v5.9.0.224 (April 12th 2021)

by Lauren Grob

Upgrade Instructions

Click here for instructions on upgrading to QuantaStor v5.9.0.

Release Notes

Ceph Scale-out Block, Object and File

  • Fixed: Adds ability to delete a ceph bucket using the qs cli by specifying either the name or the id of the bucket to be deleted. [ QSTOR-7849 ]

  • Added additional task detail changes for the stages performed by the Ceph Cluster Delete Task. [ QSTOR-7839 ]

  • Changed auto configure multipathing to stay enabled on each node when Ceph Clusters are created. [ QSTOR-7829 ]

  • Fixed an issue that could cause Ceph Cluster Delete of a complete cluster (including buckets rbds etc) to fail to properly cleanup all OSDs, pools and child objects on larger configurations. [ QSTOR-7828 ]

  • Added 'k' and 'm' param support to the qs ceph-filesystem-create CLI command for erasure support. [ QSTOR-7823 ]

  • Added subjectAltName to Ceph Rados Gateway pem file for secure HTTPS connection via clients. [ QSTOR-7802 ]

  • Fixed issues with creating multiple radosgw at the same time on the same ceph node. [ QSTOR-7802 ]

  • Fixed various small issues with S3 radosGW add and remove. [ QSTOR-7802 ]

  • Added logic to auto-repair cephfs mount points in the event of node power loss and recovery. [ QSTOR-7779 ]

  • Added logic to automatically create 5 monitors on Ceph cluster create when 5 or more nodes are selected. [ QSTOR-7766 ]

  • Fixed an issue associated with creating a ceph cluster with '-' in the name [ QSTOR-7755 ]

  • Added logic to auto-disable i/o fencing on systems when a ceph cluster is created. Note: fencing will not be auto-disabled if the system also contains a ZFS storage Pool. [ QSTOR-7751 ]

  • Added management of iofencing policy to storage systems. You can modify the storage system and enable or disable iofencing explicitly. [ QSTOR-7751 ]

  • Fixed: Improve the qs-ceph cleanup script which can be used after the teardown of a Ceph Cluster to scrub the existing system of any residual Ceph configuration settings. [ QSTOR-7715 ]

  • Fixed an issue where encrypted Ceph Clusters were not showing encryption as enabled on Ceph Block, File or Object Storage Pools. [ QSTOR-7711 ]

  • Fixed an issue with the Ceph Multi-OSD auto config on all VM setups. [ QSTOR-7689 ]

  • Increase the size options for Ceph Auto-create Meta-data Offload (MDB) devices in the Multi-OSD Create Dialog. [ QSTOR-7683 ]

  • Added support for creating OSDs on multi-path devices. [ QSTOR-7663 ]

  • Added a minor clarification in the create S3 Bucket dialog regarding object locking. [ QSTOR-7631 ]

  • Added support for nfs-ganesha for scale-out cephFS shares and object storage buckets. [ QSTOR-7583 ]

  • Added Ceph Block and File pools to the report schedules. [ QSTOR-7543 ]

  • Enhanced the Ceph RGW create to allow for more configuration options, such as, 'civetweb' or 'beast', 'http' or 'https', and redirect support. [ QSTOR-7510 ]

  • Added logic to set bucket sharding during bucket create to keep performance stable for large buckets with 1M to 1B objects. [ QSTOR-7490 ]

Disk Management

  • Added logic for multiple Namespaces on NVMe device to ensure NVMe device scsiId field is unique or uses the eui identifier. [ QSTOR-7789 ]

  • Added NVMe eui naming convention for disk discovery to ensure unique device names when namespaces are configured on a NVMe device. [ QSTOR-7738 ]

  • Fixed an issue with the multipath configurator appending spaces on multipath config entries. [ QSTOR-7682 ]

  • Added: Show the lastShredTimeStamp column in the Physical Disk format dialog. [ QSTOR-7678 ]

  • Added a new option to disable IO fencing via the Storage System Modify dialog, so the QS service can block IO fencing operations on systems like the Ceph nvme OpenFlex configurations that don't support it. [ QSTOR-7671 ]

Hardware Enclosures and Controllers

  • Fixed an issue with removing a iSCSI software adapter on QuantaStor that lead to other iSCSI software adapters on the same system being logged out of their targets. [ QSTOR-7811 ]

  • Fixed: Verify IP is accessible before attempting NVMe target discovery on a Software Adapter. [ QSTOR-7773 ]

  • Fixed: Show the correct number of slots in the WD Ultrastar Data102 enclosure graph. [ QSTOR-7749 ]

  • Fixed enclosure mapping for SuperChassis 946SE2C-R1K66JBOD. [ QSTOR-7719 ]

  • Added Data port IP configuration for Western Digital Openflex Data24 External Enclosures. [ QSTOR-7705 ]

  • Updated the Broadcom LSI storcli utility. [ QSTOR-7667 ]

  • Fixed an issue with 9400 and 9500 series HBAs reporting an incorrect enclosure SAS Address. [ QSTOR-7667 ]

  • Added enclosure support for WD Serv60+8 systems. [ QSTOR-7659 ]

  • Added temperature sensors and Power supply error detection for WD Serv60+8 [ QSTOR-7659 ]

  • Fixed a rare issue that could reset a Hardware Enclosures Make and Model mapping on reboot. [ QSTOR-7636 ]

  • Added support for External Enclosures [ QSTOR-7440 ]

  • Added support for the WD OpenFlex Data24 [ QSTOR-7440 ]

High Availability Failover

  • Fixed some corner cases where the force flag was not working when removing site clusters. [ QSTOR-7798 ]

  • Fixed a minor context menu issue for High Availability Interface Delete. [ QSTOR-7796 ]

  • Added support for NVMe 1.3 iofencing standard. [ QSTOR-7696 ]

  • Added optional fully qualified name for High Availability Interface and Site Virtual Interface. [ QSTOR-7654 ]

  • Fixed an issue with iofencing NVMe devices with namespaces. [ QSTOR-7645 ]

  • Fixed an issue with auto naming. [ QSTOR-7587 ]

  • Added context menu for High Availability Failover Group Create. [ QSTOR-7553 ]

NAS Gateway / Cloud Containers

  • Fixed the cli "qs cloud-container-create" command to use the default cloud container cache. [ QSTOR-7752 ]

  • Fixed a minor issue in the layout of the create Network Share advanced tab. [ QSTOR-7581 ]

Network Interfaces

  • Fixed an issue with the link speed showing correctly on bonded ports and vlan ports on bonded ports. [ QSTOR-7797 ]

  • Fixed: Do not change the center content view when a network port is selected in the center grid where the active tree context is the grid object in the Storage System tree (the root tree node). This reduces grid flickering during context switching. [ QSTOR-7742 ]

  • Fixed: Manual configuration of existing static IP via underlying ip tools or system config file changes will now result in a WARNING state for network ports. [ QSTOR-7622 ]

Network Shares

  • Added the ability to disable fsids in network shares. [ QSTOR-7799 ]

  • Added the ability to use an existing directory as a subshare path. [ QSTOR-7714 ]

  • Added logic to allow creation of sub shares from existing directories in a Network Share. Sub share directory can have a space in the directory name. [ QSTOR-7697 ]

  • Enhanced the AD Join to support custom idmap uid and gid range settings. [ QSTOR-7656 ]

  • Added support for kerberos with NFSv3 [ QSTOR-7650 ]

  • Fixed the view mount command to update when the share selection is changed. [ QSTOR-7630 ]

Quantastor CLI

  • Added more EC profile options when creating Ceph pool profiles from the QS CLI. [ QSTOR-7820 ]

  • Added the --shred-keys option to the qs CLI destroy-pool command. [ QSTOR-7820 ]

  • Added UI support for importing password protected encrypted storage pools. [ QSTOR-7358 ]

Remote Replication, Snapshots and Backup Policies

  • Fixed: Minor replication report summary state update when a replication schedule skips a share/volume replication when there is nothing to replicate. [ QSTOR-7342 ]

  • Fixed an issue with Backup Policy outbound mode and the selected Network Share is a Cloud Container. [ QSTOR-7307 ]

  • Fixed deletion of replica associations when the replication links are deleted/missing. [ QSTOR-6653 ]

SCSI Target

  • Added NVMEoF TCP and RDMA Target support for presenting Storage Volumes. [ QSTOR-7597 ]

SNMP

  • Update SNMP MIB [ QSTOR-7761 ]

  • Fixed: Counter64 values reported by the SNMP agent are now changed to string for accuracy. [ QSTOR-7712 ]

Security

  • QuantaStor now utilizes the OSNEXUS Crypto Library, which will provide improved key encryption and authentication security. The process for acquiring the FIPS 140-2 Certification is complete and pending approval for finalized certificate.

  • Implemented 'FIPS mode' in accordance with to the FIPS140-2 certification requirements.

  • Improved User password authentication security.

  • Improved key generation algorithms that utilize SP800-90A DRBG.

  • FIPS compliant key encryption for protecting data encryption keys.

  • Code refactor to utilize the OSNEXUS Crypto Library for encryption, random-data generation, and hashing alorithms. [ QSTOR-6933 ]

Server Integration

  • Added Support for Gigabyte R182 and S461 server layouts. [ QSTOR-7743 ]

Service Core

  • Please Note: After all QuantaStor grid nodes are upgraded to 5.9, new nodes must be upgraded to 5.9 or newer before being added to a 5.9 or newer grid. This is due to new use of OSNEXUS Crypto Library use which is undergoing FIPS certification. [ QSTOR-7815 ]

  • Fixed: Do not allow the '.' character to be used for Storage System names in the Modify Storage System dialog. [ QSTOR-6568 ]

Storage Pool Management

  • Fixed: Improved error handling when zfs pool is busy. [ QSTOR-7668 ]

  • Fixed a display issue in the Grow Storage Pool Dialog showing the wrong set size. [ QSTOR-7625 ]

Storage Volumes

  • Fixed a minor UI bug with assigning volumes to hosts from "Getting Started". [ QSTOR-7592 ]

Web Manager

  • Changed the OSD Grid sort on the Name column from the default string sort to a custom numeric sort based upon the OSD number. [ QSTOR-7841 ]

  • Fixed: The ZFS volume dashboard was appearing when a Ceph volume was selected. Ceph RBD metrics are not supported at this time, so the dashboard is no longer visible. [ QSTOR-7816 ]

  • Changed the Ceph RGW, MDS, and Reverse Proxy icon set. [ QSTOR-7806 ]

  • Fixed: Resolve a minor theme issue on the Paging Grid Toolbars where there was white text on a white background in the current page text box field. Change the Font color to the Slate theme, so it is visible. [ QSTOR-7788 ]

  • Added a second 'Copy to Clipboard' button to the object property views to grab a single long string like an NQN, IQN, or Object GUID. This is in addition to the already built-in Ctrl-C + Ctrl-V functionality on a selected single line to make it more intuitive to the user. [ QSTOR-7785 ]

  • Changed all read-only fields in the Port Information FieldSets for all Network Port dialogs to use Labels. [ QSTOR-7771 ]

  • Fixed: Reduce the amount of fields we show in a Storage Pool Information FieldSet. Change the read-only TextBox fields to Labels. [ QSTOR-7765 ]

  • Fixed an issue in the Grid Dashboard where it could potentially report an incorrect Systems with Alerts count. [ QSTOR-7759 ]

  • Fixed: Improve the Supermicro enclosure layout naming conventions and consistency. [ QSTOR-7756 ]

  • Fixed truncation issues for JA found in the Alert Manager and ZFS Optimization dialogs. [ QSTOR-7750 ]

  • Added logic to auto generate unique names in all Create dialogs. [ QSTOR-7746 ]

  • Added the page size setting toolbar to the Volume and Share paging grids. Put these paging grids on 10s heartbeat to reduce the amount of updates due to incoming events. Added a 'Sort All' button to all paging grids that re-loads the store and applies current sort settings. [ QSTOR-7745 ]

  • Added logic to suspend event processing in the UI during a post to remote APIs in all dialogs to ensure prompt replies. This suspension of events occurs when the user Clicks Ok, and resumes when the results from the server are returned. [ QSTOR-7732 ]

  • Added the Cloud Integration feature to the Getting Started wizard. [ QSTOR-7707 ]

  • Fixed a text truncation issue in the Add Software Adapter dialog. [ QSTOR-7685 ]

  • Added a NTP popup warning to the AD Join dialog box. [ QSTOR-7665 ]

  • Fixed minor message change during delete of Storage Volume with active sessions. [ QSTOR-6814 ]