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PINNED 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...
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Capability to generate a "application consistent" snapshot on a secondary when replicating data with new policy-based async replication

Scenario is quite simple: client wants to generate an "application consistent" snapshot on his secondary site while data are replicated using new policy-based replication. To do so client will freeze I/O on primary site once application is in a co...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Future consideration

Automatically clear errors, and send alarm clear trap, for self healing errors

The svc code sends snmp traps when an event or an error occurs. To make error handling easier, it would be nice to get the svc to clear selffixed issues. A trap that states that the error has been automatically resolved should be sendt to the trap...
over 5 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

Uptime command

a "uptime" command that shows system uptime - perhaps lssystemuptime, if possible with several options to show uptime for nodes / drives / ports and other components
about 9 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

You are not warned of IOGrp Overload

Storwize will let you continue to add volumes to an overloaded IOgrp. There are no limits in this area which means you can add more work to an already stressed IOGRP. There is no balance either meaning one IOgrp can be over loaded while other IOgr...
over 6 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

FlashSystem GUI + FCM + SGC --> NO PHYSICAL CAPACITY INFO

In a FS config + FCM drives, working with CSM ans SGC (SafeGuarded Copies).Each SGC reserve 2% of LOGICALcapacity of source volume. But there is not possible to view PHYSICAL CAPACITY information after FCM compression. Virtualize GUI do not show r...
almost 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Future consideration

Possibility to create volume clusters as host clusters

Quite often I have to attach the same set of volumes to the same set of hosts. I would be handy to have volume clusters as host clusters.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

System managed throttles

Volumes throttling is managed at a canister/node level such that a throttle for a volume or server is the sum of what both canisters can deliver. If a canister were to fail the throttle can only deliver 50% of the original value. The throttle shou...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

SVC GUI Storage pool Capacity Reporting

IBM SVC GUI capacity report of safeguarded storage pool used capacity is based on total - Free capacity. This doesn't align with CLI lsmdiskgrp accurately. Request is to have exact match of capacity numbers such as USED, REAL and Total capacity in...
about 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Future consideration

Remote Support Disconnect button

In the Support Assistance screen on FlashSystem our customer would like to have a disconnect button. We understand we can do this with the command line but the customer feels a button to disconnect in the GUI would be more helpful. On a call with ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Future consideration

Support for VMID

Increases Visibility of VM traffic: VM-ID tags can be used by the Hypervisor and FC switches to understand the data flowing acrossits environment to better monitor outages or determining heavier traffic at different points along the path to help m...
over 2 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Future consideration

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