IBM System Storage Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM System Storage products. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas

  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

ADD A NEW IDEA

IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

Showing 676

Option to make "FlashCopy stopped" an info event rather than a warning event

When a flashcopy is actively stopped, a warning event is generated.For transient flashcopy mappings (such as for a backup target), this happens on a daily basis and fills the event logs with erroneous warnings.. as well as generating phone-home em...
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

'rate' as a filtervalue parameter for lsvdisk

Ability to issue 'lsvdisk' command and have a filtervalue of 'rate' to identify those vdisks that have throttling applied. Currently one has to issue 'lsvdisk' command to all vdisks to identify which are being throttled.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

request the rmfcmap command sends informational alert similar to the stopfcmap command

The stopfcmap command sends an informational alert when it is sucessful. I would like to see the rmfcmap command behave in the same manner and issue an informational alert
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC rediscover new/changed mdisk paths non disruptively

Ability to modify paths to mdisks and have svc either dynamically, or via a command, rescan and discover these paths and then rebalance mdisks on all paths. This is to be non disruptive to any on going I/O.
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Customize e-mail alerts on SVC for only desired data

Problem: Customer would like to customize ALERTS messages sent from SVC clusters, to contacts specified in support User tab. WHY? Customer is using centralized alert notification, which get email notification from SVC and send it to mobile phone v...
over 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

FCM4Unix with SVC - SE Flashcopy and Cloning

It would be nice to have space efficient flashcopies and clones of a source volume on SVC without the current dependencies (SVC flashcopy mapping list is really stringent).
almost 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

implement managed disk (mdisk) mirroring

We would like to see the ability to mirror mdisks, similar to the current ability to mirror vdisks.
almost 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

XIV - Failure of command to unmap or delete a LUN identified with I/O (sys4737)

The XIV should be able to prohibit a LUN from being unmapped or deleted should there be any I/O. Although, there still could be a need to remove a LUN from a clustered server group (removing a server from the cluster). We would like the option to ...
about 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

DS8K - Failure of command to unmap or delete a LUN identified with I/O (sys4738)

The DS8K should be able to prohibit a LUN from being unmapped or deleted should there be any I/O. Although, there still could be a need to remove a LUN from a clustered server group (removing a server from the cluster). We would like the option to...
about 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Not under consideration

mechanism be built to change the global V7000 values (TP grain size instead of each volume at a time) or all performance rela

Requesting a mechanism be built to change the global V7000 values (TP grain size instead of each volume at a time) or all performance related data)?
over 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Not under consideration

By clicking the "Post Comment" or "Submit Idea" button, you are agreeing to the IBM Ideas Portal Terms of Use.
Do not place IBM confidential, company confidential, or personal information into any field.