Version 3.4.0 (March 2018)
Starting from version 3.4.0, IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition has been renamed to IBM Spectrum Connect. This version provides the following enhancements:
- Synchronous mirroring for Spectrum Accelerate storage systems
- Local HyperSwap and data mirroring for Spectrum Virtualize storage systems
- Host clustering for Spectrum Virtualize storage systems
- Registering multiple Spectrum Connect instances on several vCenter servers
- IBM Storage Enabler for Containers support by DS8000 Family products
- IBM Storage Automation Plug-in for PowerShell support by FlashSystem A9000 and A9000R
- CentOS 7.x and RHEL 6.9 support
- Improved performance and stability
| Ticket ID | Description |
|---|---|
| SCB-3631 | Fixed: Memory-type VVols may fail to show in the VM Related Objects tab under IBM Storage VVols. |
| SCB-3751 | Fixed: A FastClone procedure might fail on IBM® SAN Volume Controller storage systems, if the source and target VMs use different storage policies. |
| SCB-4146 | Fixed: Combination of a storage resource on a Spectrum Accelerate Family system and a service with Availability capability set to Regular is not supported. This combination might cause an unstable behavior of Spectrum Connect. |
| SCB-4167 | Fixed: When using IBM Storage Automation Plug-in for PowerShell, volume can be renamed only using volume resize procedure. |
| SCB-4380 | Fixed: Spectrum Connect cannot recover VVol metadata if the metadata disparity occurs. |
| SCB-4640 | Fixed: In the VMware vSphere 6.5 environment and later, generating server certificate requires both IP address and FQDN of the Spectrum Connect server. |
| SCB-5124 | Fixed: IBM Storage Enabler for Containers fails, when attempting to create more than 50 PVCs. |
| SCB-5127 | Fixed: Spectrum Connect with LDAP enabled cannot be registered as a storage provider on VMware vCenter server. |