Performance of small block applications like EPIC health record systems, reduce write amplification.
6 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Needs more information

Few IP Quorum ideas: Appliance, updated OS/Java matrix, IP Quorum application updates

1. Appliance. It would be much easier to deploy IP Qourum as an appliance (for example OVF) or an ISO with simple wizard to install full OS and application. Currently end user gets JAR file which has to be deployed somewhere and services (Windows ...
6 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Provide structured FS9 syslog messages for easy searching and sorting much like zOS syslog

The current syslog is a collection of information with no specific message numbers or format. It's difficult to locate specific information.
6 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

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...
6 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

Ability to modify or add a fcport of a host that is in a partition.

Assuming PBHA and\or PBR: It may happen that a FC HBA of a host is replaced or that a HBA is redeployed. Or a host has already been created with 1 FC port. In these situations it is not possible to adjust this.
6 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Planned for future release

The run fix procedure schould check for all equal errors in one step

ease of use, faster checks. If we update the backend systems behind a SVC or flash system the recovery procedure does a cleanup only for one item at a time, so if you updated a bunch of systems behind a SVC, you have a minimum of two events in the...
7 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

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