What's new in IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition 1.3.6

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Read about information that is new or changed in the IBM Storage® Archive Enterprise Edition 1.3.6 documentation.

Table 1. Storage Archive EE 1.3.6 changes, released on June 30, 2025
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  • Added support for RHEL 9.4.
  • Added support for LTO 10 drive.
  • Updated HSM version to 8.1.26.0.
  • Added support for Storage Archive SDE/LE 2.4.8.
  • Sunset of RHEL 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, and 8.9.
  • Sunset of IBM Storage Scale 5.1.2, and 5.1.3
Fixed the issue where standard output messages longer than 256 bytes were split across multiple lines in the console, affecting message formatting. This was observed during recall operations but may also impact other tasks. N/A

What's new in version 1.3.6.x fix pack releases

Table 2. Storage Archive EE 1.3.6.6 changes, released on June 15, 2026
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  • Improved response time avoiding transparent recall to hang up when they are disabled.
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  • Enhanced tape reclaim and its error reporting when moving data between tapes.
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Table 3. Storage Archive EE 1.3.6.5 changes, released on March 30, 2026
Changes Related topics
  • Added support for Scale 6.0.0.
  • Updated HSM version to 8.2.1
  • Fixed possible race condition under recall_driver_fast
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  • Fixed the issue where SIGSEV was generated on UIDs cleanup task and SIGHUP was generated when trying to cleanup a large schema
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In cleanup task and cleanup driver
  • Empty directories are now cleaned up recursively
  • Enhanced the performance of the cleanup task
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In REST API
  • Integrated eeadm tape move functionality into the REST API
  • Fixed the internal server error when CSRF token is enabled but not included in the headers
In ltfsee_log_collection
  • Added the output of mmhealth cluster show
  • 'y' option only gathers the latest 10 drive dumps created within the last 24 hours and does not gather temporary reclaim and reconcile files anymore
  • Added 'd' option to get all drive dumps available
  • Added 'r' option to get temporary reclaim and reconcile files
  • Added 'e' option to gather everything included in other option ('y'+'t'+'d'+'r')
  • Removed the gathering of subtasks in the ltfsee_log_collection since it was making the collection took longer making it appear freezed
Table 4. Storage Archive EE 1.3.6.4 changes, released on December 12, 2025
Changes Related topics
  • Added support for RHEL 9.6.
  • Updated HSM version to 8.2.0.
  • Fixed the issue where recall operations triggered error LTFS11089E due to start_block misalignment within the index by replacing the support of systemtap script "ibmsa-stat-driveperf.stp" with a new method for reporting read and write drive performance. This new method can be enabled by setting MAX_WAIT_TIME_REPORT_DRIVE_PERF in ltfsee.config.
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  • Added the LTFS_VERBOSE_LEVEL option to be used in ltfsee.md.config, allowing easy enablement of full log tracing.
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  • Added logging of messages when "continue" and "stop" related signals are received by ltfseecp or recall_recall.
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  • Implemented automatic tape cleanup logic by setting the UNMOUNTS_BEFORE_AUTOCLEANUP option in the ltfsee.config file to automatically trigger the cleanup task when a tape reaches a configured dismount threshold.
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  • Fixed the issue were the eeadm process uses 100% of CPU, this issue is present on EE 1.3.6.0
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Table 5. Storage Archive EE 1.3.6.3 changes, released on October 31, 2025
Changes Related topics

Sunset of IBM Storage Scale 5.1.4, 5.1.5, 5.1.6, 5.1.7, 5.1.8 and 5.1.9.
In REST API:
  • Avoided 401 errors when sending an invalid token and added a message for expired tokens.
  • Added validation to restrict accepted values for the expiration option.
  • Introduced a request_id system to log and track responses.
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  • Enhanced log collection for the REST API and tasks within the ltfsee_log_collection tool.
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Table 6. Storage Archive EE 1.3.6.2 changes, released on August 25, 2025
Changes Related topics
  • Updated HSM version to 8.1.27.0.
  • Added support for Storage Archive SDE/LE 2.4.8.1
  • Updated libxml2 to version 2.13.8 to address security vulnerability CVE-2025-32415
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In REST API:
  • Added X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff header to prevent MIME type sniffing in older browsers, ensuring that responses are interpreted according to their declared content type and mitigating potential security vulnerabilities.
  • Removed software version information from HTTP headers to mitigate potential security vulnerabilities.
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  • Fixed ltfseecp deadlock by adding mutex locks and a timeout to prevent future occurrences.
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  • Fixed the issue with the ltfsee_config -m RESTORE_CONFIG command using the -P argument, where the database restore process failed to complete successfully.
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  • Integrated retry logic in tape reclaim to attempt failed file copies up to three times and skip files if copying still fails.
  • Improved the "eeadm tape cleanup" task logic to remove all duplicated entries and adding logic to delete empty folders inside schema files.
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  • Removed the deletion of unnecessary cache entries, as it caused migration issues in EE 1.3.6.1.
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Table 7. Storage Archive EE 1.3.6.1 changes, released on June 30, 2025
Changes Related topics
  • Added support for IBM Storage Scale 5.2.3.0
  • Fixed tape drive and cartridge naming from LTOA to the correct LTO10 nomenclature.
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  • Fixed the issue where the recall failed in a multi-library enviroment. It occured when one mmm was in error even when redundant copy was available, now the recall is possible by using the MMM available.
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  • Fixed the issue that caused increasing memory consumption over time due to the generation of unnecessary cache entries.
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  • Enhanced the ltfsee_install script to allow prerequisite checks with non-default Python versions by setting the PYTHON_BIN environment variable.
  • Improved the tape replace command to retry failed file copies up to three times. If a file still cannot be copied, the replace operation skips it.