v5.10.0.156 (August 4th 2021)
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Release Notes
Ceph Scale-out Block, Object and File
Add more MDB sizing options to prepare for more block.db flexibility for future [ QSTOR-7999 ]
Added NFS Ganesha support for the RedHat 7.x and 8.x platforms [ QSTOR-7951 ]
Fix issue with CephFS share settings getting lost if multiple systems are turned off and brought back up. [ QSTOR-7891 ]
Auto fix clock skew when a Ceph Cluster is created or a new Ceph Cluster Monitor is added [ QSTOR-7886 ]
Enhance the S3 user display name field to support spaces. [ QSTOR-7858 ]
Dashboards and Analytics
Fixed an issue with the service startup for influxdb 1.8.7. [ QSTOR-8083 ]
Adds \[ACK\] marker to alert messages to hide alerts that have been Acknowledged. Use qs CLI alert-clear an alert-clear-all with new --ack option [ QSTOR-7978 ]
Enclosures and Controllers
Added Enclosure layouts for 1U and 2U Supermicro Icelake servers. [ QSTOR-8054 ]
High Availability Failover
Fixes bug where deleting a site vif makes it so you cannot create another site vif using the same IP address. [ QSTOR-8038 ]
Fixes bug where failovers would fail when more than one ha VIF is present. [ QSTOR-8024 ]
Adds logic to automatically start the pool if VIF is available and media devices are unlocked. [ QSTOR-7982 ]
Fixed a bug with setting a 'reboot required' flag after a failed pool export during an HA failover. [ QSTOR-7923 ]
Fixed an issue with HA node hanging [ QSTOR-7922 ]
Add feature to specify a Use Case for Site Cluster Virtual Interfaces. Use Cases include \`scaleup pool', 'scaleout filepool', 'scaleout object pool',l 'scaleout block pool', and 'grid primary'. Each Site Cluster Virtual Interfaces now have specialized validation checks to ensure the associated use case object is accessible, even in node failure. In addition, users can specify a set of custom Location Constraints to ensure the Site Cluster Virtual Interface's possible locations. [ QSTOR-7782 ]
Show 'Managed By', 'Started On', 'Use Case' and 'Use Case Object' columns in the new 'Site Cluster Virtual Interfaces' grid. [ QSTOR-7704 ]
When creating a Site Cluster VIF, only show specific systems in the site cluster when selecting a Target Port to attach to. [ QSTOR-7703 ]
Network Interfaces
Fixes issue with inaccurate RX/TX byte counters on displayed network ports [ QSTOR-7962 ]
Fixed a rare issue where VLAN Interfaces would not start consistently when first created. [ QSTOR-7915 ]
Network Shares
Add a popup message to inform the user when sub-directory is not specified in the Create Network Share Alias/Subshare dialog. [ QSTOR-8013 ]
Add SMB access based browsability for Network Shares. [ QSTOR-7973 ]
Created checkbox options in the Network Share Modify Dialog, on the Advanced options page, Under the 'CIFS/SMB Advanced Options' for 'Disable Oplocks' (oplocks) and 'macOS Interop Enhancements' (vfs objects = fruit). [ QSTOR-7961 ]
Fix VSS (Windows previous version) support for CephFS shares [ QSTOR-7958 ]
Delete \_snaps directory for shares after share delete [ QSTOR-7952 ]
Fix an issue where after revoking cifs access on a share, samba service needed to be restarted. [ QSTOR-7916 ]
Make scalability improvements to support thousands for shares. Also add the ability to batch create network shares. [ QSTOR-7877 ]
Add support for nested shares for ZFS. [ QSTOR-7652 ]
Add support for discovering manually created share snapshots with no clones. [ QSTOR-4606 ]
Remote Replication, Snapshots and Backup Policies
Add long term retention for snapshots on the source side for replication schedules. [ QSTOR-8058 ]
This ticket addresses these issues by making mbuffer dynamically resize and by offering a checkbox on the Modify Network Port dialog to enable the hardware RX/TX buffer sizing optimizations. [ QSTOR-7970 ]
Added ability to configure a Replication Schedule to be automatically activated based on the movement of a Site VIF. [ QSTOR-7912 ]
SNMP
Update SNMP MIB [ QSTOR-8032 ]
Security
Provide the ability in the WUI to export all the encryption key information for the specified Storage Pool into a block that can be used in the future to re-import the keys. The WUI will allow the user to save the key block to a user defined location on the machine local to the browser. [ QSTOR-8002 ]
Added feature for importing and exporting meta data for pool encryption keys. CLI commands 'qs pool-key-import' and 'qs pool-key-export'. [ QSTOR-7930 ]
Deprecate IBM Key Vault pool encryption key protection. WUI and CLI commands have been removed for the key vault feature. Remote key server KMIP encryption key protection will be implemented in future QuantaStor release. [ QSTOR-7805 ]
Service Core
5.10 compatible python client program published to PyPi. [ QSTOR-8036 ]
Make minor adjustments to the session timeout on the server based upon password policy settings. [ QSTOR-7997 ]
Fixed some issues with updating the /etc/hosts file after creating VIF with FQDN specified. [ QSTOR-7975 ]
Implement chronyd on RHEL/CentOS for ntp services [ QSTOR-7965 ]
Fixes issue with gateway property not being set properly [ QSTOR-7767 ]
Storage Pool Management
Adds new maintenance schedule option to run a periodic SSD TRIM on Storage Pools to support SSD media that does not operate well with continuous auto-TRIM enabled. [ QSTOR-7624 ]
Upgrade Manager and Installer
Fixed an issue with the Bionic ISO Installer kernel drivers introduced in 5.7.1 [ QSTOR-8071 ]
Web Manager
Removed the 'auto' option from the NFS Service Configuration dialog. The new Default Security Policy setting is "System" when Kerberos Security is disabled and "Kerberos" when it is enabled. [ QSTOR-7987 ]
Revise the Network Share main center region to be a West / East layout with primary shares and subshares in the West and snapshot details in the East. Make the East region collapsible. Change the icon for snapshot shares that are readonly to be darker than a regular share. [ QSTOR-7985 ]
Fixes 'qs share-modify' CLI command to better support adding and removing of SMB configuration options. [ QSTOR-7959 ]
Show the Object Count (as reported by Ceph) for all Ceph Pools in the Ceph Pool grid and main property view. [ QSTOR-7954 ]
Add WUI support to schedule trimming for compatible pools. [ QSTOR-7948 ]
Change the Storage Volume and Network Share dialog layouts to make use of a dual list chooser, so the user can easily see selected items. [ QSTOR-7934 ]
Perform auto clock skew fixes when a new NTP server is added [ QSTOR-7664 ]