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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Allow call home with cloud services to access support center through proxy

The security policy of many companies does not allow the FlashSystem storage to access the Internet directly. In order to allow call home with cloud services, the storage system should be able to connect to support center through proxy.
about 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Alert Customization

We need that the alerts generated by e-mail from FlashSystem storage, have a better format for understanding the generated alert.
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

V7000 crontab entries

Associated RCMS 018T3Z4,866 We regularly experience V7000 cron job failures. As I understand it, the cronjob which is failing is the save of V7000 config which is scheduled for 01:00. As described in detail (RCMS 018T3Z4,866), the V7000's on the c...
over 4 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Add VVol management in firmware

Add VVol management in firmware like HP 3PAR.It's very difficult to use VVol functionality, because we need to install IBM SCB to virtual or physical machine.It will be more easy to manage VVol via Storwize GUI
about 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Not under consideration

Request: Domain should be written to email server notification

Domain should be written to email server. Right now only IP address is available.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Set LPM port in IBM i/AIX host

It would be great to have an option in "Port definitions" under "Host Details" to set an offline port to "LPM port" to avoid offline status (host appears always as "Degraded" due of this).
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

SMTP server as DNS name in v3700

Lack the option to use DNS name instead of IP address for SMTP server when setting upNotifications. Even if multiple IP's can be specified it would be easier if a name could be used instead.
over 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Not under consideration

one to many replication

System: v7000 Actor: Client needing new feature v7000 backend storage provides landing for several large production, development, test databases and data stores. This data is critical for analysis and reporting and represents real production impac...
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

IBM V7000 EasyTier

Want to transfer EasyTier learn cycle from production to DR without using storage to storage replication
almost 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Basic Flashcopy Scheduler on Storwize

Our customers are requesting an enhancement to the V5000 to include a basic scheduler of flashcopy on GUI. ALMOST STORAGE COMPETITOR offer this feature in one pane GUI without cost. It is very convenient for customers who always use snapshot to ke...
almost 7 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

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