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Workflows for ThinkSystem Storage Manager

The workflow guide provides workflows for some of the new functions that are introduced in ThinkSystem Storage Manager.

ONTAP 9.16.1

Workflows that are introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.16.1 are included in the guide of Cluster Management Using ThinkSystem Storage Manager. The following workflow is introduced in Storage Manager 9.16.1:

  • Autonomous Ransomware Protection with AI

  • NVMe/TCP over TLS 1.3

  • Support taking snapshots of ONTAP S3 buckets

  • Multiprotocol S3 bucket supports multipart upload

  • FlexGroup advanced capacity distribution

  • NVMe namespace deallocation enabled by default

ONTAP 9.15.1

Workflows that are introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.15.1 are included in the guide of Cluster Management Using ThinkSystem Storage Manager. The following workflow is introduced in Storage Manager 9.15.1:

  • Support for SnapMirror Active Sync (previously called SMBC)

  • Increased limit for volumes in a consistency group

  • Persistent reservations for VMware virtual volumes with WSFC

  • Support for NFSv3 over RDMA

  • FPolicy support for NFSv4

  • Support for AutoSupport delivery using SMTP over TLS

ONTAP 9.14.1

Workflows that are introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.14.1 are included in the guide of Cluster Management Using ThinkSystem Storage Manager. The following workflow is introduced in Storage Manager 9.14.1:

  • Support for NFSv4.1 session trunking

  • Support for multiple MetroCluster IP configurations on the same SN2100 switch

  • Support for nondisruptive transitions of workloads and data from an existing MetroCluster FC configuration to a new MetroCluster IP configurations using a shared switch

  • Support for object locking based on user roles and lock retention period

  • Support for consistency group operations with the CLI

  • Support for NVE on SVM root volumes

  • Enhanced support to core OAuth 2.0

  • Enhanced support for Autonomous Ransomware Protection

  • Increase in usable aggregate space on FAS platforms

  • Change in reporting of physical used space in TSSE volumes

  • Support for SnapMirror failover rehearsal using Storage Manager

  • Support for editing or deleting ports in a broadcast domain using Storage Manager

  • Support for S3 bucket lifecycle management using Storage Manager

  • Support for assigning tags to clusters and volumes using Storage Manager

ONTAP 9.13.1

Workflows that are introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.13.1 are included in the guide of Cluster Management Using ThinkSystem Storage Manager. The following workflow is introduced in Storage Manager 9.13.1:

  • Support for Multi-Admin Verification

  • Support for DM3010H

  • Enhanced suppport for managing consistancy groups

  • Support for Asynchronous SnapMirror with consistancy groups

  • Support for eight node MetroCluster IP configurations

  • Support for Mediator assisted automatic unplanned switchover due to environmental shutdown

  • Support for four node MetroCluster IP configuration upgrades using switchover and switchback

  • Increased data LIF limits

  • Support for S3 bucket lifecycle management

  • Support for Multi-admin verify functionality with Autonomous Ransomware Protection

  • Support for automatic transition from learning to active mode with Autonomous Ransomware Protection

  • Support for Autonomous Ransomware Protection of FlexGroup volumes

  • Support for sequential packing using temperature-sensitive storage efficiency on AFF platforms

  • Option to enable File System Analytics by default

  • Support for temperature-sensitive storage efficiency

ONTAP 9.12.1

Workflows that are introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.12.1 are included in the guide of Cluster Management Using ThinkSystem Storage Manager. The following workflow is introduced in Storage Manager 9.12.1:

  • FlexGroup Rebalance

  • NFS v4 session trunking

  • 12 Node NVMe support

  • 30000 Cluster Volume limit

  • File\Object Multi-Protocol support

  • ONTAP security hardening

  • Replicated ARP training

  • Easy FPolicy training

  • SM-BC enhancements

ONTAP 9.11.1

Workflows that are introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.11.1 are included in the guide of Cluster Management Using ThinkSystem Storage Manager. The following workflow is introduced in Storage Manager 9.11.1:

  • Introduction of Insights feature

  • Manual tier creation allowed in Storage Manager

  • Enhancements for Consistency Groups

  • Introduction of FlexGroup rebalancing

  • Consistency group enhancements

  • Multiple Admin support

  • Additional systems added to hardware visualization for DM3000H, DM5000H, and DM7000H

ONTAP 9.10.1

Workflows that are introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.10.1 are included in the guide of Cluster Management Using ThinkSystem Storage Manager. The following workflow is introduced in Storage Manager 9.10.1:

  • Ransomware Detection

  • S3 SnapMirror support for DR

  • Enhancements for Consistency Groups

  • Enhancements for EMS Notification Management

  • Certificates can be managed from Storage Manager

  • Enhancements for ONTAP file analytics

ONTAP 9.9.1

Workflows that are introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.9.1 are included in the guide of Cluster Management Using ThinkSystem Storage Manager. The following workflow is introduced in Storage Manager 9.9.1:

  • Full Support for SnapMirror Synchronous relationships

  • Enhanced Error and Warning messages in Dashboard

  • Hardware visualization support in Storage Manager

  • Fast directory delete with Storage Manager

  • SVM DR support for FlexGroup volumes

  • Single LUN performance enhancement

ONTAP 9.8

Workflows that are introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.8 are included in the guide of Cluster Management Using ThinkSystem Storage Manager. The following workflow is introduced in Storage Manager 9.8:

  • Full support for S3 object storage with on-prem ONTAP.

  • Support for SnapMirror Business Continuity.

  • Support for new status dashboard showing network and storage health.

  • Support for NFS 4.2

ONTAP 9.7

Workflows that are introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.7 are included in the guide of Cluster Management Using ThinkSystem Storage Manager. The following workflow is introduced in Storage Manager 9.7:

New simplified user experience for ThinkSystem Storage Manager as default.

ONTAP 9.6

Workflows that are introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.6 are included in the guide of Cluster Management Using ThinkSystem Storage Manager. The following workflow is introduced in Storage Manager 9.6:

MetroCluster switchover and switchback

Starting with Storage Manager 9.6, you can use MetroCluster switchover and switchback operations to allow one cluster site to take over the tasks of another cluster site. This capability allows you to facilitate maintenance or recovery from disasters.

Cluster Management Using Storage Manager 9.6

ONTAP 9.5

Workflows that are introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.5 are included in the guide of Cluster Management Using ThinkSystem Storage Manager. The following workflow is enhanced in Storage Manager 9.5:

Setting up NVMe protocol

In Storage Manager 9.5, when you set up the NVMe protocol for a storage virtual machine (SVM), you must ensure that at least one LIF is configured for each node in an HA pair.

Cluster Management Using Storage Manager 9.5

ONTAP 9.4

Workflows that are introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.4 are included in the guide of Cluster Management Using ThinkSystem Storage Manager. The following workflow is introduced in Storage Manager 9.4:

Setting up NVMe protocol

You can set up the NVMe protocol for a storage virtual machine (SVM) by using Storage Manager. After the NVMe protocol is enabled on the SVM, you can provision namespaces and assign the namespaces to a host and a subsystem.

Cluster Management Using Storage Manager 9.4

Workflows that are introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.4 are included in the guide of Cluster Management Using ThinkSystem Storage Manager. The following workflows are introduced in Storage Manager 9.4:

  • Setting up SAML authentication

    You can set up Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) authentication so that remote users are authenticated through a secure identity provider (IdP) before they log in to Storage Manager.

  • Setting up peering

    Setting up peering involves creating intercluster logical interfaces (LIFs) on each node, creating cluster peering relationship, and creating SVM peering relationship.

Cluster Management Using Storage Manager 9.4

Workflows are provided for the following functionalities that were introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.4:

Setting up a cluster by using ThinkSystem Storage Manager

Provides information about creating a cluster manually or by using a template file, setting up the network, providing storage recommendation, creating an aggregate, and creating an SVM by using Storage Manager.

Workflows are provided for the following functionalities that were introduced or enhanced in Storage Manager 9.4: