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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Policy Based replication - Keep the target volume mapped to the host when the source volume is removed from the source volume group

On Policy Based replication, When I remove a volume from the source volume group, it should only remove the volume from the target volume group, the volume should not get removed from the array or mapping. It should still be available under the ho...
4 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Realization of FlashCopy restore(reverse FlashCopy) while keeping 3-site HyperSwap relationships

One limitation at this time is that the 3-site HyperSwap relationship must be deleted to perform a reverse FlashCopy, in which case the 3-site HS is reconfigured to cause an initial copy. Reverse FlashCopy are used as one of the normal operationa...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Planned for future release

IBM Callhome for Node Reboot

IBM node panic Rebooted on 09/17, but no callhome generated to IBM(TS017220322) In event of Node reboots due to any bug may go unnoticed if the node comes up within 30 mins. Fidelity would like to generate a callhome to IBM and a case should open ...
3 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Add an option to sendcloudcallhome to allow users to test that they will be able to get to new support IPs, before the old ones are removed.

There are occasional changes to the support ips ( for example: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6991259 ). It would be beneficial to be able to test connections to the new IPs before the old ones are removed. An option could be added to the ...
12 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Under review

Capability to throttle vdisk by defining a goal response time (possibility to delay an I/O to a value)

There are an increasing number of clients asking for the functionality of specifying the goal response time of a volume (vdisk), so that it doesn't go faster than this goal and does not use resources that could be used by other volumes.
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

Monitoring FlashSystem / Spectrum Virtualize with Prometheus and Grafana

An increasing number of our clients is using Prometheus and Grafana to monitor their infrastructure. For Spectrum Virtualize-based storage only the following exporter is available on GitHub: https://github.com/IBM/spectrum-virtualize-exporter Ther...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Planned for future release

Safeguarded Copy function for latest FlashSystem 5000 products.

With the introduction of Safeguarded Copy Function, it was decided that a FlashSystem 5100 or greater is required to support this new functionality. Since many Flashsystem were sold to Small and Medium businesses or institutions, we are wondering ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Log events when there are high numbers of CRC errors recorded on FC ports, low SFP power.

Large amounts of crc errors or FC ports with low power will impact the ability to serve data to hosts. We had a very obscure issue recently that was caused by a san switch SFP that had low TX power. Deep in the logs of the storage, there were erro...
over 1 year ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Support a 64K vdisks

I would like to suggest to expansion of the quantity of supported vdisks to 64.000 logical address. More than one customer here (@ Brazil) bring this kind of specification in their RFPs and/or Public auctions, what reflect in a lot of work to unde...
about 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

Support for AWS Outposts with FlashSystem Storage.

Currently NetApp and Pure Storage seem to be the only vendors which do support this on-premises delivery model for Amazon. If we had support for this as part of the FlashSystem/Storage Virtualize portfolio, our Business Partners would have an IBM ...
about 2 months ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Under review

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