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IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem

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Show the real used capacity on vdisk in GUI

GUI shows the two values “real capacity” and “used capacity” in addition to the capacity with which a disk was created.For a thin-provisioned vdisk this two values are useless, if the capacity is shrinking (unmap from esx). For example an actual e...
about 7 hours ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

The run fix procedure schould check for all equal errors in one step

ease of use, faster checks. If we update the backend systems behind a SVC or flash system the recovery procedure does a cleanup only for one item at a time, so if you updated a bunch of systems behind a SVC, you have a minimum of two events in the...
1 day ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Show Capacity Savings Total Provisioned Line only for vDisk assigned to a host

On the FS or SVC Dashboard the total provision value is the value in all vDisk. If attached behind a SVC, there are normally provisioned but not assigned vDisk to fill up the entire space. That leads into a missunderstanding on the dashboard.
1 day ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Volume and Host move between Partitions on Flashsystem

We need the possibility to move volumes/LUNs and Hosts between partitions on the same system. The current Partition Design is very static and gives limited flexibility. This feature can be relevant if you want to split your current volume/LUN/host...
11 days ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Upgrades should create svcconfig backups and copy them to each node

Currently, we run the following prior to upgrades, incase there is an issue: svcconfig backupCFG_ENCL=`lsnodecanister -delim : -nohdr -filtervalue config_node=yes | cut -d: -f14`for ENCL in `lsnodecanister -nohdr -delim : -filtervalue config_node=...
about 3 hours ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Ability to rename a partition.

Once a Partition exists, it is not possible to change the name, while the partition name is based on hardware, applications, hosts (or combination).This can change over time and then it is more than desirable to be able to change this.
about 7 hours ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

Ability to modify or add a fcport of a host that is in a partition.

Assuming PBHA and\or PBR: It may happen that a FC HBA of a host is replaced or that a HBA is redeployed. Or a host has already been created with 1 FC port. In these situations it is not possible to adjust this.
about 7 hours ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

FS5200 support GKLM 5.0

Customer have implement latest GKLM version V5.X to encrypt FS5200. When trying to connect Disk equipement to GKLM , FS5200 complaint about not supported ekm server. Raising ticket TS019138372 , we got feedback this page stating the supported list...
4 days ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

IBM Spectrum Virtualize Family Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) support and compatibility for Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) host environment.

Incorporating IBM Spectrum Virtualize Family Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) support and compatibility for Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) host environments would significantly enhance functionality. This enhancement would enable clients curr...
13 days ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 1 Submitted

Pause option to resume automatic upgrade in GUI post node service for hardware issues

When a node is serviced for hardware issues during upgrade process, the previously selected option of pause after each node is ignored and rather it goes with fully automated upgrade process without any pause if resumed the upgrade. Basically, we ...
7 days ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted