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IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem

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    show UID's in lsvdiskanalysis output

    lsvdiskanalysis currently only shows volume names so it would be a good addition when checking volumes
    6 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

    Client suggest that we build a utility that can do a health check on the network connection between two partnered systems and report back if any necessary ports are open and correct certificate is in use. Vasiliy indicated that there is such a utility used by GPFS.

    Clients setting up partnerships or troubleshooting connection errors after changes are made to the networks.
    7 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

    Quantum safe Storage Virtualize

    Even FCM is quantum safe, hardware is not complete storage. When connecting StorageVirtualize v9.1.1 ssh server, it shows that it is using OpenSSH v8.7. (it might be that older SV versions have even older OpenSSH, didn't check.) Open SSH latest ve...
    8 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

    when using a (pbha-) partitions ip address to access the (pbha-) partition via ssh: make the accessed partition visible. e.g. modify the ssh-prompt and add the partitions name.

    greater customer satisfaction when using ssh to access a partition.
    12 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

    Policy-based Quality of Service / Throttles

    Every vdisk out of a specific ressource (pool/childpool/host/cluster/vdisk-name) should get automatically a throttle per pre-defined policy.
    12 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

    3-site support for low-bandwidth links to DR system with automatic mode switching

    Since 8.7.1 we offer a 3-site HA+DR solution, but it requires a high bandwidth link to the DR system. Most customers are asking for a 3 site solution with a low-bandwidth link to the third site. Standard PB Replication offers an automatic mode swi...
    14 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 2 Submitted

    In the Grid Storage overview GUI you can see which systems are healthy or not. Give a clue why systems are not healthy

    The Connectivity health can be healthy or not. If not, tell me why this is not healthy. I assume the grid knows why a storage system has unhealthy connectivity. The system will communicate this with the grid somehow. It saves time to determine why...
    18 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

    NVMe/TCP Connectivity Support in IBM Block Storage CSI Driver

    NVMe/TCP is supported by OpenShift and IBM FlashSystem. However, the IBM Block CSI driver only supports iSCSI and FC. For IP attached FlashSystems customers want the IBM Block CSI driver to leverage NVMe/TCP protocol rather than iSCSI. Target envi...
    19 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

    FlashSystem Test Encryption Key Servers from GUI / Fix Wizard

    It would be useful if the FlashSystem allowed for testing encryption key servers from the GUI and the Fix wizard. On the DS8 we can test key servers from the GUI but on the FlashSystem even when going through the Fix wizard the only option is to l...
    21 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

    VM clones should be created and made available in seconds, not minutes

    For our ETH Zurich internal customers we need to be able to provide new VMs automatically, sometimes in large numbers, and we must be capable of creating and making such VM clones available within a few seconds. Moving VMs within a VM datastore cl...
    21 days ago in IBM Storage Virtualize / FlashSystem 0 Submitted

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