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adds support for hardware RAID unit grow operation (LSI MegaRAID & Adaptec)
adds the Linear type Storage Pool layout
adds support for dynamic Storage Pool grow(concatenate) & expand operations for single disk RAID0 and Linear types
fixes license TB utilization calculation
adds support for virtual network interfaces, virtual interfaces allow you to create virtual network ports on different networks
adds support for virtual network interface floating. In the event that the physical port that the virtual interface is attached to goes offline, the virtual interface will automatically float to another online/active physical network interface. Virtual interfaces can also be pinned to specific physical network ports.
adds link state and link speed information to target port / network interface information
added hardware unit busy state to indicate when a relayout/build is active
added logic to pre-populate create virtual interface / create bonded interface dialog with subnet/network
fix create/grow unit dialog to filter disk selection based on selected hw controller
fixes create/modify cloud backup schedule dialog so that you can change the selected cloud container
fixes add cloud provider credentials so that you can have an amazon secret key that includes symbols like '+'
adds CLI command for upgrade 'qs upgrade' so that you can remotely upgrade quantastor instances
fixes various localized text for Japanese, note, add /?locale=ja to the URL to see the web interface in Japanese
fixes various cloud backup volume object state issues and adds automatic metadata and data cache flushing at the end of each volume backup
fixes cloud container activation logic and upgrades QuantaStor to s3ql v1.0.1
minor change to the ordering of stack items in the web interface
adds support for MegaRAID 9265 & 9285 controllers
adds hardware controller event filtering to remove nonsensical information and limits the event display to the last 50 messages plus any warnings/errors up to 100 hardware event messages total
adds initial API and model changes for grid management support
adds battery backup unit status information and detail to the HW controller properties
adds NFS export path information to the table view for Network Shares
disables browser caching so that the browser will load a new version of QuantaStor Manager on reconnect rather than using the cached
optimized RAID50 and RAID60 hardware unit creation
adds IO profiles to Storage Pool creation
fix to /etc/init.d/iptables configuration script to allow connections on QuantaStor web and SOAP ports
fix to Recovery Manager logic to allow recovery of bonded network port configurations
removed bad tooltips from various web dialogs
added password reset logic so that you can reset the admin password using qs_service --reset-password=mynewpassword
added iSCSI redirect logic for grid support
created qscli debian package and posted on Downloads page
enhanced the qs_bug_report.sh script to auto upload bug report
fixed web interface to show volume and pool size in both TB and TiB
adds support for MegaRAID 9265 and 9285 controllers
improved web interface support for MegaRAID operations (silence alarm, import foreign units)
adds MegaRAID and 3ware drivers to installer to assist with installing Quantastor onto a hardware RAID1 mirror
adds hardware controller detection logic to base activation of a plugin based on the hardware driver being loaded and the availability of the hardware vendor's API/CLI
qs Command Line Utility now supports having a QS_SERVER environment variable so that credentials like --server=localhost,admin,password do not have to be specified for every command
minor fix to EULA dialog
minor fix to menu popup so that the minimal menu shows when the "No storage pools detected." message is in the tree.
fix to network share quota support
includes upgraded driver - ixgbe v3.4.24 - Adds support for the latest Intel 10GbE NICs
includes upgraded driver - megaraid_sas v5.30 - Adds support for the 92x5 series
includes upgraded driver - aacraid v1.1-7[28000] - Adds support for the Adaptec 6xxx series
adds Japanese localization
enhanced Storage System Link so that user can specify a remote IP address for replication to remote WAN locations in the cloud
summary: QuantaStor v2.0.4 adds support for IO profiles, remote-replication of network shares and volumes residing in any pool type, and additional Adaptec hardware support.
adds CLI support for hardware management commands
adds Japanese localization
adds support for remote replication of network shares
adds support for replication of non-btrfs volumes and shares
adds icons and dialog changes for network share replication
adds support for adaptec single disk / JBOD type units
adds use user chap setting as default in UI
adds support for Storage Pool IO profiles, custom IO profiles can be created in /etc/qs_io_profiles.conf
adds 'disk-list=ALL' option to storage pool-create command using the qs CLI. This will auto-select all available non-utilized disks.
summary: QuantaStor v2.0.2 adds support for Adaptec controllers, cloud licensing and includes some minor maintenance fixes.
fixes issue with network interface changes to ports with gateway set
adds icon to identify spare hardware units
fixes issue where duplicate disks were shown under a hardware unit after it is created
fixes RAID level correlation / Storage Pool now shows hardware RAID level if hardware RAID is used
fixed web interface rendering bug seen in Firefox 4.
added logic to flush the write buffer cache of hardware RAID controllers automatically when storage pools are stopped. (also part of system shutdown)
fixes pool identification logic to route 'flash led' request to hardware controller as necessary
adds logic to discover boot/system physical disks but filter them from the web interface. This information is used to identify the hardware RAID unit on which the core QuantaStor OS is installed so that we can prevent users from deleting it.
improved correlation of physical disks with hardware RAID units
adds support for OEM edition branding
adds support for Adaptec 5405 controller
adds flag to allow network configuration recovery as part of database rollback
adds support for network share client modify commands to CLI
v2.0.1.2430
summary: QuantaStor v2.0.1 adds support for NFSv4 and includes some minor maintenance fixes.
adds support for NFSv4
adds simplified NFS export path format which eliminates the full storage pool GUID from the path
adds customizable ARP filtering policy setting to Modify Storage System dialog
adds NFS configuration dialog so you can set the system to NFSv3 or NFSv4 mode
fixes ribbon bar browser layout issue with IE
fixes bug in CLI command system-shutdown
fixes Windows CLI so you can run it from anywhere rather than just from the CLI installed location
fixes issue with Add Host dialog where the host entries to a bad DNS lookup and get an invalid IP address associated with them
fixes for Citrix StorageLink 2.4 support
fixes upgrade from 1.x to 2.x so that this can be done and the kernel upgrade is automatic
fixes pool start logic to automatically re-enable network shares when a storage pool is brought back online
fixes pool modify configuration to preserve the enable write optimizations flag which was getting cleared when a pool was start/stopped
summary: QuantaStor v2.0 adds support for Fibre Channel via Qlogic 24xx and 25xx series adapters and adds integrated support for the LSI MegaRAID and DELL PERC families of RAID controllers.
fixes invalid warning when scsi target driver is restarted
adds install script for LSI MegaRAID CLI to /opt/osnexus/quantastor/raid-tools/lsimegaraid-install.sh
adds plug-in support for LSI MegaRAID discovery and management
adds support for Fibre Channel via Qlogic 24xx and 25xx cards
add host/initiator dialogs updated to support FC initiators
new kernel 2.6.35-27 with FC support and latest LSI MegaRAID driver
multiple simultaneous hardware alerts are now coalesced into a single alert email
enhanced storage volume create dialog to support partial reservation of space
added additional RAID info message filtering
fixes /dev/fd0 warning messages via floppy driver blacklist
fixes make initrd issue with missing pango library
fixes missing target ID field in UI which was always reporting 0
cleanup of alert email to remove non-IP addresses like 'bond0' from the list.
added logic to remove the replication and cloud backup tabs as per licensing
SCST scsi target driver optimized for performance
fixes corner case with IQN target ID generation with 'volname.x' overlapping with 'volname:x'
fixes UI issue with partially expanded tree on User, Cloud, and Replication tabs
adds XenServer to drop-down list of supported host types
adds cloud container repair command to fixup container in cases where the system is shutdown while cloud replication is in progress
adds network share enable/disable dialogs rather than using the network share modify dialog for this
adds config file option to permanently enable/disable arp filtering. Default is auto where arp filtering is enabled only when NIC ports are bonded.
adds IP Address to host modify dialog so this can be changed when the detected IP address is wrong.
minor fix to export storage pool command
minor UI fix to virtual port / bond creation
minor UI fix to create volume dialog when pool has no free space
cleanup of storage quota create dialog layout
target IQN generation now includes part of the storage volume UUID
fix to cloud container enable / repair logic
adds logic to automatically removed completed tasks and old alerts > 50 by default
fixes CHAP authentication bug where remove old entries were not removed on reconfiguration of CHAP settings
fixes Windows MPIO issue with t10 device descriptor format
fixes license key activation error detail
fix to db restore logic
fix to service upgrade logic
fix to modify cloud container dialog
fixed issue with db rollback to a configuration database with ports configured with NIC bonding, new behavior is to flush the bond configuration.
fixed issue with VMware physical disks being identified as XenServer
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
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
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