Originally posted by: bobby_g

IBM® Spectrum Control™, V5.2.13 contains more than a few enhancements, but Dell EMC #storage (VNX, VNXe and VMAX) support that enables storage #analytics for Dell EMC customers is a big part of this new release.

The EMC support in both IBM Spectrum Control and the Storage Insights #cloud offering provides better insight, flexibility and efficiency for customers with heterogeneous storage environments.
 
If you are a storage administrator, you might have to analyze tiering of your storage capacity to see which storage volumes need to be cost-optimized, examined for future capacity requirements, and then reallocate unused storage across both IBM and Dell EMC storage infrastructure. The improved chargeback reporting tool provides better accounting for data owners and administrators and adds support for Dell EMC VNXe.

You will be able to view the following information:
•    Thin provisioning
•    Compression
•    Meta volumes and private volumes

Some of the other enhancements in V5.2.13 for IBM Spectrum Control and the cloud offering, Storage Insights include:

• Insights into external storage used by IBM Spectrum Scale

• Host connections associated with a cluster

• Enhancements for IBM Cloud Object Storage

• Copy data functionality updates

To learn more about the EMC support and the other enhancements, in V5.2.13 of IBM Spectrum Control, see the What's new!

Downloading IBM Spectrum Control

You can download this version of the product from IBM Passport Advantage. Click the link for a new installation or an upgrade and follow the instructions for your operating system. You can then install the product by following the installation instructions in the IBM Knowledge Center.

More information

For more information on this release as well as other topics of interest, go to the IBM Spectrum Control Knowledge Center.

Videos and blogs

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Join the IBM Spectrum Control or Storage Insights BETA program!

IBM Spectrum Control and its’ cloud offering, Storage Insights, is looking for new #BETA testers to use, and explore new #storage functionality while having a voice in future updates. Get onboard today and become part of the #BETA program! Contact Mary Anne Filosa at mfilosa@us.ibm.com for more details and to register.

IBM Storage Solutions Technical Community

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