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Status Delivered
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 26, 2017

Spectrum Virtualize GUI resizable fields

Since redesign of the GUI in 7.6 (could also be in 7.5 but we did skip that release) a number of fields cannot be resized anymore. This is very frustrating for our storage administrators as they have to pick items on random and see if this is the correct one.

Some examples:
pools -> mdisk by pools.
Pool name does not resize, so you have to open up the details view to see the full name of the pool derived from the mdisk name.

Create volumes:
In the Create volumes dialog it is impossible to select the correct pool if longer pool names are used, they are only partially shown in the GUI:

Volumes by Pool left column which shows all pools not resizable so only partial pool names are shown

Volumes by host, left colum which shows all hosts not resizable so only partial host names are show when longer host names are in use

Maps luns to a host, longer host names are not fully shown.

I will attached some screenshots to make this visible.

Idea priority High