IBM Spectrum Storage software requirements

Use Data Cataloging to index metadata from other applications and to orchestrate the data management.

IBM Cloud Object Storage

Data Cataloging indexes metadata from IBM Cloud® Object Storage by receiving notifications that contain metadata from IBM Cloud Object Storage. Data Cataloging also supports scanning IBM Cloud Object Storage to harvest metadata.

The following table shows the minimum required IBM Cloud Object Storage software version to enable metadata harvesting with Data Cataloging:

Table 1. IBM Cloud Object Storage software requirements
Component Version
IBM Cloud Object Storage 3.14.0 and higher

IBM Storage Scale

Data Cataloging indexes metadata from IBM Storage Scale by scanning IBM Storage Scale file systems. The IBM Storage Scale watch folders technology preview also enables IBM Storage Scale to send events that contain metadata to Data Cataloging.

The following table lists the minimum required IBM Storage Scale software versions:

Table 2. IBM Spectrum Scale software requirements
Component Feature Version
IBM Storage Scale Scanning 4.2.3.x and higher
IBM Storage Scale Live events (Advanced and Data Management Editions, only) 5.0.4.1 and higher
IBM Storage Scale Data management that uses ScaleAFM Application 5.1 and higher
The following requirements are needed to enable live events:
  • You must use IBM Storage Scale 5.0.3.x. Due to an IBM Storage Scale performance issue that might result in the unexpected suspension of the IBM Storage Scale watch, IBM Spectrum® Discover recommends the use of IBM Storage Scale 5.0.4.x.
  • Watch folder must be enabled for the Scale cluster.
  • A minimum of three nodes on the IBM Storage Scale cluster are required to act as Kafka brokers.
  • The IBM Storage Scale nodes that act as brokers must meet a minimum local space requirement of 20 GB each to successfully enable the watch with a secondary sink.

IBM Storage Protect

Data Cataloging indexes metadata from IBM Storage Protect by scanning IBM Storage Protect file systems.

The following table lists the minimum required IBM Storage Protect software versions to enable metadata harvesting with Data Cataloging:

Table 3. IBM Spectrum Protect software requirements
Component Version
IBM Storage Protect 7.x and higher

IBM Storage Archive

Data Cataloging supports the advanced tiering function with the ScaleILM application.

The following table lists the minimum IBM Storage Archive software version that is required to control the data placement by Data Cataloging.

Table 4. IBM Storage Archive software requirements
Component Version
IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition (EE) 1.3.0.6 and higher