IBM Storage Scale Software Version Recommendation Preventive Service Planning

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This generalized recommendation is made available to assist clients in implementing a code update strategy. It is a full field perspective, and as such, a customized recommendation that takes into account specifics such as business upgrade windows, length of time since last update, decommission plans. might require assistance from local support teams. In general, recommendations assume planning updates annually.

Detailed information on the product fixes contained within IBM Storage Scale v5.x releases can be found here.

¹ If upgrading from ESS 5.3.x.x, the minimum required version is ESS 6.1.1.2. This helps avoid issues during the upgrade.  For more information, see IBM Elastic Storage Server Alert : Modifications to the ESS support matrix.
² This stream has Extended Update Support
³ Review IBM Storage Scale Container Native: Table 1. Software Requirements
⁴ Review IBM Storage Scale CSI: Table 1. CSI Features, OCP, Kubernetes, and IBM Spectrum Scale Compatibility Matrix
⁵ For ESS 3500 system users that are running ESS 6.1.6.0 or earlier, see the IBM ESS Alert: Simultaneous canister power cycle, missing NVMe drives and out of range sensor data in ESS 3500 5141-FN2 storage enclosures.

Note 1: For a list of current advisories for all platforms supported by IBM Storage Scale, see the Q14.3: What are the current advisories for all platforms supported by IBM Spectrum Scale?

It is recommended that you are on the latest fix level available.

Note 2: For a list of current Advisories for IBM Storage Scale on AIX, see the Q14.4: What are the current advisories for IBM Spectrum Scale on AIX?

Note 3: For a list of current advisories for IBM Storage Scale on Linux, see the Q14.5: What are the current advisories for IBM Spectrum Scale on Linux?

Note 4: For a list of current advisories for IBM Storage Scale on Windows, see the Q14.6: What are the current advisories for IBM Spectrum Scale on Windows?