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IBM Storage Scale container native v5.2.1.1.2

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@whowutwut whowutwut released this 04 Nov 15:53
· 3 commits to v5.2.1.x since this release

IBM Storage Scale container native

IBM Storage Scale container native allows the deployment of the cluster file system in a Red Hat® OpenShift® cluster. Using a remote mount attached file system, the container native deployment provides a persistent data store to be accessed by the applications through the IBM Storage Scale CSI driver by using Persistent Volumes (PVs). For more information, see IBM Storage Scale Container Storage Interface Driver.

Documentation for v5.2.1 points to the v5.2.1.x branch in this repository. This means all instructions in our doc remain unchanged and following the doc will always pull the latest released fix pack of the product.

Supported container platforms

Red Hat OpenShift v4.14, v4.15, v4.16

Supported operating systems

Red Hat CoreOS

Supported architectures

x86_64, ppc64le, s390x

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What's New

The following enhancements are made in this release:

  • Container Storage Interface (CSI) 2.12 For more information, see Summary of changes in IBM Storage Scale CSI Documentation
  • Parallel upgrade of core pods to speed up the upgrade process
  • Avoidance of node reboots, when possible, during upgrade
  • Automatic password rotation for the REST-API users defined upon the storage cluster.
  • Must-gather tool uses more space-efficient data collection by default. New ability to specify custom options.
  • IBM Storage Scale container native operator is automatically scheduled on non-master nodes if scheduling upon master nodes fails
  • IBM Storage Scale container native operator restarts automatically when new install.yaml is applied to prevent against user forgetting to stop the operator.
  • Technology Preview of local disk attachment utilizing a direct disk attachment configuration, replacing prior technology preview of a shared nothing disk configuration