<html><body><p><font size="2">If you can use "</font><font size="2"> mmchconfig usePersistentReserve=yes" successfully, then it is supported, we will check the compatibility during the command, and you can also use "</font><font size="2">tsprinquiry device(no /dev prefix)" check the vendor output. Thanks.</font><br><br><font size="2">Regards, The Spectrum Scale (GPFS) team<br><br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>If you feel that your question can benefit other users of Spectrum Scale (GPFS), then please post it to the public IBM developerWroks Forum at <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/forum?id=11111111-0000-0000-0000-000000000479">https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/forums/html/forum?id=11111111-0000-0000-0000-000000000479</a>. <br><br>If your query concerns a potential software error in Spectrum Scale (GPFS) and you have an IBM software maintenance contract please contact 1-800-237-5511 in the United States or your local IBM Service Center in other countries. <br><br>The forum is informally monitored as time permits and should not be used for priority messages to the Spectrum Scale (GPFS) team.</font><br><br><img width="16" height="16" src="cid:1__=0ABB0B91DFBAB5848f9e8a93df938690918c0AB@" border="0" alt="Inactive hide details for "Christoph Krafft" ---04/11/2017 04:25:13 PM---Hi folks, there is a list of storage devices that supp"><font size="2" color="#424282">"Christoph Krafft" ---04/11/2017 04:25:13 PM---Hi folks, there is a list of storage devices that support SCSI-3 PR in the GPFS FAQ</font><br><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">From: </font><font size="2">"Christoph Krafft" <ckrafft@de.ibm.com></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">To: </font><font size="2">"gpfsug main discussion list" <gpfsug-discuss@gpfsug.org></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Cc: </font><font size="2">Achim Christ <achim.christ@de.ibm.com>, Petra Christ <PCHRIST@de.ibm.com></font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Date: </font><font size="2">04/11/2017 04:25 PM</font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Subject: </font><font size="2">[gpfsug-discuss] Does SVC / Spectrum Virtualize support IBM Spectrum Scale with SCSI-3 Persistent Reservations?</font><br><font size="2" color="#5F5F5F">Sent by: </font><font size="2">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</font><br><hr width="100%" size="2" align="left" noshade style="color:#8091A5; "><br><br><br><font size="2">Hi folks,</font><br><font size="2"><br>there is a list of storage devices that support SCSI-3 PR in the GPFS FAQ Doc (see Answer 4.5).</font><br><u><font color="#0000FF"><br></font></u><a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/STXKQY/gpfsclustersfaq.html#scsi3"><u><font size="2" color="#0000FF">https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/STXKQY/gpfsclustersfaq.html#scsi3</font></u></a><br><font size="2"><br>Since this list contains IBM V-model storage subsystems that include Storage Virtualization - I was wondering if SVC / Spectrum Virtualize<br>can also support SCSI-3 PR (although not explicitly on the list)?</font><br><font size="2"><br>Any hints and help is warmla welcome - thank you in advance.</font><br><br><font size="2" face="Arial"><br>Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Sincerely</font><br><b><font face="Arial"><br>Christoph Krafft</font></b><br><font size="2" color="#0055AA" face="Arial"><br>Client Technical Specialist - Power Systems, IBM Systems<br>Certified IT Specialist @ The Open Group </font><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr valign="top"><td class="small_font" width="800" colspan="4" valign="middle"><hr width="100%" size="2" align="left"></td></tr>
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