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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 17, 2022

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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 consistent state with the objective to generate snapshot of this “application consistent" data state on secondary site. T

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Jul 14, 2025

    This looks great idea.

    I have prospect customer who compare FlashSystem with DELL PowerStore.  Apparently the customer needs application aware scheduled snapshot on secondary storage, and DELL PowerStore provides such function with their GUI. I am in the heat competition against DELL PowerStore, and I need desparately this function otherwise I cannnot beat DELL PowerStore.

    Pls have FlashSystem  get the function of application aware snapshot on secondary storage with GUI soon.

    By the way the prospect customer tested FlashSystem 7300 and 5200 with the latest software version 8.7.x and the customer test with Policy based replication and they found DELL PowerStore is much better in functionality. 

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  • Guest
    Apr 25, 2025

    Great!  I just requested this solution yesterday by the customer who use netapp as existing storage.

    They feels netapp has the manageability advantage against IBM bacause of netupp has this function, 

    by another side, as IBM recognize this solution in Virtualize, they say netapp advantage will be disappear.

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  • Admin
    Philip Clark
    Feb 10, 2023

    We have reviewed this request and believe it is a good candidate for FlashSystem / Virtualize.

    Policy-based replication does not have a manual mode, to pause and quiesce, everything is automated. But we plan to enable replicated snapshots in the future, which should meet this requirement.

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  • Admin
    Philip Clark
    Nov 22, 2022

    Thank you for submitting this Idea. We are currently evaluating your request.

    Thanks,
    SpecV Team

    philipclark@ibm.com

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