QuantaStor Version ChangeLog

ChangeLog

The change log contains a detailed summary of the changes made for each new release of QuantaStor. For information on how to upgrade your storage system please see the Upgrade Guide.

v1.5.0.2233 **

• osn_quantastor_v1.5.0.2233.iso - MD5 checksum - 2e5efe438c785046ad27c7ff0c79641b
• summary: QuantaStor 1.5 introduces Cloud Backup to Amazon S3 and adds support for SCSI-3PR which is needed for Hyper-V live migration
• fixes installer so that an internet connection is no longer required to install from CD/ISO
• fixes XFS thick provisioning w/large volumes
• fixes Cancel Task dialog to show proper "Are you sure?" text
• fixes Storage Volume Resize dialog max size setting for thick provisioning
• changes iSCSI driver from IET to SCST
• fixes 'View Share' dialog, missing space in mount path
• fixes text validation in dialogs so that the cursor doesn't jump to the end
• fixes upgrade logic to upgrade the target driver first and tomcat last
• fixes VMWare/XenServer virtual appliance device discovery so that devices are found without allow_unident=1 flag
• adds option to create/modify a pool to 'Enable Write Optimizations'. This uses the nobarrier filesystem option to leverage write optimizations in systems with a battery backup units.
• adds new LSI 3ware operations to web interface: controller rescan, add hot spare, identify disk, identify unit
• adds JFS pool type (create via command line only)
• adds support for SCSI3 persistent reservations / Windows Hyper-V live migration
• adds cloud backup support (Amazon S3)
• adds a warning to BTRFS pool type creation, this pool type is not yet ready for production use

v1.4.1.2069

• osn_quantastor_v1.4.1.2069.iso - MD5 checksum - 39744af315cd3d44498d9ba73a2b4013
• adds support for FusionIO cards
• adds support for new XFS based 'Archive' storage pool type. The Standard (ext4) pools are limited to 16TB which is sub-optimal for some disk-to-disk backup applications like Atempo so the new 'Archive (xfs)' pool type w/ a 8EB limit solves that.
• adds automatic audit logging, see /var/log/qs_audit.log
• adds logic to expunge old complete or failed task entries automatically
• adds logic to do an automatic internal database backup anytime a new pool is created
• adds properties page for iSCSI session in web interface
• adds LSI 3ware logical unit discovery
• fixes size reporting on Standard (ext4) thin provisioned volumes
• fixes service update logic
• fixes bug that was preventing new user role creation
• fixes bug in target port modify dialog
• fixes to new SCST support beta
• fixes bug in modify chap user/password where they were reversed

v1.4.0.2006

• osn_quantastor_v1.4.0.2006.iso - MD5 checksum - 7a27091cac27f470d4e83f31e55c361f
• remote replication support officially released
• adds Upgrade Manager for upgrading QuantaStor via the web interface
• adds Recovery Manager for recovering the QuantaStor database via the web interface
• login screen uses default password 'password' if no password is specified
• additional i18n work to prepare for localized editions

v1.3.1.1966

• osn_quantastor_v1.3.1.1966.iso - MD5 checksum - 3d5fa861634451c9cf14b79e4c61a535
• remote-replication beta updates
  • improved connection state logic
  • various enhancements to enable whole file transfers on initial push as well as options to disable this mode in quantastor.conf
  • bandwidth fixes for storage system link dialogs
• fixed CHAP bug in web interface
• added device exclusion list option to /etc/quantastor.conf
• additional i18n work to prepare for localized editions
• fixed bug in PhysicalDisk query where invalid characters in the serialNumber field was causing SOAP API issues

v1.3.1.1930

• osn_quantastor_v1.3.1.1930.iso - MD5 checksum - cded012fb659a3fe85091614bca96bc6
• fixed installer to allow more control over partitioning
• fixed bug in filesystem resize logic
• adds support for HP P400 RAID controllers via hpacucli
• fixed up firmware level detection
• adds beta support for remote replication schedules
• adds beta support for remote replication
• adds dialog for modifying network share client entries
• extends Storage System modify dialog to allow setting the network domain and search suffix
• additional i18n work to prepare for localized editions
• added storage system ID reset when /etc/qs_reset_sysid is present

v1.3.0.1864*

• osn_quantastor_v1.3.0.1864.iso - MD5 checksum - 4b96d2a450273f130f98ceb68aec26f4
• upgraded base platform from Ubuntu Server 10.04 to Ubuntu Server 10.10
• adds support for NAS / network shares / NFSv3
• adds support for network share snapshots
• adds support for restoring from network share snapshot
• enhances snapshot schedules to include support for automatic network share snapshots
• added additional license checks
• added more detail to storage pool properties page
• added dynamic permission definition upgrade logic
• additional i18n work to prepare for German and Japanese localization
• fixed bug in pool free-space calculation
• fix to target port state, was showing offline in some cases where it was online
• fix to storage pool state, also showing offline in some cases where it was online
• added logic to skip the startup device arrival delay if the system has been up for more than a couple mintues
• enhanced CLI to add network share management commands
• some optimization of web UI synchronization logic
• fixed up the send alert logic to handle SSL SMTP connections w/ retry logic
• added remote replication tab and initial code for replication schedules

v1.2.0.1737

• osn_quantastor_v1.2.0.1737.iso - MD5 checksum - E352F9C576BA1C1EC9A3B13AEF1D4F5C
• added support for changing DNS entries to the 'Modify Storage System' dialog
• added support for sending email with SMTP user/password
• fixed bug in license activate dialog to show license activation state
• added initial support for remote replication
• fixed memory leak in storage pool state and health monitor
• additional work on Japanese localization
• added properties pages for hardware enclosure / controller types
• added initial support for LSI 3ware 9690SA hardware discovery / alert integration
• added support for gathering tx/rx data per network adapter
• added file-system optimizations to reduce meta data footprint
• added support for Fusion IO device names

v1.1.0.1604

• fixed storage pool delete logic when deleting a pool with missing disk devices
• initial support for Japanese locale
• added option to QuantaStor Manager UI to allow one to 'force' a storage pool to start even when degraded
• improved device identification logic
• fixed minor bug in HP RAID controller support detection logic
• added support for large >2TB hardware RAID devices
• minor fix to storage pool create logic so that physical disks don't show the storage pool association as a GUID

v1.1.0.1592 *

• adds support for configuring ports as 'iSCSI enabled' so that ports can be designated as management only
• fixed physical disk discovery bug in XS VM
• adjusted read/transmit settings in iSCSI target driver to improve performance
• fixed storage pool start-up issue which would cause pools to be started as degraded or not at all. This was more common with large pools with 6 or more disks.
• fixed various edge conditions around create/delete virtual port
• fixed bug in port state discovery
• fixed bug where network access to QS server was not available after boot because networking needed to be restarted after port bonding was completed. Non-issue with systems not utilizing port bonding.

v1.1.0.1570

• added Mac OS X option to the host add/modify dialog
• minor fixes to volume cloning logic to support cloning across pool types
• minor fixes to alert email generation logic
• added support for automatic backup of QuantaStor database to /var/opt/osnexus/quantastor/osn.db.backup
• added initial changes for HP server / HP RAID controller support
• updated device ID collection logic to store scsi VDP 0x83 descriptor information for Physical Disk objects
• fixed bug in stripe-width/stride calculations for 'Standard' type pools
• fixed UI bug preventing role creation / RBAC security configuration changes

v1.1.0.1560

• fix to device discovery logic to support running QuantaStor in a VMWare ESX virtual machine
• fix to storage pool deletion logic to properly clear physical device to storage pool association
• added support for 'Standard' type storage pools which utilizes ext4 rather than btrfs as used with the 'Advanced' storage pool type.
• updated storage volume create dialog to include storage pool RAID level info
• updated QuantaStor kernel to be based off 2.6.35 to resolve ENOSPC edge conditions with Advanced storage pool type
• minor fix to storage pool diagram colors to improve contrast
• improved quantastor shutdown logic to bring down storage pools more cleanly
• updated storage pool partitioning logic to align storage pools to physical disk cylinder boundaries
• added filtering logic to prevent snapshot selection of volumes in Standard type storage pools

Notes

Note that version changes that are marked with an asterisk (*) indicate builds that include a change to the iSCSI target driver. A single asterisk is used to indicate a recommended but not required change to the driver and a double asterisk (**) is used to indicate that the qstortarget package must be upgraded along with the regular qstormanager and qstorservice packages.