I wanted to let you know that a new Storage Manager 5.6 Release Candidate is now available. If you are interested, please fill out the survey.
Some of the improvements to Storage Manager 5.6 include:
- A completely new back-end database - MySQL has now been replaced with MariaDB
- IBM SVC - Added Average Read and Write Transfer Size performance metrics
- Improved default memory settings for the Storage Manager server
- Improved preservation of Storage Manager Server configuration files on upgrades
- Improved Storage Manager Server-Storage Manager Agent communication and status
- A significant amount of bug fixes and stability improvements including:
- Improvement in STM polling and database locks
- Specific fixes for IBM DS 6K/8K, EMC VMAX, IBM SVC, and VMware
- And much more!
