IBM Supercharges Data Resilience with Storage Defender 2.0.18, a powerful evolution that redefining data protection and unified storage security. The latest release of IBM Storage Defender 2.0.18 brings powerful enhancements designed to redefine how organizations safeguard and manage their data.

Here’s what’s new and exciting:

IBM Storage Defender introduces "Favorites" in Recovery Groups view

The Data Resiliency Service now introduces a Favorites feature in the Recovery groups Table view. This enhancement helps you to quickly identify and manage frequently accessed recovery groups by marking them as favorites.

A new Star icon column is introduced before the Name column in the Table view. Each row also includes a selection checkbox, allowing you to select one or more recovery groups to add and remove from your favorites list.'

Auto-update IBM Storage Defender sensors

Starting with IBM Storage Defender 2.0.18, the sensor auto-update feature is triggered by the connection manager update. To ensure that the sensor auto-update feature is properly enabled, the sensor must be at version 2.0.17 and later.

When you select type of update as Automatic in the Edit update settings, IBM Storage Defender automatically updates the associated sensors whenever an update is available.