Changelog

Release 21.07 is a major release which includes scalability, security, usability improvements, new features and bug fixes.

The following section will breakdown the main additions and updates to the Zadara Storage Cloud platform.

Version 21.07-222

VPSA Storage Array

  • ZSTRG-18674 - Fix an issue with tiering periodic promotion.

  • ZSTRG-18463 - Fix an issue where the VPSA IQN was presented truncated in the Virtual Controller properties view.

Version 21.07-195

VPSA Storage Array

  • ZSTRG-18139 - VPSA can now support up to 64 uniques Virtual Network Interfaces (VNI). Additional VNI support is bounded to the VPSA engine size:

    • Engine 200 - up to 8 VNIs

    • Engine 400 - up to 16 VNIs

    • Engine 600 - up to 32 VNIs

    • Engine 800 and higher - 64 VNIs

    • Flash Array H100-H400 - 64 VNIs

  • ZSTRG-18170 - Flash Array, increase Optane size allocation for all pool types.

  • ZSTRG-15673 - Allow VNI based remote mirroring on different networks. Limitation: Mirror replication over VNIs with different CIDR is applicable only if single VNI is attached to VPSA

  • ZSTRG-18049 - Fix an issue where the management console will not start post a failover

  • ZSTRG-18055 - Fix an issue in which the extended cache expansion operation may not complete as expected.

Storage Node

  • ZSTRG-14067, ZSTRG-7855 - Add MegaRAID 3916 support

Command Center

  • ZSTRG-18369 - TLS certificate for the zadarastorage.com domain was updated.

Version 21.07-176

VPSA Storage Array

  • ZSTRG-17819, ZSTRG-17802 - Flash array - added internal debugging tools

CCVM

  • ZSTRG-17924 - Fix an issue where collecting hourly CCVM configuration dump did not complete as expected

Version 21.07-174

VPSA Storage Array

  • ZSTRG-14938 - Improve tiering algorithm for general purpose VPSAs

  • ZSTRG-14171 - VPSA Block Volume capping

  • ZSTRG-7807 - Flash Array - Add volume metering of IOs size distribution

  • ZSTRG-10630 - TCPDump was added as a networking diagnostic tool

  • ZSTRG-12900 - Force Recover option was removed from the VPSA management interface

  • ZSTRG-14392 - Improve Virtual Controller failover time

  • ZSTRG-13703 - File access log can be enabled from “Audit Log” menu context

  • ZSTRG-11577 - VPSA IQN and netbios name are now globally unique

  • ZSTRG-12237 - Added a comprehensive volume filtering (VPSA management interface)

  • ZSTRG-13944 - Adjust dashboard’s capacity history chart according to the VPSA creation date

VPSA Object Storage

  • ZSTRG-14438 - Added a support for asynchronous container deletion

  • ZSTRG-12910 - Added policy metering information for multi-delete operations

  • ZSTRG-11414 - Added connections count metering information

  • ZSTRG-10285 - Added the option to switch timezone in the VPSA Object Storage management interface

  • ZSTRG-14251 - Branding - custom logo can be set directly from the VPSA Object Storage management interface

  • ZSTRG-14466 - container replication wizard can now list remote buckets

  • ZSTRG-15668 - Usage report - fix an issue with the account drop down selection menu

  • ZSTRG-15165 - SECURITY Fixed an issue where management interface session termination failed

  • ZSTRG-15165 - SECURITY anti-automation mechanism was added

  • ZSTRG-13916 - SECURITY upgrade Apache serer to latest version

Storage Node

  • ZSTRG-13576 - Add periodic check for DNS server validity

  • ZSTRG-17749 - Added support to customize cloud’s MTU field for internal cloud networks. Supported for new cloud installations only.

Command Center

  • ZSTRG-12523 - Allow SMTP TLS port customization

  • ZSTRG-14079 - VPSA usage report can be submitted to a custom endpoint

  • ZSTRG-14487 - SECURITY - harden user uploads wizard to detect unsupported filetypes

  • ZSTRG-14486 - SECURITY - protect against redirection phishing attack

  • ZSTRG-14485 - SECURITY - protect against user enumeration

Provisioning Portal

  • ZSTRG-13014 - Pricing management APIs were added

  • ZSTRG-14485 - SECURITY - protect against user enumeration

Interoperability

  • ZSTRG-14331 - Asigra Data Service is no longer supported

  • Zadara VPSA CSI Driver 1.3.7 :

    • Additional stonith component to evacuate StatefulSet Pods from unreachable Nodes, for faster failover.

    • Fix an issue with iSCSI sessions teardown in IPv6 environment

Security

ZSTRG-15172 - Upgraded cross cloud components to mitigate the following CVEs