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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Increase StripeWidth when expanding DRAID

Increase the stripe width when expanding a DRAID to maximize the capacity.
about 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Increase SVC Storwize host limit per IO group

We have exhausted the maximum number of hosts definitions per IO group - 512. Many of the hosts in our large enterprise have volumes defined from various IO groups and we have the need to define hosts in more then one IO group. It's critical and e...
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

SVC Host Path Check Pause

Provide a button to move on from path checks during an SVC upgrade. Have upgrade check to see if hosts even exist on the cluster and if no don't pause for path check.
over 8 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

SVC Global Mirror, moving B copy to another I/O Group without forcing a resync. (SYS4955)

SVC Global Mirror -Ability to able to move B copy LUNs (target site GM LUN) to another IOGRP without forcing a complete re-sync.
over 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

SVC Vdisk Migration Refusal Stopgap

SUBMITTER SECTIONFIT Number: MR1204071911User Marketing Field Requirement Number: MR1204071911Title: SVC Vdisk Migration Refusal StopgapSubmitted By: Wesley Wempner/Dallas/IBMOriginators Area: pSS CenterFPOC: Barbara McDonald/San Jose/IBM Erika Da...
about 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Allow SVC to recover backend unused thin vdisk

Kohls has found that when you run 'create vdisk' they have the option to 'format' the vdisk which puts all 'zeros' on volume,backend disk subsystem then ignores the zeros.Kohls uses some 3Par backend storage which is 'thin' aware. To fully recover...
about 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

SVC - Retention Based Logging (SYS4986)

Improve Userid security/ individual accountability in IBM Storage Devices
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Not under consideration

Thin Provisioning De-allocation

SVC should understand the SCSI umap/write same standard(s) to deallocated space for vdisks if a server deletes filesIn addition SVC should issue those commands to the mdisks, so that the backend storage is more aware of actually used capacity
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Name change SVC "Cluster error" to "Cluster event"

Every SVC event raises a "Cluster error" on the SVC node display which confuses the people who don´t know that the shown error is not critical (most of the time). Changing that to a "SVC cluster event" would be in line with the so called event log...
about 11 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Additional data security needed

After a cache destage from the internal hard drive to the backend storage, have the SVC node overwrite that cache dump area of disk with zeroes.
over 12 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

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