v6.2.5.032 (January 18th 2023)

by Lauren Grob

Upgrade Instructions

Click here for instructions on upgrading to QuantaStor v6.2.5.

Release Notes

Alerts and Configuration Analysis

  • Added ssh port 22 to network connectivity checker tests. [ QSTOR-10092 ]

Ceph Scale-out Block, Object and File

  • Fix bug where ceph monitor daemon is disabled. [ QSTOR-10095 ]

  • Added script to setup Ceph multi-site replication. [ QSTOR-10075 ]

Enclosures and Controllers

  • Updated storcli version to 007.2705.0000.0000 [ QSTOR-10072 ]

  • Added feature for turning off hwDisk identification for all disks, including all empty slots. [ QSTOR-10036 ]

  • Added feature for turning off hwDisk identification for all disks, including all empty slots. [ QSTOR-9825 ]

Kernel and Drivers

  • Updated Linux Kernel to 5.15.0-91-generic for Focal platforms [ QSTOR-10025 ]

  • Linux Kernel 5.15.0-91-generic includes fixes for NFS v3 lockd that would cause file handles to be left open for NFSv3 clients when attempting to stop the nfs server before ZFS pool export during HA failover. [ QSTOR-10025 ]

  • Updated ZFS to 2.1.14.qs25 for Focal platforms [ QSTOR-10025 ]

Multitenancy

  • Fix an issue with missing Service Configs. [ QSTOR-10079 ]

  • Add the ability to sync nested shares when parent share is selected in Resilio. Optionally skip changing the share permissions when user is specified in the config file. [ QSTOR-10070 ]

Network Shares

  • Block rename of nested shares. [ QSTOR-10091 ]

  • Add the ability to enable and clone a GMT snapshot [ QSTOR-4145 ]

Remote Replication, Snapshots and Backup Policies

  • Fixed an issue where Remote Replication Schedules can fail if 2 source snapshots have the same created timestamp. [ QSTOR-10059 ]

  • Fix a minor issue with File Age settings in the Backup Schedule Modify dialog. [ QSTOR-10056 ]

  • Properly transition a Replication task and Replication Report to the 'failed' status if the source system loses power during the Replication. [ QSTOR-10041 ]

  • Add a warning if checkpoint is selected in create snapshot schedule. [ QSTOR-10038 ]

Storage Volumes

  • Fixed an issue with zfs storage volumes being correctly marked as missing if the underlying zfs zvol or snapshot is removed or unavailable. [ QSTOR-10086 ]

Upgrade Manager and Installer

  • Added a --password option to the qs\_install.sh script to allow users to provide the QuantaStor admin user password as well as the same password for the default qadmin shell account. [ QSTOR-10085 ]

Web Manager

  • Clear the replica summary graph when there are no report entries. [ QSTOR-10057 ]

  • Fix enclosure graph rendering issue where a selected system with multiple valid controllers was not being render because of one underlying MD BOOT Controller. [ QSTOR-10055 ]