Virtual SAN (VSAN) build 19551

Improved

• Improved NVMe support by adding a hotfix to accommodate changes in PCI NVMe SSD addressing.
• Updated StarWindX module to support new licensing options in CVM.

Virtual SAN (VSAN) build 19551

Fixed

• Resolved an issue where the VSAN service crashed due to numerous simultaneous requests from the Management Console.
• Resolved an issue with high latencies during synchronization link failover in a redundant network configuration.

Virtual SAN (VSAN) build 15554

Fixed

• Addressed a problem where VSAN service would freeze when creating HA devices.
• Resolved an issue where empty folders were left after device removal.
• Fixed the issue with HA device status reporting in the Web GUI.

Controller Virtual Machine (CVM Version 20240822)

1. Management Service:

• Fixed a licensing issue that caused pop-ups when the license expired.
• Resolved a problem where the capacity of standalone LUNs was incorrectly counted.
• Fixed an issue with adding partner appliances.
• Fixed management network configuration for Proxmox VE.
• Improved validation for HA switchless networks.

2. Storage

2.1 Pools

• Fixed the appearance of hot-spare disks.
• Resolved issues with the removal of degraded storage pools.
• Improved the "Create Storage Pool" wizard to handle scenarios where new disks might take the name of an existing disk that's already in a pool.
• Improved "Repair Pool" wizard startup for cases involving disk failure.
• Improved storage initialization for degraded software RAID pools.

2.2 Volumes

• Fixed volume name validation.

2.3 LUNs

• Fixed alerts for 3-way HA iSCSI devices using switchless networking.
• Resolved issues with multiple LUN removals on the CVM.

3. Services

• Improved the operation of License Manager and Web Console services during CVM boot.
• Updated Pro-Active Support service to the latest build.

4. Update

• Improved generation of the HBA rescan configuration file.
• Improved in-place VSAN CVM updates by backing up important configuration files (hba_rescan) and downloading packages prior to starting the update procedure.

5. Plugin

• Fixed the availability of the vCenter plugin for certain VSAN for vSphere licenses.

6. Bare Metal

• Added VM-based update scripts to ISO (Experimental feature for updating older versions of VSAN CVM).
• Fixed DHCP assignment for VSAN deployed in a VM using ISO.

7. Other

• Added checksums to CVM build files.
• Fixed OVF settings validation.
• Improved naming conventions in product binaries.
• Improved support bundle generation and log rotation.

Virtual SAN (VSAN) Build 15469

Added

• 512 block size emulation for creating iSCSI devices (LUNs) on top of 4Kn underlying storage
• Automatic backup of device (LUN) header files

Improved:

• Performance for 3-node HA devices (LUNs) with RAM-based journals
• Failover for HA devices (LUNs) with Node-majority failover strategy
• Synchronization performance for iSER-enabled replication networks
• Creating HA devices (LUNs) using PowerShell samples

Fixed:

• HA devices (LUNs) reporting wrong physical sector size
• Issue when adding replication partner for HA devices (LUNs) with L1 cache enabled
• Bitmap file creation for devices (LUNs) with disk-based journals
• Issue with removing the partner appliance when using the Node-majority failover strategy
• Caching for license validation requests

Controller Virtual Machine (CVM Version 20240530)

1. User Interface (UI, Web Console):

• Updated style for pie charts, graphs, toolbars, settings, tables, filters, and pop-ups
• Updated UI for Create User, Create Pool, Manage Pool, Manage LUNs wizards
• Improved size of wizards for large displays
• Improved UI for Edit Network Adapter Settings dialog
• Improved locales and refined text throughout the Web Console

2. Dashboard:

• Fixed issue with performance metrics generation

3. Storage:

4. Network:

• Fixed issue with network validation for creating 3-way HA devices (LUNs)

5. Appliances

• Added “Fix connectivity” button to reestablish connection with the disconnected partner appliance in 3-way HA configuration

6. Users:

• Fixed issue with removal of currently logged-in user
• Blocked creation of system-reserved usernames

7. Initial Configuration Wizard:

• Removed vCenter plugin installation option from the Initial Configuration Wizard

8. Text-based User Interface:

• Improved TUI service startup
• Added validations for incorrect network settings provided by the OVF template
• Added network interface selection to Management Network configuration
• Removed option to edit hostname in TUI

Other Improvements:

Added

• Downloadable ISO image for StarWind VSAN bare-metal deployments
• Support for VirtIO NICs and virtual disks for KVM-based environments
• Option to download Management Console installer for Windows from the Web Console
• Option to download PowerShell samples from the Web Console

Improved

• Log bundle collection
• Log rotation

Updated

• Hyper-V VM template to the latest settings with integration services enabled
• Security patches for CVM components (more information can be found here)

Removed

• Data Network configuration and hostname setting from OVF Template for VMware environments as this functionality is provided in the Initial Configuration Wizard within Web Console

VM

• StarWind Controller Virtual Machine has got new Web and Text-based user interfaces.
• Software RAID and ZFS web-based management have been added.
• Web-based management for Standalone and Highly available iSCSI LUNs has been added.
• Web-based management for SMB and NFS file sharing has been added.
• VMware vCenter Plugin has been added.
• Latest security updates installed (More info you can find here)
• Linux Kernel has been updated to the latest HWE version.

VM

• Linux Kernel has been updated.
• Additional services have been updated.

Synchronous Replication

• Fixed an issue with synchronization/heartbeat channels unable to restore the connection when performance degradation occurs on the underline storage and VAAI is enabled for StarWind HA Devices.

VM

• Linux Kernel has been updated.
• Additional services have been updated.

Synchronous Replication

• Fixed deadlock when a partner device is removed during full or fast synchronization.
• Fixed crash when updating StarWind service with mutual CHAP configured on StarWind HA devices.
• Fixed failure when extending StarWind HA device with disk-based synchronization journal.
• Fixed deadlock when a partner device is added.
• Fixed false fast synchronization when the first partner is added with a node majority failover policy.

VM

• Linux Kernel has been updated.
• Additional services have been updated.

Synchronous Replication

• Fixed spurious replication failure.

VM

• Linux Kernel has been updated.
• Additional services have been updated.

Synchronous Replication

• Fixed the slow full synchronization issue.

VM

• Linux Kernel has been updated.
• Additional services have been updated.
• Fixed an issue where rescan script couldn't start.

Core

• Excluded asynchronous replicas, LSFS and LWC from the project.
• Encrypted secret passwords for chap authentications.
• Fixed the crash during the creation of the replica.
• Fixed the crash for time-outed I/O requests.
• Fixed the spurious lost connection.
• Updated the TLS version to 1.2 (used for email notifications).
• Minor fixes and updates.

Synchronous Replication

• Added synchronization journal places on a disk with two working strategies:
  
  Best Performance: The strategy provides better I/O performance while all device nodes are in a healthy state. But it can't guarantee fast synchronization in all cases
  
  Fast Recovery: The strategy provides faster recovery in all cases but requires an I/O overhead for each write operation.
• Fixed the node majority logic during storage degradation.

VM

• Linux Kernel updated.
• Collect logs script was updated. It generates a random archive name in case the archive name was not indicated.
• Log watcher script was updated to avoid multiple HBA rescan triggers from occurring. It stops on the last succ essful synchronization event.
• Additional services were updated.

Core

• Fixed the memory leak in the VSA-based version that could be caused by changing the time on the VM.

StarWind Health Service was updated in this new build.

Core

• Fixed the crash for client write request handling.
• Fixed the deadlock for the processing of SCSI persistent reservation during client session registration.
• Fixed the issue with the service getting stuck when the log file would be located on the storage that had degrading performance.

StarWindX PowerShell Module

• Fixed memory leak on getting information for HA devices.

Release Notes Archive