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Software Version:
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Part Number:
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NexentaStor Release Notes
TOC
New Features and Enhancements.......................................................................... 2
Enhancements ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
System Requirements ......................................................................................................................................... 2
VMware Image ........................................................................................................................................ 2
Citrix XenServer Image ...................................................................................................................... 3
Upgrading .............................................................................................................. 3
Upgrading with an Internet Connection ......................................................................................................... 3
Applicable Versions: 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3 or 3.1.3.5, 3.1.4, 3.1.4.1, 3.1.4.2, 3.1.5 ........................ 3
Upgrading without an Internet connection .................................................................................................... 3
Applicable Versions: 3.0.5, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3 or 3.1.3.5, 3.1.4, 3.1.4.1, 3.1.4.2, 3.1.5 ........................ 3
Upgrading from Earlier Versions of 3.0........................................................................................................... 3
Upgrading from 3.0.4 and earlier with an Internet Connection........................................................... 3
Upgrading from 3.0.5 with an Internet Connection ............................................................................. 3
NexentaStor v3.1.5 Known Issues .......................................................................... 5
Remote Replication Protocol (RRP) is only compatible with other NexentaStor 3.1.5 systems.............5
Changes to Auto-Sync using NMV may not take effect ............................................................................... 5
In some conditions, HA systems failover does not occur when running Auto-Sync .............................. 5
Unable to install RSF-1 using a MAC client due to terminal type.................................................................5
Issues with SuperMicrophysical view in NMV..............................................................................................6
Multi-NMS prohibits use of proxies when upgrading.....................................................................................6
sTec ZeusRAM SAS SSD recommended upgrade of the Firmware to version C023......................6
Share settings not retained on NMC/NMV manual export ......................................................................... 6
Upgrades from 3.1.3 to 3.1.5 displays error "mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man8/pwconv.8" 7
Microsoft Identity Management for UNIX (IDMU) authentication not supported................................. 7
Active Directory member IDs may persist when leaving a domain ........................................................... 7
Running the OVA image with VMware Player, Workstation, and VMware Fusion for Mac.................. 8
In some conditions, the Confguard plugin does not send Email notifications for changes .................... 8
NMV issue when trying to list iSCSI initiator with IQN containing non-ASCII characters .................. 8
Enhancements List ................................................................................................ 9
Fixed issues ........................................................................................................................................................... 9
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New Features and Enhancements
This release of NexentaStor includes new or improved capabilities such as
handling of faulty devices, enhancements in high availability (HA) cluster
management, along with improvements in Auto-Sync setup, configuration and
scheduling improvements.
This release note describes the new features, enhancements, and known issues
in the release of NexentaStor v3.1.5.
Enhancements
Auto-Sync and remote replication protocol (RRP) stability and performance
enhancement.
RSF-1 HAC now uses persistent group reservations (PGR3) for placing
reservations on disks in a cluster.
Support Data and Log Gathering
System data and log gathering (the NMS support command) has been
enhanced. This enhancement enables gathering of support logs even when
NMS is unavailable. The interface to the log collection is largely unchanged,
entering the NMC support command or clicking the Support link in NMV
initiates log gathering.
After you submit the log bundle to Nexenta support, there will be a pause for
several seconds before while the information is gathered and prepared.
Additionally, the mechanism that enables you to gather the support bundle
and store it locally, the support -s command in version 3.1.x, has been
made obsolete.
To gather the support log bundle and store it locally use the following NMC
commands:
nmc:/$ option expert_mode=1
nmc:/$ !nexenta-collector --no-upload
System Requirements
For system requirements for each environment, refer to the System
Requirements section in the NexentaStor Installation Guide.
VMware

Image
The NexentaStor VMware OVA Image runs unmodified on VMwares hosted
products, VMware Server for Windows and Linux. The current image is based
on NexentaStor 3.1. Release notes are available in the Support section of our
website. For detailed step-by-step instruction on how to deploy NexentaStor,
refer to the NexentaStor Installation Guide.
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Citrix XenServer Image
The NexentaStor Citrix XenServer Image runs on Citrix XenServer 5.X. Contact
your Nexenta Sales Professional for information about XenServer 6.0 support.
The current image is based on NexentaStor 3.1. Release notes are available in
the Support section of our website. For detailed step-by-step instruction on how
to deploy NexentaStor, refer to the NexentaStor Installation Guide.
Upgrading
Before an upgrade
Back up the NexentaStor Appliance
Before starting the upgrade, make sure you create an upgrade checkpoint,
backing up the NexentaStor appliance and all data. Verify the backup prior to
upgrading. This will allow you to roll back the machine to a previous state if the
upgrade fails for any reason or if there are any issues after the upgrade.
Choose the right time for the upgrade
During the upgrade, the NexentaStor appliance is restarted and all NexentaStor
tasks related to these services are stopped. Select the time for the upgrade when
no backup plan, replication, or recovery task actively running.
sTec ZeusRAM SAS SSD required upgrade of
the Firmware to version C023
STEC ZeusRAM SAS SSD firmware version C023 has been certified by Nexenta
on 3.1.5 and it is required to upgrade to this firmware version prior to upgrading
or installing 3.1.5. To perform this action the sTec Device Manager (SDM) tool kit
version sdmcmd-2.0.0.134-b002 is required.
Contact sTec for details on how to obtain and upgrade this firmware, and obtain
the sTec Device Manager (SDM) tool kit version sdmcmd-2.0.0.134-b002.
Upgrading with an Internet Connection
Applicable Versions: 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3 or
3.1.3.5, 3.1.4, 3.1.4.1, 3.1.4.2, 3.1.5
To upgrade from 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, or 3.1.4 use the NMC command
setup appliance upgrade.
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Upgrading without an Internet connection
Applicable Versions: 3.0.5, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3 or
3.1.3.5, 3.1.4, 3.1.4.1, 3.1.4.2, 3.1.5
If you are unable to connect to the Internet to upgrade your system, contact
support@nexenta.com.
Upgrading from Earlier Versions of 3.0
Upgrading from 3.0.4 and earlier with an
Internet Connection
To upgrade the appliance to the latest v3.1.5 and ensure all patches are
installed:
1. Type:
nmc:/$ setup appliance upgrade
2. Upgrade the appliance to v3.1.5 by typing:
nmc:/$ setup appliance upgrade r 3.1
Upgrading from 3.0.5 with an Internet
Connection
To upgrade the appliance to the latest v3.1.5 and ensure all patches are
installed:
1. Type:
nmc:/$ setup appliance upgrade
2. Upgrade the appliance to v3.1.5 by typing:
nmc:/$ setup appliance upgrade r 3.1
Note: For HA Cluster configurations, it is vital to install the
mapmgr patch prior to upgrading to NexentaStor 3.1.1.
For more information, refer to the 060711 Technical Bulletin and Field
Information Notice 2011-02 available in the Self-Service Portal.
Cluster Upgrades
To upgrade an HA Cluster, review the KB article 000001379 for detailed
instructions.
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NexentaStor v3.1.5 Known Issues
Remote Replication Protocol (RRP) is only compatible with other
NexentaStor 3.1.5 systems
Description: NEX-403
This release of Auto-Sync requires 3.1.5 systems and is not forward or
backwards compatible. This was a result of enhancements to improve the
performance of the underlying data transport of AutoSync.
Workaround:
If you want to replicate data using Auto-sync between different versions of
NexentaStor, use Auto-Sync with the zfs+ssh protocol.
Changes to Auto-Sync using NMV may not take effect
Description: 13278
In NMV, when attempting to change Auto-Sync options, the changes do not
take effect.
Workaround:
To modify the Auto-Sync properties use the NMC:
1. Type:
nmc:/$ setup auto-sync <service instance> property
2. Select the property that you want to modify.
3. Save the changes. Type y.
4. Alternatively, to discard the changes, type n.
In some conditions, HA systems failover does not occur when
running Auto-Sync
Description: 13366
In some conditions, HA systems when running Auto-Sync, may not failover as
expected.
Workaround:
Remove Auto-Sync services from each node, and mark the pool as repaired.
Unable to install RSF-1 using a MAC client due to terminal type
Description: SUS-73
I cannnot accept the HA Cluster EULA when I log in from a MAC client due to
the terminal type settings.
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Workaround:
Change terminal type in !bash prior to installing RSF-1.
Issues with SuperMicro

physical view in NMV

Description: 13297
When using SuperMicro hardware where the shared JBOD(s) have been
manually setup using NMC, and in an HA configuration, the physical view of the
JBOD in NMV may not display correctly on one of the nodes.
Workaround:
Manually configure the shared JBOD(s) using the NMC setup jbod model
command on both nodes prior to failover. If the service has already been failed
over, issue the NMC setup jbod model on the node missing the JBOD physical
view.
Multi-NMS prohibits use of proxies when upgrading
Description: SUS-95, SUP-542, SUP-561
When upgrading using the NMC command setup appliance nms property
upgrade_proxy the proxy settings are not honored if Multi-NMS is enabled.
Multi-NMS is enabled by default.
Workaround:
Using NMC perform the following steps to disable Multi-NMS:
1) Decrease the size of NMS-pool
nmc:/$ setup appliance nms property srvpool_cnt_max -p 0 -y
2) Restart NMS:
nmc:/$ setup appliance nms restart
Share settings not retained on NMC/NMV manual export
Description:
NexentaStor does not save the share settings and auto-sync services when
manually exporting a pool from NMC or NMV. To avoid having to save and restore
the share settings.
Workaround:
To avoid saving and restoring the share settings, export the pool.
To export the pool using NMC:
1. Log in to bash:
nmc:/$ option expert_mode=1
nmc:/$ !bash
2. Type:
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nmc:/$ zpool export backuppool
Upgrades from 3.1.3 to 3.1.5 displays error "mandb: can't open /usr/
share/man/man8/pwconv.8"
Description: 11556
When upgrading from 3.1.3 to 3.1.5, errors occurs during the upgrade sequence
referencing mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man8/pwconv.8
The errors are benign and may be safely ignored. These errors are resolved later
in the upgrade sequence.
Microsoft Identity Management for UNIX (IDMU) authentication not
supported
Description: 13535
If you have previously configured the idmap service to use IDMU mapping
through NMC by typing:
nmc:/$ option expert_mode=1
nmc:/$ !bash
# svccfg -s svc:/system/idmap setprop \ config/
directory_based_mapping = astring: idmu
Select from the following options:
Remove this configuration change by reverting to the default name based
mapping strategy.
Delay your upgrade until enhancement #13535 support idmap config/
directory_based_mapping = idmu is implemented
To verify that you have this idmap configuration setting:
1. Log in to bash:
nmc:/$ option expert_mode=1
nmc:/$ !bash
2. Type:
# svccfg -s svc:/system/idmap listprop config
System response:
config/directory_based_mapping astring idmu
This output indicates that IDMU is enabled.
While we believe this impacts a very small number of existing customers, we
are currently working on a solution.
Active Directory member IDs may persist when leaving a domain
Description: 13310
After leaving an Active Directory Domain NexentaStor may retain the IDs of
members of the domain.
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Workaround:
To remove the IDs, using NMC:
1. Log in to bash:
nmc:/$ option expert_mode=1
nmc:/$ !bash
2. List the local group members by typing:
# smbadm show m
3. After identifying any group members associated with the removed domain,
delete them:
# smbadm remove-member m MEMBER GROUP
Running the OVA image with VMware Player, Workstation, and
VMware Fusion for Mac
Installing NexentaStor within VMware Player, VMware Workstation, and VMware
Fusion for Mac using the OVA image is not supported when using version 3.1.5.
In some conditions, the Confguard plugin does not send Email
notifications for changes
Description: 13282
When using the NexentaStor Confguard plugin, which continuously monitors
system configuration, in some conditions, it does not send email alerts.
Workaround:
In NMC, type:
nmc:/$ setup confguard report send
NMV issue when trying to list iSCSI initiator with IQN containing non-
ASCII characters
Description: 12866
NMV issue when trying to list iSCSI initiator groups immediately after
successfully creating IQN with non-ASCII characters.
Workaround:
Use ASCII characters for the iSCSI initiator IQN.
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Enhancements List
Fixed issues
IDs Description
NEX-288 Addition of a restart command for interrupted Auto-Sync jobs.
This will enable administrators to reset jobs on demand in the
NMC.
SUP-532 Apache httpd was updated to version Apache httpd version
2.2.22.
11114 The vendor, product and size of the disks are now listed in the
output of show lun slotmap to assist with identification of new
drives inserted into JBODs.
13201 Serial numbers are now shown in NMC using the show lun
slotmap -I command.
IDs Description
NEX-426 Resolved restore issue resulting in failure of
ndmp_config_get_ext_list.
NEX-355 Resolved issue with NDMP backups where the end of file position
remains on both sides of filemark.
NEX-395 Enhanced accuracy of the Auto-Sync progress bar.
NEX-393 Using 4 HP D2700 JBODs connected to 2 controllers, their ports were
being mixed resulting in JBODs displaying incorrect slot information.
NEX-384 Auto-Sync parameters are now being validated before saving.
NEX-350 Resolved an condition where the Remote Replication Protocol would
prematurely end transmissions of Auto-Sync jobs.
NEX-336 Resolved a condition where Remote Replication Manager was unable
to ping its peer.
Illumos
2638
Resolved issue with page coalescing which can dissociate locked
pages from their page frame number (PFN).
14230 Resolved lock use after free which could result in a panic from
mutex_panic().
NEX-316 Resolved socket leak in RRP transport daemon.
10194 Tech Support error report page appears when create auto-tier service
using NMV.
11082 Resolved an issue where chassis management was unable to blink
Zeus Iops SSD on the SGI summit system.
13214 Aggregated interface aliases are not being deleted from NMS.
13278 Resolved an issue where options were unable to be changed for Auto-
Sync settings form.
13281
13316
Updated form validation for iSCSI initiator Radius server settings.
SUS-49 Using an HP DL180 G7 with HP2700 JBODs the wrong slot map was
rendering.
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13355 Added picture for HP ProLiant DL180 G6 Server for chassis
management.
13438 Corrected issue preventing removal of zvol logical unit.
13444 Updated error handling in NMC for the create command.
13567 Enhanced caching for configurations with a large number of disks.
13486 Added picture for DATAON-DNS-1600 JBODs for chassis
management.
13502 Updated NMV to parse serial numbers names with a space in the
name.
SUS-83 Resolved issue in NMV and NMS mis-reporting disk counts for HP
D2600 JBODs.
SUP-556 Added picture for Quanta JB7 for chassis management.
SUS-85 The jbod.aliases file could be corrupted due to simultaneously
recording multiple copies of NMS updates.
13870 Added slot map for HP DL380e Gen8 12LFF CTO Server.
13875 NMV now validates the value of a service name.
SUS-90 Added configuration file for SuperMicro-SC-847E26-front.
8715 Resolved issue where in some conditions Auto-Sync setup
appliance configuration restore could fail.
SUS-95 Resolved an issue where in some environments where the NMC was
not using the proxy settings.
SUS-98 Added cache time-out settings to the idmapd manifest.
Illumos
3862
Resolved potential panic with COMSTAR with iSCSI/FC/SAS targets
when running STMF and KSTAT.
Illumos
3621
ZFS Logical Unit stuck in the off lining state with COMSTAR.
Illumos
434
Corrected issue with COMSTAR iSCSI which could result in a panic.
SUP-510 Resolved issue where faulted disks are retired after several hours
without hotsparing in some environments.
SUP-513 Resolved issues when using NTLM preventing joining of an Active
Directory domain.
SUP-548 Resolved race conditions where the scheduler could trigger a null
pointer leading to a panic in smb_iod_disconnect().
SUP-540 Fixed issue in COMSTAR which resulted in a panic in
stmf_task_lu_free().
14119 Resolved race resulting in the buffer being freed after its state is set
to anonymous but before the header is taken off the l2arc list.
12714 Under some conditions the NFS server stopped responding.
12332 Corrected end of media handling during NDMP backup jobs.
OpenSola
ris
6949644
Addressed NDMP restore errors reporting differing byte counts.
13796 Resolved issues with presentation of LUNS via Fibre Channel to OS X
clients.
SUS-48 Addressed problems with ndmp tape device initialization and usage.
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7815 Resolved issue with the SMB server reporting an incorrect file
modification time.
13441 Resolved deadlock during ZFS memory buffer management.
SUP-504 Tuned ZFS IO time-out values to prevent overly-aggressive
retirement of disks.
NEX-250 Resolved inability to open tape devices due to "Too many open files"
error.
Illumos
1909
Disk write performance on VMWare ESXi performed slowly as a result
of ZIL blocks are required to be contiguous blocks and thus the "fast
gang" logic should not apply to those allocations.
12783 Implemented flow control of NFS and RPC requests to prevent a high
rate of RPC requests or retransmits from exhausting NFS server
memory.
13729 Increased granularity of locking on ARC structures to enhance
performance.
10360 Improved fmtopo's ability to recognize devices on the Dell MD1200.
11753 Resolved incompatibility between FMA and openipmi driver.
13657 Implemented local netgroups for use with `files` repository of /etc/
nsswitch.conf.
Illumos
434
3621
3863
3864
Several Illumos fixes to enhance iSCSI and COMSTAR stability
(illumos bugs 434, 3621, 3862, 3863, and 3864)
9242
SUS-36
Prior to this update, the snmp daemon did not correctly initialize the
system statistics tables. When a counter in these tables exceeded 32
bits, the following error message may have been written to the
system log:
looks like a 64bit wrap, but prev!=new"
SUP-561
SUP-542
SUS-95
Enabled NMC to use proxy settings for the following command, when
multi NMS is disabled:
nmc:/$ setup appliance nms property upgrade_proxy
SUP-670 Resolved an issue with snmpd consuming excessive amounts of
memory.
SUP-659 Enhanced NMC and NMV security when executing commands.