What's new in 8.7.0
Learn about new features, enhancements, and important updates that are available in this release.
Version 8, Release 7.0
Feature/Enhancement | Description |
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Policy-based high availability:
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Getting started
Configuring and monitoring high availability by using the GUI Creating a new high availability configuration by using the CLI Solution overview Command-line interface Revised commands lshost mkhost chhost |
TLS connection to send syslog notifications and messages |
Getting started
Syslog notifications Command-line interface Revised commands lstruststore chtruststore mksyslogserver chsyslogserver mktruststore |
New Flash Grid | |
Automatic download of compatible security patches to the system |
Getting started
Patch installation Command-line interface Revised commands lsavailablepatch chsystempatch lssecurity lspatch lssystempatches chsecurity |
An increase in the number of short-distance partnerships over RDMA | |
To convert thin-clone volume to clone volume | |
Fast path Ethernet and VLAN for Management IP addresses |
Getting started
IP partnership requirements Software update Restoring the system configuration Command-line interface Revised commands mkcluster chip lsip lsportset mkip rmip |
Non-disruptive storage partition migration from one FlashSystem to another using IBM Storage Insights | |
Ability to view volume group snapshot restore timestamp details | |
Ability for policy-based replication to be used on a different partnership for different volume groups while policy-based high availability is configured | |
Snapshot population for non-high availability partitions | |
RESTful APIs to provide system performance statistics | |
Ransomware threat detection:
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Automatic update of candidate FlashCore Modules (FCM) | |
Policy-based high availability and policy-based replication for the IBM FlashSystem 5045 | |
User-configurable default grain size for new snapshots and FlashCopy mappings |