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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Optimize Flashcopy Mappings to be on the same preferred node

Comment we got from level 3 SVC is that Flashcopy volumes preferred node do not all match source volume preferred node.Half the Flashcopy volumes are running on the opposite node from the source.So Source volume on node 1 -> Flashcopy to volume...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Spectrum Virtualize: increase replication relationships

A large GTS client (with over 13PB of flash in production) has multiple production sites replicating to a single DR site. The 3:1 relationship limit makes makes managing the DR site very complex.
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Enable for storage pool utilizations three different threshold limits, which can set at the same time

Hello IBM Team,can you please enable for FlashSystem storage pool utilizations three different threshold limits, which can set at the same time ?The goal is: generate warning events at three different storage pool utilization levels, which can ind...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Support end user activation for HyperSwap relationship suspension and activation to allow batch workload best performance

Spectrum Virtualize HyperSwap current implementation does not allow selectively pausing/activating active-active replication for a volume or a consistency group protected by the HyperSwap mechanism. This forbids clients to host latency sensitive w...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Not under consideration

Provide meaningfull names for volumes created by HyperSwap volume pair allocation by CLI and GUI

When allocating an HyperSwap volume pair, the client input naming the HyperSwap volume (let's assume it is new_HS_volume) is only used to name the Master copy of the quadruplet created by the allocation dialogue. The 3 other volumes (Auxiliary, Ma...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Flash System 9200 - Notification of System Software Update Completion

Client would like to receive email notification and SNMP alert when System Software Upgrade starts and ends. While this is currently available by selecting 'Informational' events', the client would like this notification to be separate and does no...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

FlashSystem Single Pool spanning multiple controllers data placement

Requesting an option on a storage pool spanning multiple control enclosures for extents for each volume to be placed on the mdisks local to the access control enclosure/io group
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Increase StripeWidth when expanding DRAID

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

Increase number of extents per cluster

Currently a system with extent size of 1 GiB does only support a managed capacity of 4 PiB. We need more scalability without using a larger extent size, e.g. managed capacity of 8 PiB with an extent size of 1 GiB.
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

Spectrum Virtualize FQDN support

The Spectrum Virtualize SW stack needs to support FQDN/DNS addresses for LDAP/AD, NTP, SMTP, External Encryption Servers, or SNMP. Currently requires hard-coded IP addresses.
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Not under consideration

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