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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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SVC default clean rate

When a fairly complex flash copy tree, using 0 copy/clean (thin provisioned) we have run into problems when stopping a flash copy consistancy group while the background clean process kicks in. If we were to enable a cleaning rate other than 0, the...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Life of a LUN/ Storage

Ensure event logs handle showing 'life of a LUN/WWPN/host' type view which shows history of the resource.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Alerts for overdriving I/O on I/O groups, mdisks, and I/O ports

User study with internal IBM GTS found that users need alerts for overdriving I/O on I/O groups, mdisks, and I/O ports.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Show how much storage a host has

adding "Capacity" field to host properties to show how much storage a given host has on this system
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC - increased Mdisk size support EMC storage arrays

Customer request for support for >2TB Volumes from EMC Storage arrays. including support for VNX2 storage platform.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Improve request for System Storage V7000 recovery logic

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

iSCSI Connectivity Status for Storwize products

Ability to list iSCSI host logins and status on Storwize (similar to the FC connectivity Tab)
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 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

SVC node reboot call-home should not be Sev3 by default and should retrieve asserts from node's IPMI card

Currently, Error ID 9053 "Node has been missing for 30 minutes" and Error Code 1195 "Node has been offline for 30 minutes" generate a Severity 3 (low priority) PMR through call-home, and do not give any additional details. In the customer's case (...
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC Android mobile applicatoin

Manage SVC from android phone or tablet. Apple IOS version is available, would like to extend this to Android.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration