Revision as of 20:45, 15 April 2015

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.

Versioning System

QuantaStor version numbers have four (4) parts to them. A major number (M), minor number (N), maintenance update number (U) and build number (B) of the form M.N.U.B such as 3.13.2.6490. QuantaStor upgrades go directly from whatever version you are running to the latest version with no interim steps so for example if you are at v3.11 you will upgrade directly to the latest 3.x version which may be v3.18.

Major Version Number

The major release number rarely increments because it typically represents a upgrade of the underlying Linux distro. QuantaStor v3 is built on top of Ubuntu Server 12.04.5 and QuantaStor v4 will be built on top of Ubuntu Server 14.04.

Minor Version Number

The minor version number increments with each new update release of QuantaStor which comes out every 6 to 8 weeks. Releases typically include a combination of new features and some maintenance fixes. Most releases can be applied without a reboot and zero downtime as they rarely include driver changes. If a release does require a reboot we mark it specially with a large tag "REBOOT REQUIRED" so that you can find an appropriate maintenance window in which to apply the upgrade. In general, reboots are only required when the qstortarget package has been upgraded. So if you see that a new version of that package is available know that a reboot will be required to complete the upgrade.

Maintenance Update

If the release has a positive maintenance version number like .1 or .2 it represents a update to address one or more support tickets. These updates do not contain new features, only fixes to address specific issues.

Build Number

The build number can be largely ignored, it simply increments with each commit that is made to the source tree.

v3.15.0.75xx (ETA / April 2015)

Network Shares / NAS

adds user/group ownership control settings to Network Share Create/Modify dialogs
adds share r/w/x permissions control to Network Share Modify dialog
adds posixUid/posixGui to user objects
adds setting to enable POSIX acls by default on ZFS pool create, XFS pools already had posix ACLs enabled by default

HA Storage Pools

adds Site Cluster, Cluster Ring management, and active cluster monitoring into WUI
adds major optimizations for HA failover speed

Security

adds support for customizing the pem files for all services (core qs_service, REST service, and Tomcat)
adds support for customizing the SSL ciphers, applies strong cipher limits automatically
adds SSL cert generation script which deposits custom certs into /var/opt/osnexus/quantastor/ssl which are automatically picked up by REST and core services
adds script command to upgrade from Java 6 to Java 7 (qs-util java7upgrade), which allows browsers to connect via https using stronger ciphers / TLS 1.2
fix to disable all use of SSLv3 across all internal services (Core service, Tomcat, REST API service) in favor of TLS for improved security / HIPAA compliance

Cloud Containers / NAS Gateway

adds new SoftLayer Object Storage locations for mon,mel,mex,fra,par,syd,tok

Hardware Support

adds support for HP P431 and related RAID controllers
adds fixes management and monitoring for latest LSI HBAs including IBM OEM variants
adds support for latest LSI MegaRAID and related OEM hardware
adds support for installing via USB media with new ISO

Misc

adds SNMP fixes for SNMP v3 traps and adds new SNMP types
adds VMware certification, iSCSI w/ ESX 5.1
adds improved ethernet port vendor/model detection, and ports now show as "Disabled" if unconfigured
adds smart hotspare selection to prefer hotspare which is in the same enclosure as the failed device
adds smart pool creation which makes multi-enclosure chassis deployments highly-available by round-robin selection of disks across enclosures for all RAID levels
adds improvement to daily utilization graph to allow selection of multiple days
adds many improvements to Japanese localization ( add '/?locale=ja' to URL )
adds and updates accessTimeStamp on storage volume objects
adds CLI command to allow for updating the createByScheduleId field on storage volumes
adds updates for improved detection and display of SED disks / sets isEncrypted flag.

GluserFS integration

adds support for Gluster 3.6, upgrading from 3.5 to 3.6 can be done incrementally node by node without downtime

Maintenance Fixes

adds major optimizations for pool scan and device import
adds major optimizations for service startup
fix for gluster brick add operation also adds checks to prevent bricks from overlaying on existing pools
fix for gluster reblance corner case allowing more time for it to start
fix to skip expired replicas in cleanup stage if the snapshot has snapshots
fix to show nested snapshots of snapshots in WUI
fix for user level CHAP credentials multi-node auto-update logic
fix for open file handle issue with services restart logic
fix to Alert Manager to allow for setting the SMTP port number
fix to Alert Manager SMTP send logic to properly handle STARTTLS
fix to auto start Cloud Containers at system startup
fix to auto start XFS based pool on pool-create
fix to bonded port creation to auto ifenslave ports after creation
fix to allow removal of duplicate 'admin' users
fix to CLI to allow clearing fields with empty argument value "", for example --description=""
fix to qs_service --reset-password
fix to T10 device descriptor format to use pool UUID rather than system UUID. Only applies to newly created storage volumes, existing volumes are unchanged.
fix to XFS based replication
fix to Cloud Container create to setup CIFS/NFS settings and to auto-enable the container when the share is enabled
fix to Storage Volume Utilization entries to show the volume name and date stamp in the 'name' field
fix for FC port startup at boot time
fix to HP P4xx/8xx Series RAID unit creation to pass 'force' option as needed
fix for CLI bug in volume-clone and network-share-snapshot commands
fix to password length enforcement (8-34 char)
fix to CLI so that boolean args default to true (eg --somearg is equivalent to --somearg=true)
fix to CLI to allow specifying network share names starting with '@' symbols
fix to adding/removing a initiator IQN to/from a host to update ACLs when using host groups
fix to do license checks before processing or triggering remote replication schedules
fix to obscure CHAP user/pass in web UI
fix to allow deleting storage volumes which are a member of a storage volume group
fix to remove duplicate user entries in Samba config when user assigned as 'Admin' on a share
fix to allow for duplicate share names as long as they're on separate systems
fix to block the use of L2ARC in HA storage pool configurations
fix to gSOAP library / upgrade to 2.8.17 resolves management service memory leak seen in multi-node configurations
fix to increase default max log size to 25MB before auto-rotate

v3.14.1.7090 (January 14th 2015)

fix to Create Hardware RAID unit API where task would stay in Queued state (.7090 hot-fix)
fix to multi-node NFS config update when Gluster based Network Share NFS client access is changed
fix SCST warning in kern.log due to missing dir
fix to allow upgrading to 3.14 without making the 3.13 linux kernel upgrade mandatory
fix to deletion of custom named network share snapshot cleanup
fix to HA manager startup to support configs where grid is torn down
fix http redirect for lsiget log generation
fix to delete grid where grid IP field is not cleared
fix to NFS server config to remove RPCMOUNTDOPTS=--manage-gids option by default
adds support for storage volume / network share instant rollback from snapshot
fix to rollback network share from remote replica
fix to syslog startup in 3.14
fix to CLI output when commands are run with --async to show task information
fix to CLI share-client-add command to create Network shares in r/w mode by default.
fix to CHAP settings update when changed on user account
fix HTTP header of QuantaStor Manager to make sure it is validator.w3.org compliant
adds support for multiple Network Shares with the same name as long as they're on separate appliances in the grid
adds QuantaStor appliance host name to the browser tab title area
adds lazy-clone option to Storage Volume snapshot which delays making the snapshot writable until it is assigned
adds delayed/lazy-clone as default mode for remote replication snapshots which greatly reduces system CPU, memory, and filesystem load

QuantaStor 3.14.1 update via Upgrade Manager

Login to the WebUI with an admin account and run the Upgrade Manager, click Check for Updates and Install the below QuantaStor update packages via the Upgrade manager.

Web Management    3.14.1.7090-1
Core Services    3.14.1.7090-1
Web Server    7.0.7089-1

If you are upgrading from a release older than 3.14.0, you will need to install the iSCSI target Driver and schedule a reboot of the system.

iSCSI Target Driver     3.14.0.6993-1

QuantaStor 3.14.1 Manual install

The below 2 commands can be run from the console of a QuantaStor appliance to explicitly install the 3.14.1 release on any QuantaStor running a v3 release.

apt-get update
apt-get install -y libpython2.7=2.7.3-0ubuntu3.6 zfsutils libzpool2 libzfs2 lsscsi pv qstormanager=3.14.1.7090-1 qstorservice=3.14.1.7090-1 qstortomcat=7.0.7089-1 qstortarget=3.14.0.6993-1

If you wish to upgrade to the 3.13 linux kernel provided with the QuantaStor 3.14 release, please follow the instructions here.

v3.14.0.6993 (December 30th 2014) KERNEL and DRIVER UPGRADE AVAILABLE - REBOOT REQUIRED

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.14.0.6993.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.14.0.6993.md5
adds 3.13 linux kernel and SCST driver stack upgrade
adds support for Micron PCIe SSD cards
adds universal hot-spare management system for ZFS based pools
adds support for FC session management and session iostats collection
adds disk search/filtering to Storage Pool Create/Grow dialogs in web interface
adds configurable replication schedule start offset to replication schedule create/modify dialogs
adds support for cascading replication schedules so that you can replicate volumes across appliances A->B->C->D->etc
adds wiki documentation for CopperEgg
adds significantly more stats/instruments to Librato Metrics integration
adds dual mode FC support where FC ports can now be in Target+Initiator mode
adds support for management API connection session management to CLI and REST API interfaces
adds storage volume instant rollback dialog to web management interface
adds sysstats to send logs report
adds swap device utilization monitoring and alerting on high swap utilization
adds support for unlimited users / removes user count limit license checks for all license editions
adds support for scale-out block storage via Ceph FS/RBDs (pilot program only)
deprecated drbd continuos xfs pool replication
fix for CLI host-modify command
fix for pool discovery reverting IO profile selection back to default at pool start
fix for web interface to hide 'Delete Unit' for units used for system/boot
fix for alert threshold slider setting in web interface 'Alert Manager' dialog
fix for sending email alerts to multiple accounts.
fix to accelerate pool start/stop operations for FC based systems
fix to disk/pool correlation logic
fix to allow IO profiles to have spaces and other special characters in the profile name
fix to FC ACL removal
fix to storage system link setup to use management network IPs
fix to remove replication association dialog to greatly simplify it
fix to CLI disk and pool operations to allow referencing disks by short names
fix for replication schedule create to fixup and validate storage system links
fix for replication schedule delta snapshot cleanup logic which ensures that the last delta between source and target is not removed
fix for stop replication to support terminating zfs based replication jobs
fix for pool freespace detection and alert management
fix license checks to support sum of vol, snap, cloud limits across all grid nodes
fix to create gluster volume to use round-robin brick allocation across grid nodes/appliances to ensure brick pairs do not land on the same node
fix to storage volume snapshot space utilization calculation
fix to iSCSI close session logic for when multiple sessions are created between the same pair of target/initiator IP addresses
fix to auto update user specific CHAP settings across all grid nodes when modified
fix to allow udev more time to generate block device links, resolves issue exposed during high load with replication
fix to IO fencing logic to reduce load and make it work better with udev

QuantaStor 3.14.0 release Linux 3.13 Kernel update instructions.

Kernel update instructions.
Install the latest updates for the below QuantaStor update packages via the Upgrade manager:

Web Management 
Core Services 
Web Server
iSCSI Target Driver

Once the update packages are installed, login to the system console as the qadmin user and run the below script from the console to install the new 3.13 kernel package.

sudo qs-kernelupgrade

Once the script has finished, please reboot the system to boot to the new kernel.

QuantaStor 3.14.0 Manual install

The below 4 commands can be run from the Console of a QuantaStor unit to explicitly install the 3.14.0 release on any QuantaStor running a v3 release.

apt-get update
apt-get install -y libpython2.7=2.7.3-0ubuntu3.6 zfsutils libzpool2 libzfs2 lsscsi pv apparmor rsyslog qstormanager=3.14.0.6993-1 qstorservice=3.14.0.6993-1 qstortomcat=7.0.6452-1 qstortarget=3.14.0.6993-1
mkdir -p /var/lib/scst/vdev_mode_pages
qs-kernelupgrade

QuantaStor 3.14.0 Offline update instructions

The below steps are provided for QuantaStor units that do not have a local update repository or access to public repositories.

Download the below packages and move them locally onto the QuantaStor appliance you wish to update.

wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/linux-headers-3.13.0-39-quantastor_3.13.0-39.66~precise1_amd64.deb
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/linux-headers-3.13.0-39_3.13.0-39.66~precise1_all.deb
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/linux-image-3.13.0-39-quantastor_3.13.0-39.66~precise1_amd64.deb
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/qstormanager_3.14.0.6993-1_all.deb
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/qstorservice_3.14.0.6993-1_amd64.deb
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/qstortomcat_7.0.6452-1_all.deb
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/qstortarget-3.13.0-39-quantastor_3.14.0.6993-1_amd64.deb

Run the below commands to install the packages from the directory containing the packages.
sudo -i
dpkg -i qstormanager_3.14.0.6993-1_all.deb qstorservice_3.14.0.6993-1_amd64.deb qstortomcat_7.0.6452-1_all.deb qstortarget-3.13.0-39-quantastor_3.14.0.6993-1_amd64.deb 
dpkg -i linux-image-3.13.0-39-quantastor_3.13.0-39.66~precise1_amd64.deb linux-headers-3.13.0-39_3.13.0-39.66~precise1_all.deb linux-headers-3.13.0-39-quantastor_3.13.0-39.66~precise1_amd64.deb

v3.13.6.6540 (November 23rd 2014)

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.13.6.6540.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.13.6.6540.md5
fix for user limit to combine across grid licenses and nice log message when approaching limits
add softlayer object storage support for london and toronto locations

sudo -i
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/qstor-downloads/qstorservice_3.13.6.6540-1_amd64.deb
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/qstor-downloads/qstormanager_3.13.6.6540-1_all.deb
dpkg -i qstormanager_3.13.6.6540-1_all.deb qstorservice_3.13.6.6540-1_amd64.deb

v3.13.5.6537 (November 14th 2014)

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.13.5.6537.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.13.5.6537.md5
adds new SoftLayer datacenter Cloud Container locations
fix for user limit count calculation.
fix grid compatibility with older QuantaStor versions.

v3.13.4.6527 (October 30th 2014)

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.13.4.6527.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.13.4.6527.md5
reduce CPU usage during remote replication.
further replication throttling improvements.
fix reported size usage for remote replications.

v3.13.3.6515 (October 21st 2014)

adds load balancing to remote replication, use 'qs-util rratelimitset NN' to configure, 50MB/sec is the default limit.
adds load balancing to volume cloning, use 'qs-util clratelimitset NN' to configure, 200MB/sec is the default limit.
adds additional Storage Volume delete confirmation checks in web management interface to show count of any active iSCSI sessions
adds option to offset the start of a replication schedule by NN minutes for staggered replication. With scheduled replication at 1am, 4am, 7am and a 10 minute offset, replication will start at 1:10am, 4:10am and 7:10am respectively. CLI only feature in this update:
- qs replication-schedule-modify SCHEDULE-NAME --offset-minutes=10
fix to Create Remote Replication Schedule dialog to allow adjusting max replicas and sets min replicas to 3.
fix to audit logging

v3.13.2.6491 (October 10th 2014)

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.13.2.6491.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.13.2.6491.md5
fix to volume check logic for remote-replication schedules
fix to volume batch create and delete operations to allow more time for udev rules to run on slow systems
fix to network share enum user/group quotas to API redirect to correct node owner of share
fix to SAS disk discovery for Adaptec controllers
fix to scheduler for interval based replication schedules which only contain Network Shares
fix to read/write TX counters on network ports where in some cases they were not getting updated
fix to show MB rather than MiB for read/write TX counters in QuantaStor Manager
fix to show a suffix of "(Disconnected)" in WUI to make it clear when a grid node is offline/disconnected
adds qs-util CLI enhancement for ZFS meta cache limit configuration. see qs-util setzfsarcmax auto
adds qs-util CLI commands for checkswap and clearcache
adds qs-iostat CLI enhancement ZFS L2ARC information. see qs-iostat -a
adds qs CLI utility commands for replication schedule and replica assoc management
adds qs CLI utility command for trigger snapshot schedule
adds additional swap and cache stats information to log report
updated wiki CLI documentation
updates object naming of Storage Cloud to be more aptly named Multitenant Resource Group

v3.13.1.6452 (September 23rd 2014) DRIVER UPGRADE AVAILABLE - REBOOT REQUIRED

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.13.1.6452.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.13.1.6452.md5
upgrades ZFS to latest maintenance release v.6.3 (included in qstortarget package and requires reboot)
upgrades GlusterFS to latest maintenance release v3.5.2
adds hardware encryption support via qs CLI for LSI SafeStore SED/FDE hardware encryption
adds software encryption (LUKS based)
adds GlusterFS automated peer setup w/ /etc/hosts management
adds support for triple parity RAID-Z3 layout for ZFS based storage pools
adds new qs-iofence utility, deprecates use of zpoolfence, adds support for multipath HA configurations
adds support for SAS multipath device detection and path associations
adds improved device naming to use friendly name plus the boot resilient name in parentheses
adds LSI SafeStore key management operations to the web management interface
adds additional options to qs-iostat
fix to remote replication configuration setup where replica-associations/storage-system-links could get dropped during reconfiguration in larger grids
fix to SNMP MIB, overhauled MIB design and snmpagent is now compliant to various MIB certification tests
fix to storage pool device naming convention to map through the exact device names shown in 'zpool status'
fix to gluster peer detach to add 'force' option
fix to service port 5151 http GET to return 404 for invalid requests
fix to various WUI dialog error messages
fix to remove unnecessary spl package dependency
fix to filter out partitions from the Physical Disk list
fix to log rotation to no longer rotate empty log files
fix to block sending email alerts when there are no recipients
fix to prevent grid dual primary link condition
fix to cloud container import for swift based containers

sudo -i
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/qstor-downloads/qstorservice_3.13.1.6452-1_amd64.deb
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/qstor-downloads/qstormanager_3.13.1.6452-1_all.deb
dpkg -i qstormanager_3.13.1.6452-1_all.deb qstorservice_3.13.1.6452-1_amd64.deb

v3.12.3.6111 (July 30th 2014)

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.12.3.6111.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.12.3.6111.md5
fix to DNS lookup issue for Gluster configurations
fix to prune large MegaSAS.log file (> 50MB) and to not log MegaCli discovery operations
fix to corner case in HPNBufferSize editing of /etc/ssh/sshd_conf for HPN SSH support
adds /etc/hosts configuration management via Gluster Peer Setup dialog
adds qs CLI commands qs grid-get-hosts, grid-set-hosts for /etc/hosts configuration (qs grid-set-hosts eth0)
adds hardware module for LSI MPT SAS HBAs

sudo -i
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/qstor-downloads/qstorservice_3.12.3.6111-1_amd64.deb
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/qstor-downloads/qstormanager_3.12.3.6111-1_all.deb
dpkg -i qstormanager_3.12.3.6111-1_all.deb qstorservice_3.12.3.6111-1_amd64.deb

v3.12.2.6084 (July 22nd 2014)

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.12.2.6084.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.12.2.6084.md5
fix to show gluster brick/volume warning icon if brick/volume is unhealthy
fix to add gluster logs into 'Send Logs..' report
fix to gluster volume discovery logic and brick free-space updates
fix to grid 'set master node' error handling
fix to network share attribute updates (compression level, etc)
fix to detect HPN version of ssh and to auto configure /etc/ssh/sshd_config accordingly
fix to network config management logic which was removing an additional line(s) in /etc/network/interface
fix to storage pool free-space and percent provisioned calc
fix to BBU discovery for Adaptec controllers
fix to network share delete on ZFS pools to not use 'rm' as it is slow and redundant
fix to update user password on all grid nodes
fix to gluster volume delete logic
fix to set password error message to show 8 to 40 characters required
fix to delete vlan dialog in web interface
fix to schedule manager which was preventing hour/week based schedules from firing
adds network event alert throttling
fix to grid rename and grid IP address change logic

sudo -i
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/qstor-downloads/qstormanager_3.12.2.6084-1_all.deb
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/qstor-downloads/qstorservice_3.12.2.6084-1_amd64.deb
dpkg -i qstormanager_3.12.2.6084-1_all.deb qstorservice_3.12.2.6084-1_amd64.deb

v3.12.0.6029 (June 27th 2014)

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.12.0.6029.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.12.0.6029.md5
adds support for OpenStack Cinder (see here for more detail )
adds support for interval based replication down to 15 minute cycles
adds support for data-migration / 3rd party LUN copy to new QuantaStor Storage Volume
adds support for user quotas on network shares (AD group quotas not yet available)
adds support for storage tiers / tiers are groups of storage pools for which provide smart placement of newly provisioned storage volumes
adds redesigned network bond management logic, now allows selection of teaming mode on a per bond basis
adds new https keystore for web management interface (be sure to clear your browser cache)
adds secure mode 'qs-util disablehttp' to enable/disable http access (port 80) to force admins to use https for web management
adds info on posix UID/GID to user properties page
adds session management to qs CLI with automatic retry logic to handle broken network pipe conditions, improves scripting/automation
adds new password minimum length of 8 characters (was 6)
adds acl mount option to gluster client loopback connections for Samba/NFS access
adds xattr=sa option for network shares by default, is also enabled with 'Enable MMC Managment' option.
adds additional zones to SoftLayer cloud provider location list for Hong Kong and Singapore
adds alert filtering via '/etc/qs_alertfilters.conf' file. To filter alerts echo the name of the alert like so:
- echo "[Service Update]" > /etc/qs_alertfilters.conf
adds nightly check for MCE errors (memory check exception) which can indicate bad RAM.
adds automatic tdb backup for SMB configuration data
fix to gluster volume delete/modify for SMB config synchronization
fix for Gluster peer attach to use hostnames whenever possible (/etc/hosts recommended as DNS failback option for name resolution)
fix to network share restore operation to remove files that are not in the snapshot and to restore extended attributes
fix for remote replication create/modify dialog for grids with 3 or more nodes
fix to speed up pool start logic for configurations with many share snapshots
fix to network share multi-delete to show more progress detail
fix to Cloud Container location code so that you can select a location and create a container from the context menu
fix for various network share CLI commands
fix invalid trace messages
fix for DR support to do additional replication checks
fix to core service to allow for changing openssl pem files

sudo -i
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/qstor-downloads/qstormanager_3.12.0.6029-1_all.deb
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/qstor-downloads/qstorservice_3.12.0.6029-1_amd64.deb
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/qstor-downloads/qstortomcat_7.0.6029-1_all.deb
dpkg -i qstormanager_3.12.0.6029-1_all.deb qstorservice_3.12.0.6029-1_amd64.deb qstortomcat_7.0.6029-1_all.deb

v3.11.0.5877 (May 16th 2014)

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.11.0.5877.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.11.0.5877.md5
adds option to disable ALUA support (needed for VMware HA configurations)
adds support for storage tier management. Tiers are groups of storage pools for easy automated provisioning. (currently CLI only)
adds alert when HA port failover occurs
adds new basic discovery module for mptsas LSI Fusion HBAs
adds SAS address info to HW disk properties
adds HW controller cache memory size information
fix to allow for clearing network port configurations. Do this via the Modify Network Port dialog and set the port to 0.0.0.0 or choose 'disabled'.
fix to identify HA virtual interfaces as 'static' rather than 'unknown'
fix for Network Share free-space updates / previously was generating too much system load
fix to clone operation, adds more progress detail to task status
fix for cli command host-group-host-remove and volume-modify
fix to recovery management to additionally auto-recover samba configuration
fix to rename user to update samba configuration
fix to CIFS management Network Share Modify dialog
fix to UI to not show empty 1969 timestamps and other unpopulated fields
fix to backup policies to backup files with non-ASCII characters in the file name

sudo -i
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/qstorservice_3.11.0.5877-1_amd64.deb
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/qstormanager_3.11.0.5877-1_all.deb
dpkg -i qstormanager_3.11.0.5877-1_all.deb qstorservice_3.11.0.5877-1_amd64.deb

v3.10.3.5830 (May 6th 2014)

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.10.3.5830.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.10.3.5830.md5
fix for Network Share used space check (resolves performance / CPU utilization issue)
fix to HA device descriptor generation
fix to clone operation, adds more progress detail to task status
fix for qs-util megalsiget utility
adds new driver for mpt3sas LSI SAS3 HBAs

sudo -i
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/qstorservice_3.10.3.5830-1_amd64.deb
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/qstormanager_3.10.3.5830-1_all.deb
dpkg -i qstormanager_3.10.3.5830-1_all.deb qstorservice_3.10.3.5830-1_amd64.deb

v3.10.2.5820 (April 25th 2014)

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.10.2.5820.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.10.2.5820.md5
adds support for ALUA on iSCSI for HA
adds new CIFS options for extended attributes to Network Share Create/Modify dialogs
adds support for additional compression options
adds support for LSI mpt2sas based HBA discovery and enclosure services integration
adds SNMP support and full MIB
adds SNMP commands to qs-util
adds support for custom qs_init_share.sh in /var/opt/osnexus/quantastor
adds performance test to qs-util
adds the SNMP tools and iozone performance tool packages
fixes and optimization for HA failover support
fix for iSCSI session write/update issue
fix for System Monitor role
fix for setting bind address / gridIP attachment to non-eth0
fix for gluster version check for 3.4
fix for SSD storage pool IO profile

sudo -i
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/qstorservice_3.10.2.5820-1_amd64.deb
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/qstormanager_3.10.2.5820-1_all.deb
dpkg -i qstormanager_3.10.2.5820-1_all.deb qstorservice_3.10.2.5820-1_amd64.deb

v3.10.0.5751 (April 4th 2014)

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.10.0.5751.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.10.0.5751.md5
adds additional trace for alert logging
adds support for GlusterFS 3.4.2
adds configurable compression level and sync policy settings to Storage Volume Modify, Network Share Modify, and Storage Pool Modify
adds logic to automatically set ZIL cache policy to always when ZIL SSD cache devices are added
adds ZFS dataset creation for gluster bricks
adds gluster volume auto-start after creation
adds grid status monitoring logic to core service via --grid-stat option
fixes and optimizations for grid scalability
fix for cloud container CIFS access disabled at service startup
fix for inaccurate utilized space on container's associated network share
fix for inaccurate utilized space on gluster volume's associated network share
fix for SoftLayer cloud container creation
fix for accessing @GMT snapshots via NFS
fix to allow creating storage system links between virtual and VLAN interfaces
fix for MTU setting on VLAN ports, MTU of VLANs interfaces must be less than or equal to parent interface
fix for gluster delete volume
fix for delete/export pool to disconnect associated gluster mounts

sudo -i
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/qstorservice_3.10.0.5751-1_amd64.deb
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/qstormanager_3.10.0.5751-1_all.deb
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/glusterfs-server_3.4.2-ubuntu2~precise6_amd64.deb
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/glusterfs-client_3.4.2-ubuntu2~precise6_amd64.deb
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/glusterfs-common_3.4.2-ubuntu2~precise6_amd64.deb
dpkg -i qstormanager_3.10.0.5751-1_all.deb qstorservice_3.10.0.5751-1_amd64.deb
dpkg -i glusterfs-server_3.4.2-ubuntu2~precise6_amd64.deb glusterfs-client_3.4.2-ubuntu2~precise6_amd64.deb glusterfs-common_3.4.2-ubuntu2~precise6_amd64.deb

v3.9.4.5688 (March 14th 2014)

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.9.4.5688.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.9.4.5688.md5

hot-fix for host group management, was not managing assignments properly in grid configurations
fix for network share management of CIFS settings on Gluster shares
fix for low level grid reset logic with /opt/osnexus/quantastor/bin/qs_service --reset-grid
fix to set SSD optimized state to true when ZIL/L2ARC is enabled for a pool
adds minor web UI enhancements to show compression ratios and quotas in the table view
adds more checks to block Community Edition appliances from being added to a grid
adds qs CLI commands for marking hardware RAID disks as good, host-spares, and for importing foreign RAID units
adds support for mark good API with Adaptec controllers

Upgrade Instructions for systems on Private Networks

sudo -i
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/qstorservice_3.9.4.5688-1_amd64.deb
wget http://packages.osnexus.com/packages/precise/main/qstormanager_3.9.4.5688-1_all.deb
dpkg -i qstormanager_3.9.4.5688-1_all.deb qstorservice_3.9.4.5688-1_amd64.deb

v3.9.3.5670 (March 7th 2014)

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.9.3.5670.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.9.3.5670.md5
added cloud container support for Google Cloud Storage
- this requires installation and configuration of gsutil via console using 'sudo install-gsutil'
added support for accessing cloud containers via CIFS, see Modify Network Share to enable
added AD group and user search/filtering features to QuantaStor web interface in Modify Network Share
added support for network share quota with ZFS based storage pools in Modify Network Share
added support for disabling browsing for network share _snaps directories in Modify Network Share
added enhanced tabs for hardware RAID units, disks, events to filter on selected controller
adds convenience Select All buttons to the network share permissions tab in Modify Network Share
moved tab for iSCSI sessions to Storage Volume section, now only shows iSCSI sessions for selected storage volume
fixed bug in cloud container create which would occasionally set the container state to error
minor updates to EULA
changed policy to have iSCSI redirection disabled by default as there are issues in grid configurations with VLANs where redirection could point to an inaccessible network
changed default max ARC size to 70% after initial system installation
added cluster configuration information to send log report
adds qs-util megasettime to set the clock on MegaRAID controllers
adds warning alert that additional configuration is required when NFSv4 w/ Kerberos mode is enabled.
fix to update '/etc/issue' automatically after network configuration changes
fix for HA custom callout script support
fix to cleanup HA groups on storage pool export
fix to skip schedule execution if no volumes/shares are present
fix to MegaRAID SCSI inquiry page parsing to flip serial number / model number around in some cases
fix to MegaRAID to show proper drive status when marked as 'Failed'
fix to AD domain leave operation to remove AD computer entry
fix for network share delete snapshot / unmount filesystem issue

sudo -i
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/qstor-downloads/qstorservice_3.9.3.5670-1_amd64.deb
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/qstor-downloads/qstormanager_3.9.3.5670-1_all.deb
dpkg -i qstormanager_3.9.3.5670-1_all.deb qstorservice_3.9.3.5670-1_amd64.deb

v3.9.1.5598 (February 2014)

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.9.1.5598.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.9.1.5598.md5
added optimizations to DR / remote-replication to efficiently handle import
added optimizations for Grid join process
added additional license capacity 'wiggle room' to allow for 1TB of additional space for SSD caching
fixed a race condition import problem seen with multiple replication policies all running concurrently
fixed disk device correlation problem seen when cloning VSAs in Virtual Box
fixed Cancel button in dialog for Add/Remove Shares from Quota
fixed AD join process to support Domain Administrator accounts with passwords which have spaces ' ' in them.

v3.9.0.5585 (January 2014)

ISO DVD image: osn_quantastor_v3.9.0.5585.iso
MD5 Hash: osn_quantastor_v3.9.0.5585.md5
adds support for SAS HBA based HA support
adds support for Gluster HA virtual network interfaces, now CIFS/NFS access to Gluster volumes is HA
adds customizable storage volume block size (ZVOL block size) in 'Create Storage Volume..' dialog under 'Advanced Settings'.
adds multipath support for dual-path SAS HBA connectivity to SAS JBOD
adds SNMP agent with get/walk/trap support
adds 'Attach Gluster Peer' dialog for customizing Gluster peer connections to use specific ports/interfaces
adds compression ratio information to volume, share, and pool properties
adds secondary port discovery for manually created virtual interfaces which show up in 'ip addr' but not 'ifconfig'
adds revised layout (grid aware) for all network management dialogs
fix for local user synchronization across grid nodes for Gluster/CIFS support
fix for CIFS/NFS configuration synchronization across grid nodes for Gluster
fixes for Japanese localization
fixes reboot/shutdown hang due to missing pacemaker K01 shutdown directive in /etc/rc6.d
fixes for Gluster 3.4 integration
optimizations for to speed up create grid operation
deprecates / removes btrfs pool type option from Create Storage Pool in web UI, still available from CLI
tested/certified LSI MegaRAID 93xx / 12G RAID Controller
manual upgrade procedure for systems on private networks:

wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/qstor-downloads/qstorservice_3.9.0.5585-1_amd64.deb
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/qstor-downloads/qstormanager_3.9.0.5585-1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i qstorservice_3.9.0.5585-1_amd64.deb qstormanager_3.9.0.5585-1_all.deb

v3.8.2.5441 (December 19th 2013)

adds initial support for Samba4/SMB3.
- Note that an additional installation step is required to upgrade.
adds 'zvolutil repair' command for fixing bad blocks/checksums in ZFS ZVOLs, more info here.
fix to RBAC role modify operation
fix to multi-tenancy support to add Network Shares as a cloud resource type
fix to Amazon S3 / add custom locations support

v3.8.1.5360 (December 3rd 2013)

fixes for storage volume clone operation
fixes for manual HA failover support
fixes for grid synchronization logic

v3.8.0.5335 (November 22nd 2013)

osn_quantastor_v3.8.0.5335.iso
osn_quantastor_v3.8.0.5335.md5
adds support for specifying block size and stripe leg length for hardware RAID unit creation (Adaptec / LSI MegaRAID)
adds unit build/initialization status information for Adaptec controllers
adds hardware controller configuration options to the toolbar
adds qs-util setzfsarcmin / setzfsarcmax commands for adjusting ZFS ARC global settings.
- to configure your system to use 80% of available RAM for ARC cache use the command 'sudo qs-util setzfsarcmax 80'
- reboot is required for new ARC settings to take effect
adds alert and task annotations to Librato Metrics integration
adds auto config adjustment to reserve at least 128M of RAM for the system
adds improved qs CLI help page
adds support for network share replication
fixes for remote-replication / DR
fixes for manual HA failover support
fixes Adaptec unit creation for single drive, JBOD type is now Simple Volume in 7xxx series
fixes pool start issue with ZFS pools where network shares would not auto-enable
fixes Adaptec 7xxx series device correlation
fixes web UI issue with duplicate physical disks associated to RAID unit
fixes 'Impacted' Adaptec unit state to be categorized as busy rather than warning
fixes auto-floating of pacemaker owned virtual ports
fixes NFS/CIFS export discovery issue with Scan function in Backup Policy create/modify dialogs

Change Log Archive

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 * fix to block the use of L2ARC in HA storage pool configurations
 * fix to gSOAP library / upgrade to 2.8.17 resolves management service memory leak seen in multi-node configurations
+* fix to increase default max log size to 25MB before auto-rotate
 == v3.14.1.7090 (January 14th 2015) ==

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