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  • 1.  FS7300: Upgrade to 8.7.0.3 or 8.7.0.4?

    Posted 04/10/25 02:45 PM

    Is ~24 hours enough time to age a new release and trust it?  :-)

    My FS7300 is at 8.6.0.7.  I've downloaded 8.7.0.3 and ran the test.  Now I see there is an 8.7.0.4 available and it's been available for a whole day.  Well I kind of like the bleeding edge but that's cutting it close for me.  Is there a critical CVE or other such issue addressed by 8.7.0.4 encouraging me to go to it instead?  I forget when 8.7.0.3 came out.  If it's a short time period between the two that's a red flag that there's a strong reason to go to 8.7.0.4.



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    Robert Berendt IBMChampion
    Business Systems Analyst, Lead
    Dekko
    Fort Wayne
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  • 2.  RE: FS7300: Upgrade to 8.7.0.3 or 8.7.0.4?

    Posted 04/10/25 03:10 PM

    I just checked the site at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/690527  It lists 8.7.0.2 (Dec 2024) as the recommended PTF.  Is there something wrong with 8.7.0.3 or does IBM simply not recommend anything under 90 days old?



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    Robert Berendt IBMChampion
    Business Systems Analyst, Lead
    Dekko
    Fort Wayne
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  • 3.  RE: FS7300: Upgrade to 8.7.0.3 or 8.7.0.4?

    Posted 04/10/25 08:52 PM

    I ended up upgrading to 8.7.0.3.



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    Robert Berendt IBMChampion
    Business Systems Analyst, Lead
    Dekko
    Fort Wayne
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  • 4.  RE: FS7300: Upgrade to 8.7.0.3 or 8.7.0.4?

    Posted 04/11/25 08:10 AM

    The release notes for 8.7.0.4 will show exactly what was fixed and the severity of the APAR. This can help you decide if there is a critical issue which may affect your environment. The release notes are found on fix central. 



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    Steve Pavlichek
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  • 5.  RE: FS7300: Upgrade to 8.7.0.3 or 8.7.0.4?

    Posted 04/11/25 08:26 AM

    Thank you.

    No CVEs between 8.7.0.3 and 8.7.0.4.

    About 14 APARs addressed.  A very few of those 14 are not applicable to FS7300.



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    Robert Berendt IBMChampion
    Business Systems Analyst, Lead
    Dekko
    Fort Wayne
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  • 6.  RE: FS7300: Upgrade to 8.7.0.3 or 8.7.0.4?

    Posted 04/11/25 08:23 AM
    Edited by Roy Peek 04/11/25 09:27 AM

    @Robert Berendt,  looks like you have your 8.7.0.3 done now.  I wanted to share with you there is a Webinar in May, presented by the ATG team that outlines the 8.7.3 releases.  You might want to join and listen to see what ATG shares.   

    Thanks for the correction on the version from the community.

    Accelerate with ATG Webinar:  Moving the Standard Forward - IBM Storage Virtualize 8.7.3 Technical Update & the New FlashSystem C200

    https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7230034



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    Roy Peek
    Technology Leader, Americas Advanced Technology Group, IBM Storage / IBM Power
    rhpeek@us.ibm.com
    404-775-5614
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  • 7.  RE: FS7300: Upgrade to 8.7.0.3 or 8.7.0.4?

    Posted 04/11/25 09:12 AM

    Roy, it's for 8.7.3.0 non-lts codelevel contains major enhancements about FlashSystem Grid feature. not 8.7.0.3 



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    Nezih Boyacioglu
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  • 8.  RE: FS7300: Upgrade to 8.7.0.3 or 8.7.0.4?

    Posted 06/16/25 08:41 AM

    Maybe too late for this time but not for the next one.

    There is a page where you can find the recommended code level for release between 8.4.0 and 8.7.0.

    You can find it here : https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/690527

    In the past, I had the case you upgrade to the latest PTF and a major incident was discovered on it (like data corruption).

    I suppose IBM now wait for some feedback before recommanded the latest version of the code.

    So 24 hours is clearly not enough to be sure that there is no major issue with the latest upgrade.



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    Laurent Fondacci
    Technical expert on IBM technologies
    Top Security Consulting
    Pélussin
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  • 9.  RE: FS7300: Upgrade to 8.7.0.3 or 8.7.0.4?

    Posted 10/08/25 10:45 PM

    The current recommended code versions (both LTS and non-LTS) are available here: IBM Storage Virtualize Family of Products Upgrade Planning

    So for this thread: 8.7.0.6 or 8.7.3.3 from July   or   9.1.0.1 from August.



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    Ilja Donnellan
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