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IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem

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    V8.4.0.5 Remote Copy GUI need to show all consistency groups and their freeze times on first screen.

    V8.4.0.5 Remote Copy needs to show all consistency groups and their freeze times on first screen. V8.4.0.5 Remote Copy GUI now takes 16 keystrokes to view 7 consistency group freeze times. It takes 3 keystrokes to view one consistency group freeze...
    about 4 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 8 Future consideration

    Minute level snapshot policy for granular point in time restore

    We would like to get minute level snapshot policy for granular point in time restore which allows our users to have and ability to go back in time in case of any issues. Now the policies are available only for hourly, daily and weekly. On our curr...
    about 1 year ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

    Is there a use case for having a host with no ports in a host cluster?

    A host cluster is an existing concept in FlashSystem used to simplify the configuration of a number of similar hosts, usually with the same volume mappings. The question is, is there a use case for having a host in a host cluster that has no ports...
    7 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

    IBM Storwize/SVC QOS function to prioritize workload

    The Storwize / Spectrum Virtualize QOS function (I/O Governing) can limit the I/O's on a LUN. We need a functionality as I/O Priority Manager for different tenants (e.g Pepsi and Coca Cola) on one system.This priority Manager must be integrated in...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

    Use Redirect-on-Write for DRP Fully Allocated volumes

    For FlashCopy (FC) to use Redirect-on-Write (RoW) instead of Copy-on-Write (CoW) in a Data Reduction Pool (DRP), current implementation requires both the source and the target volumes to be compressed + deduplicated, as the dedup reference countin...
    about 4 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

    Send an SNMP trap when an open problem is fixed, for SNMP server to clean/drop the alert.

    Send SNMP traps when open problems are fixed so clients can automate the cleanup of open issues on their monitoring tools.
    over 6 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

    Support of CSI drivers for Rancher

    There are various customers and prospective using rancher for their kubernetes containers, so it could be valueable to think and work on the support for those environments
    9 months ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

    See current system time in Gui when NTP is set.

    Would like to be able to see the current system time in Gui on the NTP Tab, even if we have the possibility to use svqueryclock in Cli. Will make PD easier when comparing the time in tasks and events.
    about 3 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

    DRP Pool Metrics per vDisk -> Sizes and Savings

    The vDisk display in DRP pools must match those of the legacy pools. Especially the size display and the savings have to be transparent. New functions like deduplication and compaction schould get their own metric as well.
    about 7 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

    SafeGuardCopy data offload with system migrate

    offload Spectrum Virtualize Safeguard copy volumes to another system to extend the retention period and avoid hitting system limits on vdisk and safeguard copy mappings.
    about 4 years ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

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