StorPool 19.4 Change Log

19.4 revision 19.01.3152.2b7de29c0

Released 23 Aug 2022

Finalized support for LACP with bnxt_en NICs.

19.4 revision 19.01.3106.45589969c

Released 09 Aug 2022

Add support for Broadcom 5750X NIC series
Fix for storpool_initdisk –nvme-smart option, that leads to crashing storpool_nvmed, storpool_server services.
Now collecting each service view into the network in storpool_stat, for more comprehensive network related per-service monitoring alerts.
hpssacli-helper tool handling output from hpssacli with failed disks.
storpool_mgmt: fix crash during an edge case with a snapshot delete while a re-balancing is in progress.

19.4 revision 19.01.3061.a03558598

Released 22 Jun 2022

Network interface configuration helper tools (more info at Network interface helper (net_helper))

19.4 revision 19.01.3006.6d2a7fccf

Added a small key-value store as initial step for providing high availability for the GUI and the Volumecare services.
storpool_mgmt: added extra checks for transaction consistency in edge cases.
storpool_bridge: the status now showing more comprehensive error messages.
Now collecting the iSCSI config from storpool_mgmt for more comprehensive iSCSI related monitoring alerts.

19.4 revision 19.01.2995.15aa353e8

Released 22 Jun 2022 .. Released 13 Jun 2022

Fixes in storpool_vcctl tool (update to version 1.24.1, more info at 9. VolumeCare Changelog).
GRUB parametrization now moved to the install_helper tool for faster setup in the initial ansible playbook stages.
Human-readable service IDs in the output of storpool_dump.
Faster overrides load operation with large Volume Allocation Groups.
Fix for storpool_server aborts related to race-conditions on request completion time measurements.

19.4 revision 19.01.2975.d4308b0d0

Released 01 Jun 2022

Initial support for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
Adds support for kernels 5.14/5.15 on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 LTS.

19.4 revision 19.01.2930.57ca5627f

Released 05 May 2022

storpool_server:
- auto-retest all disks upon latency threshold breach.
- stop re-testing failing disks in case of more than 3 failures for the past hour.
(updated In-server disk and journal performance tracking)
Initial support for kernels 5.14/5.15+.
Removed compatibility builds for CentOS 6, and Ubuntu 16.04.

19.4 revision 19.01.2894.c16b8c152

Released 26 Apr 2022

Fix in storpool_bd kernel module with kernels 5.13+, causing hanging processes after their volume is force-detached.

19.4 revision 19.01.2888.26d18ba04

Released 20 Apr 2022

disk_init_helper:
- no longer leaving partitions when initialization fails.
- the discover command will now only show by default (requires specifying path to the json file to proceed).
- the init command is always noop by default (removes the --noop option), and requires --exec in order to actually proceed with creating partitions and initializing disks.
- adds the init --wipe-new-partitions option when there are leftovers on the disks that prevents a successful storpool_initdisk.

19.4 revision 19.01.2878.075480123

Released 14 Apr 2022

VolumeCare update to version 1.24 (more info at 9. VolumeCare Changelog).

19.4 revision 19.01.2877.2ee379917

Released 11 Apr 2022

Critical fix for the cgconfig service, so that virtual machines do not end up in the root cgroup under Ubuntu 18.04/20.04.
storpool_bridge:
- Optimized encryption and decryption for better performance.
- Speed up with lots of TRIMs.
storpool_server:
- fix crash during API maintenance call to list blocked disks.
- in-server disk and journal performance tracking (more at In-server disk and journal performance tracking).
Fixes bug in the bnxt_en driver that leads to services blackholing traffic after restart.
storpool_cg - fix to handle Epyc(Zen 3) numa nodes properly with dual sockets.
Updates in network validation tools:
- Connectivity could now be re-validated during upgrade from older releases (backwards compatibility).
- Included checks for unreachable clusters (bridge status).
disk_tester - added reporting of NVMe device serial number in smart.log

19.4 revision 19.01.2795.61bf1bd1d

Released 16 Mar 2022

storpool_stat fix wrong key format leading to broken network stats collection.

19.4 revision 19.01.2794.6d8d69281

Released 15 Mar 2022

storpool_mgmt: Critical fix for crash related to cross-template volume baseOn.
VolumeCare update to version 1.23 (9. VolumeCare Changelog).

19.4 revision 19.01.2778.3c99182fa

Released 11 Mar 2022

storpool_nvmed - fix aborts in storpool_server when storpool_nvmed restarts.

19.4 revision 19.01.2741.1490a1793

Released 27 Feb 2022

storpool_mgmt:

Additional safeguard for using metaV2 only features during the upgrade.

Additional safety checks to prevent objects depletion.

Fix for metaV2 snapshot conversion with applied overrides. (more on metaV2 here).

iface-genconf - adds support for NetworkManager as backend for RHEL based OS.
storpool_ctl - adds option to wait for all disks to return to the cluster.

19.4 revision 19.01.2701.c2377e67a

Released 22 Feb 2022

python-api - added snapshotMoveToRemote call to catch up with the API.
The storpool_stat service is now regularly collecting comprehensive network topology details from storpool_ping netInfo.
hpssacli-helper - additional logging on failure to obtain a model or serial number data for a disk behind an HP controller.

19.4 revision 19.01.2686.1f4cf6e1d

Released 15 Feb 2022

Adds support for Kioxia Cd6.
Adds native support for per GiB IOPS and bandwidth limits (more at Per GiB limits).
storpool_mgmt:
- Critical fix: fix crash during re-balance with a removed (forgotten) disk and snapshot deletion.
- fix for the relocator that might cause duplicate data on volume-snapshot chains during re-balance.
- returns globalId in API response on VolumeCreate.
python-api: adds support for anonymous (unnamed) volumes.
Improved logging with a human-readable name reported instead of service id.

19.4 revision 19.01.2646.0ec2ea57b

Released 25 Jan 2022

storpool_mgmt:
- fix for baseOn on a volume with a different placement.
- fix for stale mustTest flag on an ejected/forgotten disk.
Change in the installer so that bindings-py or cli do not require kernel support checks (e.g. install in a container).
vf-udevhelper - rework a previous fix due to hardware acceleration issues with i40e and ixgbe drivers.
install_modules_helper now allowing --inplace-reinstall essentially allowing easy downgrade in case of need.

19.4 revision 19.01.2627.d3811f42a

Released 20 Jan 2022

Critical fix storpool_mgmt - fixes a crash during many snapshot create/delete operations.
cgconfig - noop on restart/stop to prevent running processes ending up in the root cgroup.
vf-udevhelper - fixes a race condition with libvirt detecting disappearing VF network interfaces.

19.4 revision 19.01.2624.ae6abe68f

Released 17 Jan 2022

storpool_bridge - fixes cleanup of force unexported and deleted snapshots.
disk_init_helper - offsets can now be the same for continuous disk IDs.

19.4 revision 19.01.2609.d51d58af3

Released 12 Jan 2022

Make the maximum amount of snapshots in a cluster reconfigurable live.
Includes volumecare version 1.22 fixes and updates (9. VolumeCare Changelog).

Previous release here