What's new for IBM i 7.1

Read about new or significantly changed information for the Storage solutions topic collection.

Virtual storage enhancements

There are new enhancements to virtual storage. See the Virtual storage topic for additional information.

Formatting virtual optical images

There are new enhancements to formatting virtual optical images. See Formatting of virtual optical images for additional information.

Setting up virtual optical storage

There are new enhancements to setting up virtual optical storage. See Setting up virtual optical storage for additional information.

Creating media from a virtual image

There are new enhancements to creating media from a virtual image. See Creating actual media from a virtual image for additional information.

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What's new as of April 2015

Media and compatibility information for the new IBM TS1150 (3592-E08) enterprise tape drive and the new JD type advanced data cartridge was added. For more information, see the Half-inch and Magstar MP cartridges and tape unit compatibility and Comparing tape solutions topics.

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What's new as of October 2014

There are more supported tape drives and tape libraries. For more information, see the Comparing tape solutions topic.

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What's new as of October 2013

The instructions for creating an image catalog and transferring a virtual tape image catalog to a remote IBM system are updated. For more information, see the Setting up virtual tape storage and Transporting virtual images to another system topics.

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What's new as of February 2013

Support is now available for flash drives, also called memory keys, as new Removable Mass Storage (RMS) media. A removable disk (RDX) of 1.5 TB is now supported. For more information, see Removable Mass Storage (RMS).

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What's new as of 3 October 2012

Support is now available for a new storage device type called Removable Mass Storage (RMS). RMS support includes removable disk (RDX) devices and media. RMS devices and media are managed and used with existing optical device functions and commands. For more information, see Removable Mass Storage (RMS).

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What's new as of 24 April 2012

Support is now available for the DAT72 (FC 6258), DAT160 (FC 5619), DAT320 (FC 5661), and LTO5 (FC 5638) tape units. For more information, see Status lights.

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What's new as of 12 October 2011

Support is now available for the TS1140 (3592-E07) tape drive. For more information, see Half-inch and Magstar MP cartridges and tape unit compatibility.

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What's new as of 12 April 2011

Miscellaneous technical changes have been made to tape library support. See Using tape devices for additional information.

The steps for configuring tape libraries have been updated. See Configuring tape libraries for additional information.

Miscellaneous technical changes have been made to Sharing tape drives between partitions. See Sharing tape drives between partitions for additional information.

Information has been added on Client Virtual devices. See Client virtual devices (optical and tape) for additional information.

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What's new as of 10 September 2010

Image Catalog support is extended to support virtual optical media libraries. An image catalog can now be loaded into a 632B-001 virtual optical device in library mode. In library mode the virtual device can be used as a virtual optical library, where all of the images in the catalog are available and accessible concurrently. Virtual optical media images of type WORM and erasable/rewritable can now be created using ADDIMGCLGE. These media types are used for archive, and are intended for use in a virtual optical library.

See IBM i Virtual Optical Storage for additional information.

The 632C-002 client virtual optical device now supports an embedded media changer when the virtual storage server partition is an IBM i. The automatic media switching capability of virtual optical device type 632B on a server IBM i partition has been extended to client partition virtual optical device type 632C. This new switching capability allows the use of image catalogs for unattended installations of client partitions. The new switching capability also allows users to manually or programmatically switch media in a client virtual optical device without requiring authority to the serving partition.

See Supported hardware for optical storage for additional information.

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Parent topic: Storage solutions