v5.11.0.240 (November 23rd 2021)

by Lauren Grob

Upgrade Instructions

Click here for instructions on upgrading to QuantaStor v5.11.0.

Release Notes

Ceph Scale-out Block, Object and File

  • Size the dirent cache (MDCACHE) down as small as possible in the ganesha.conf file. [ QSTOR-8386 ]

  • Ensure the Ceph Cluster configuration file is cleaned up after removing a member and on that former member ('ceph.conf'). [ QSTOR-8228 ]

  • Improved PG count calculation for Ceph Clusters [ QSTOR-8186 ]

  • Add Ceph multi-rgw create support. [ QSTOR-8172 ]

  • Optimized bucket deletion for large buckets. [ QSTOR-7898 ]

  • Add validation for Ceph Pool erasure coded and replica count based on the number of members in the Ceph cluster. [ QSTOR-7857 ]

  • Add a warning to Config Analyzer when the front-end and back-end interfaces for the Ceph cluster are the same. [ QSTOR-6745 ]

  • Support the creation of multiple Metadata Servers (MDS) for a given Ceph Cluster. Provide option to set number of active and standby MDS instances. [ QSTOR-6067 ]

Disk Management

  • Provide the ability to scan multiple systems or a selection of systems for new disks. [ QSTOR-6677 ]

High Availability Failover

  • Added logic to ensure HA failover is not triggered based on stale IP information for a HA vif on a node that was suddenly powered off. [ QSTOR-8381 ]

  • Fix issue where the Add Site Cluster VIF dialog was not selecting the correct ha group or site cluster contextual when launched from the HA group node in the tree. [ QSTOR-8340 ]

  • In the create HA group, scope secondary systems to the given site cluster members. [ QSTOR-8338 ]

  • Show the Storage Pool HA Groups grid in the central viewing area of the WUI. Previously, we were only showing Storage Pool HA Groups in the tree view. [ QSTOR-8322 ]

  • Incorporated additional tunable properties into HA Group Create. [ QSTOR-8307 ]

  • Block creation of second cluster heartbeat ring on centos8/rhel8 [ QSTOR-8245 ]

  • Encrypted HA pools support saving encryption keys locally or on a designated KMIP server. [ QSTOR-8134 ]

Kernel and Drivers

  • Adds the mellanox-ofed-install.sh script for installing the Mellanox OFED and drivers on Red Hat based platforms. [ QSTOR-8028 ]

NAS Gateway / Cloud Containers

  • Upgraded rclone version. [ QSTOR-8050 ]

Network Interfaces

  • Added conversion of netplan configuration files to network interfaces style network config files on first system boot. [ QSTOR-8234 ]

Network Shares

  • Fixed an issue where the nfs-server was being re-enabled on QuantaStor upgrade when nfs-ganesha was enabled on the default NFS port. [ QSTOR-8394 ]

  • Simplify the use of sub-shares. Sub-shares will now be referred to as share-alias for a sub-directory within the parent share. [ QSTOR-8363 ]

  • Allows for alternate delimiters for nested network share SMB sessions. [ QSTOR-8357 ]

  • Fixed an issue with adding nfs access rules that matched the examples in the dialog. [ QSTOR-8341 ]

  • Add an option to Network Shares so that NFS clients are able to see contents of the hidden .zfs snapshot directory from a NFS mount. [ QSTOR-8216 ]

  • Minor fix to remove CIFS access to a share for a deleted user. [ QSTOR-8123 ]

Quantastor CLI

  • Update QS CLI for Windows [ QSTOR-8033 ]

Remote Replication, Snapshots and Backup Policies

  • Add the ability to freeeze/hold a volume or share snapshot. Adding a hold on a snapshot prevents it from getting deleted. Releasing the hold will allow deletion. [ QSTOR-8343 ]

  • Add the ability to create Network Share snapshots with a delayed clone option via QS CLI. [ QSTOR-8333 ]

  • Minor fix to Stop Replication task. [ QSTOR-8098 ]

SNMP

  • Update SNMP MIB. [ QSTOR-8251 ]

Security

  • Added support for Storage Pool Encryption Key Export for ceph pools. [ QSTOR-8320 ]

  • KMIP server encryption key storage support for encrypted ZFS High Availability Storage pools. [ QSTOR-8309 ]

  • Adds widget for encryption key storage options to the storage pool modify dialog and the ceph cluster modify dialog. [ QSTOR-8280 ]

  • Add KMIP Key Profile creation support to the WUI. Added Support for storing encryption keys on KMIP server for ZFS encrypted pools and SED encrypted Ceph Clusters. [ QSTOR-8133 ]

  • Adds support for hardware encryption through the use of SED media that is TCG Opal 2 or newer or Ruby compliant. [ QSTOR-7837 ]

  • Fixed an issue with UI auto logout [ QSTOR-7814 ]

Service Core

  • Replaced legacy startup scripts with new systemd configuration. [ QSTOR-8102 ]

Storage Pool Management

  • Show a popup warning in the Create Storage Pool when the user chooses RAID0 configuration. [ QSTOR-8166 ]

  • Fix an issue with pool create on Centos8 failed after reusing disks from an exported pool. [ QSTOR-8146 ]

Storage Volumes

  • Prevent duplicate host entries from being created with the same name. [ QSTOR-8361 ]

Upgrade Manager and Installer

  • Added support for deploying QuantaStor on Red Hat 8.4 platforms. [ QSTOR-7960 ]

Web Manager

  • Fix issue where the Modify Bucket dialog would not launch from the Ribbon Bar if a bucket node was not selected in the tree view. [ QSTOR-8395 ]

  • Widen the Physical Disk copy dialog to see the full disk ID in combos. Fix minor context setting on issues on combos when the dialog is launched from the Ribbon bar. [ QSTOR-8384 ]

  • Fix minor enablement of nested shares in create share dialog. [ QSTOR-8380 ]

  • Fix the enablement rules for the Tertiary settings in the 'Modify Storage Pool High-Availability Group' dialog. [ QSTOR-8368 ]

  • Change the 'Allow Special Chars' in the 'Security Manager' dialog from read-only to editable. A user will be able to change special characters that are allowed (or not allowed) for password fields from the WUI. [ QSTOR-8336 ]

  • Launch new table view dialogs from the 'Systems Online' and the 'Pools Online' tiles in the Grid Dashboard when the user clicks on the 'View Details' link. Both table view dialogs support right-click menu item selection for management functions. [ QSTOR-8324 ]

  • Change the 'Recover' button, in the ribbon under the 'Storage Management' sub-tab in the 'Storage Pool' menu system to 'Add Hot-spares'. Sync up the menu system, dialog captions, and error messages to match the terminology change. [ QSTOR-8233 ]

  • Added license information to the Storage Systems grid in the web manager. [ QSTOR-8197 ]

  • Remove the repeat password requirement from the Add System dialog. [ QSTOR-8178 ]

  • Detect if a Unicode Fullwidth Colon exist in forms, so we do not add an extra colon when there are label/field pairings. [ QSTOR-8168 ]

  • Fix the Create Storage Volume dialog launch issue in the "Setup Storage Pool - Scale-out Block" section of the Getting Started wizard. [ QSTOR-8110 ]

  • Updated Ceph Pool Create and Ceph MDS Create dialogs in the UI [ QSTOR-6400 ]