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NexentaStor 2.2.1

January 21, 2010 (*)
The very first NexentaStor product that is automatically built, installed, and tested by NABAT - Nexenta Automated Build And Test system, developed in-house
  • Major stabilization release: bug fixes and escalations
  • VM DataCenter - appliance-to-appliance VM migration support, multiple enhancements (new)
  • VM DataCenter - Microsoft Hyper-V added - the 3rd supported hypervisor, in addition to Citrix Xen and VMware ESX (new)
  • auto-sync replication service is now a new plugin, incorporated multiple enhancements
  • StorageLink adapter, Citrix integrated and certified - added FC support, removed dependency on VM DataCenter
  • Nexenta Delorean - multiple improvements
  • Built-in tech support and diagnostics - multiple improvements
  • Japanese language support for interface - multiple improvements
Known Problem:
  • Appliance's web GUI (NMV) shall not be used to install newer plugins onto older (pre-2.2.1) appliance software. Please use Nexenta Management Console to upgrade the core appliance software first.
2.2
November 17, 2009 (*)
2.1.2
October 12, 2009 (*)
2.1.1
September 10, 2009
2.1
August 15, 2009
HA Cluster
  • Persistent reservation of shared storage (via SCSI-2 PGR)
  • Added support for multiple shared volumes (appliances A and B may now have volumes V1 and V2 shared to each other, with A "serving" V1 and providing access to V2, or vise versa)
  • Improved network monitoring, IPMP ready
  • Improved (expert level) validation of cluster configuration
  • Updated User Guide, added F.A.Q.entries
  • More information at HA Cluster plugin web pages
Simple Failover (a.k.a. "simple-ha")
  • Now supports up to two failover interfaces
  • Improved (expert level) validation of cluster configuration
  • Improved integration with auto-cdp
  • More information at Simple Failover plugin web pages
SCSI Target 2.0
  • Fibre Channel - NexentaStor ZFS based virtual LUNs (zvols) can now be shared via FC
  • Revised and improved documentation
  • More information at Target 2.0 plugin web pages
VM Data Center 2.1
  • Supports Citrix Xen(tm) and Hyper-V(tm) virtualization platforms via StorageLink (see next)
  • Multi-cloning (a.k.a. “templating”) – ability to clone VMware and Xen VMs
  • Added support for VMotion
  • More information at VM DataCenter plugin web pages
Storage Link
Nexenta Management View - the appliance's web GUI
  • Multi-threading support, siginificantly improved responsiveness
  • New GUI theme, improved look-and-feel
Auto-CDP
  • Added ability to drastically speed up initial replication
  • Multiple usability improvements
Auto-Sync
  • (Resilient) capability to restore the syncing in presence of various failures (e.g., "destination has been changed")
  • Experimental: new capability to reverse syncing direction. Intended for both multi-office workplace and Disaster Recovery ensured deployments
Nexenta Delorean
Other
  • Improved Technical Support request facility, to include extended diagnostics (4 levels, from minimal to debug), and DTrace stats
  • New weekly reporter called “Configuration, Statistics and Diagnostics”
  • Ability to send tech support from NMC (CLI)
  • Slot Mapping facility (a.k.a. "slotmap") improvements
  • Improved and simplified plugin installation
  • New and simplified capacity licensing scheme
  • New and updated Linux and Windows SDKs (the Linux SDK is open sourced), to allow full management control via NexentaStor API and scripting of NexentaStor services from remote Windows and Linux hosts
  • NMC dated history - all commands now timestamped
  • Revised and updated version 2.1 User Guide, Quick Start Guide, and F.A.Q. pages
  • PDF documentation chapters for NexentaStor plugins
  • Added support for IPMI based installation
  • NexentaStor Installer: added support for hot spares in a system volume (the system volume can now have up to 3 mirrored drives and zero or more spares)
  • Ability to request additional capacity via NMV
  • New NMC-integrated DTrace script
Older versions of the appliance software
2.0

June 29, 2009

1.1.9

June 13, 2009

  • CIFS: bug fixes, improvements
  • ZFS: bug fixes, improvements
  • PCI subsystem: bug fixes, improvements
  • COMSTAR iSCSI target: bug fixes, improvements
  • NexentaStor extension modules (plugins) - complete Web GUI management:
  1. Installing VM DataCenter - screenshot #1
  2. Installing VM DataCenter - screenshot #2
  3. Installing VM DataCenter - screenshot #3
  4. VM DataCenter Installed - screenshot #4
  5. Simple Failover older version uninstall #5
  6. Simple Failover older version uninstall #6
  7. Simple Failover older version uninstall #7
  8. Auto CDP install - screenshot #8
  • VM DataCenter v2.0 - multiple improvements
  • NexentaStor Analytics module - multiple improvements
  • Web GUI: multiple improvements
  • auto-sync replication - multiple improvements (added support for zvol source, non-recursive operation and advanced options)
  • COMSTAR extension (plugin)
  • HA
  • NDMP - multiple improvements, Web GUI management
  • Developer Edition to provide 2TB of used storage
Known Problem:
  • The appliance will not join Windows Server 2008 SP2 domain and Windows Server 2008 R2 domain. The appliance can still be used in the Active Directory environment with older versions of Windows Server 2008 domain controllers, including Windows Server 2008 SP1. The issue is currently "accepted" as OpenSolaris CR 6850508. One symptom of the issue is an error message "Client not found in Kerberos database". Please check your domain controller's version if this error shows up in the appliance's system log and/or on the console when attempting to join AD.
1.1.8

May 25, 2009

1.1.7
April 08, 2009
  • number of important CIFS and ZFS bug fixes
  • drive to slot mapping facility (NMC integrated, drive LEDs)
  • support for GlobalSAN Initiator
  • improved Simple Failover plugin
  • UPS plugin (new)
  • improved DTrace analytics
  • improved ACL management
  • improved Initial Configuration Wizard (see the demonstration)
  • improved web GUI (NMV)

Note:

  • Storage services have moved! In the web GUI, the new location for storage services is under Data Management => Shares, as shown on this screenshot.
Known Problem:
  • Disks greater than 1TB are not supported yet.
1.1.6
March 26, 2009
1.1.5
February 27, 2009
  • COMSTAR
  • Web GUI: multiple improvements
  • CIFS server: bug fixes, improvements
  • ZFS: bug fixes, improvements
  • NFS: bug fixes, improvements
Known Problem:
  • Your appliance will not upgrade to 1.1.5 if it was installed with a pre 1.1 version of the software. To find out the very first installed version, please run 'show appliance checkpoint'. This problem was caused by addition of COMSTAR; it will be fixed in the next (1.1.6) release.
1.1.4
  • CIFS/AD - Workaround for (TRUSTED FOR DELEGATION) CR 6764696
  • CIFS/AD - Windows Unix users and groups identity mapping works now
  • User Guide - updated and revised CIFS Tutorial
  • Broadcom and Intel adapters - a number of new devices supported
  • GUI theme - initial support in place
  • ZFS adaptive replacement cache - improved operation for solid state drives (SSDs)
Known Problems:
  • After upgrading from the previous (1.1.3) version, make sure to exit from NMC and re-login.
1.1.3
  • CIFS - multiple bug fixes, improvements
  • iSCSI - multiple Initiator bug fixes, improvements
  • CLI and web GUI - multiple usability fixes, improvements
  • network performance benchmark
1.1.2
  • CIFS - multiple bug fixes, improvements
  • Updated man pages
  • Automatic recovery of iSCSI attached LUNs
  • Installer improvements
Known Problems:
  • 1.1.2 upgrades are now available. For upgrading from the previous (1.1.1) version, please use the following workaround:
    nmc$ !apt-get --reinstall -y install openssl
1.1.1
  • OpenSolaris build 104, integrated and stabilized
  • CIFS workgroup mode - major improvements
  • ATA Over Ethernet (AOE) - major improvements
  • DTrace integration
  • ZFS ARC statistics
  • VM DataCenter - major improvements (NFS and iSCSI based data stores, templates)
  • Installer:
  1. Xen support. NexentaStor can now be installed in Xen domU
  2. 64bit. Installer will operate in 64bit mode on 64bit platforms
Known Problems:
  • To join a multi-domain Active Directory environment, the accounts are required to have TRUSTED_FOR_DELEGATION privilege typically granted to members of Domain Admins group or similar (CR 6764696). Update 01/30/09: This problem is addressed in the latest (1.1.4) version.

1.1.0

  • Major release: multiple usability and core functionality improvements on top of NexentaStor 1.0.x
  • Better CIFS/AD integration
  • Improved fault management of underlying hardware
  • Extensions (plugins):
1. Simple Failover (HA)
2. VM DataCenter
3. WORM

1.0.9

1.0.8

  • improved disk monitoring and fault management

  • improved device hot plug

  • Intel 10G PCIe driver now included

  • improved 3rd party drivers support

1.0.7

  • Write Once, Read Many (WORM)

  • auto-services automated retry once/if remote peer becomes reachable

  • create and grow volume: handle cache devices

  • SMTP over TLS

  • auto-cdp service (CDP) multiple improvements and fixes

  • iSCSI target improvements and fixes

  • ATA over Ethernet (AOE)

  • autoreplace: hot plug a drive when replaced

1.0.6 and 1.0.5

  • Bug fixes and improvements
  • NexentaStor API
  • NexentaStor plugin infrastructure and the first pluggable modules, including:
    • auto-cdp
    • I/O benchmark
    • network utilization
  • zvol: support // hierarchy
  • iSCSI target portal groups
  • rsync protocol version 30
  • Storage Appliance API (SA-API) and SDK for Windows
  • NMC 'help keyword'

Important Notice:

  • The release carries a number of improvements and changes that may effect inter-appliance communication in case of the difference in versions. Please make sure to upgrade all your existing NexentaStor appliances to version 1.0.5 or later.

1.0.4

  • NMV: support volume growing
  • auto-cdp: LUN level recovery
  • LDAP: support large (tens of thousands of records) directories
  • Bug fixes and improvements

1.0.3

  • NMV: ability to switch transport HTTP HTTPS
  • Improved auto-cdp observability
  • show scrub-in-progress
  • Bug: password is not correctly set for a newly created user
  • Feature: 'zfs list/get' and 'zpool list/get/status'
  • NMC to support write-cache enable/disable

1.0.2

  • NMCD as a reliable SMF service
  • Dynamic volroot, to support volumes mounting at arbitrary mountpoint
  • Integrated ON patch: "write throttle results in excessive delay"
  • IBM ServeRAID SATA (IPS) driver
  • Folders' creation-time properties and versioning
  • NMV additional interfaces: lunsync, volume version
  • Auto-CDP: automate disk assignments
  • Bug fixes

1.0.1

  • Integrated User/Group (LDAP, local) and ACL management
  • Jumbo frames (that is, change MTU) - for all major 1GE and 10GE NICs
  • Provide syncing/tiering live traffic statistics
  • Install appliance via serial port
  • Improvements in Fault Management and Data Replication services
  • Bug fixes

1.0

  • Yet another bug fixing iteration
  • software watchdog
  • reboot time reduced 3x to 7x
  • management of system settings (including ZIL)
  • file/directory sharing via WebDAV (beta)
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