Patch: VTL-Console-7.50-7375-25 built on 21MAY2015 Product: VTL Console v7.50 Build 7375 Severity: Low Areas Affected: GUI Prerequisite: update-is737586vtl FIXES: ------ VTL-Console-7.50-7375-25 Replication: - Symptom: The option of TCP replication did not display in wizard. - Cause: Setting TCP replication from VTL-S 7.5 to VTL 5.21/SIR 6.51 was not supported. - Resolution: Add a "TCP replication" option to wizard. - Severity: Low - References: TS87745 BZ30423 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-24 Security: - Enhancement: Support SHA512 password encryption. - Resolution: Recognize users with passwords encrypted with the SHA512 algorithm instead of MD5. - Severity: Low - References: RFE1524 BZ26756 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-22 Replication: - Symptom: The console does not display the "MOVE LVIT" window when configuring replication on a server running version 5.20. - Cause: There was an invalid check based on the build number that disabled this option. - Resolution: Remove the build number checking. - Severity: Low - References: TS78121 BZ25196 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-21 Replication: - Enhancement: Allow replication to VTL version 8.00. - Resolution: Adjust replication setup to match version 8.00 requirements. This fix requires server patch update-is737566vtl. - Severity: Low - References: BZ23629 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-20 X-ray: - Symptom: An X-ray cannot be created or extracted correctly. - Cause: The X-ray file name contained non-English characters. - Resolution: Accept only English characters for an X-ray name. - Severity: Low - References: TS73965 BZ22904 BZ23352 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-17 - Symptom: After displaying the Filter, Export, or Print pop-up window in the Event Log tab, clicking on the main console moves the pop-up window to the background. - Cause: The pop-up window was missing the parent window. - Resolution: Set the main frame as the parent of the pop-up window. - Severity: Low - References: TS67915 BZ20359 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-15 Replication: - Symptom: Adding a replication target in a deduplication policy generates a Java exception error. - Cause: When the source server was in active-passive failover mode, the console used an incorrect reference during replica IP validation. - Resolution: Use an appropriate reference to check the replica IP. - Severity: Low - References: BZ20442 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-14 X-ray: - Enhancement: Provide an option to upload an X-ray to an FTP server. - Resolution: Add a GUI option to allow the user to send an X-ray to a server via FTP. This fix requires server patch update-is737541vtl. - Severity: Low - Files: ipstorcomm ftpfile.pl english.msg - References: BZ19254 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-13 - Enhancement: Support tape stacking for a standalone physical tape drive. - Resolution: Provide the option for tape stacking on a standalone physical tape drive. This fix requires server patch update-is737539vtl. - Severity: Low - Files: ipstorcomm libioresctl.so tlecore.ko english.msg iscon isscon - References: TS65288 BZ19667 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-12 Auto-Save: - Enhancement: Always display the "Auto Save Configuration" tab in the Server Properties dialog to save the server configuration regularly without relying on any special settings in the server configuration. - Resolution: Provide the "Auto Save Configuration" tab in the Server Properties dialog. This fix requires server patch update-is737528vtl. - Severity: Low - References: BZ19598 RFE1206 Network Configuration: - Symptom: An initiator port displays as "target" in the adapter SNS table. - Cause: The port was a multi-ID base port. - Resolution: Display the base port as "initiator" in the SNS table if it is a multi-ID port. - Severity: Low - References: BZ19580 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-11 SNMP: - Enhancement: Provide support for SNMP v3. - Resolution: Send traps according to SNMP v3 requirements if the configuration file indicates that the SNMP manager is running version 3. MIB browsing already supported SNMP v3. This enhancement requires server patch update-is737524vtl. - Severity: Low - References: BZ19201 BZ19304 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-10 Language: - Enhancement: Provide a simplified Chinese version for encryption options in the TCP replication menu and the location and contact options on the SNMP Maintenance tab. - Resolution: Translate menu options to simplified Chinese. - Severity: Low - References: BZ19291 OST: - Enhancement: Allow modification of an OST policy. - Resolution: Provide an Edit option for OST policies. - Severity: Low - References: BZ19236 Mirror: - Enhancement: Allow creation of a mirror larger than 4TB. - Resolution: Support creation of large mirrors up to 16TB. This fix requires server patch update-is737522vtl. - Severity: Low - Files: ipstorcomm kipstor.ko - References: TS64934 BZ19224 Storage: - Enhancement: Add the ability to regularly save the server configuration. - Resolution: Display the "Auto Save Config" tab in the Server Properties dialog in order to regularly save the configuration. This fix requires server patch update-is737523vtl. - Severity: Low - References: BZ18806 RFE1206 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-09 Repository: - Symptom: New disks cannot be added to the data repository when the repository is configured using "Flexible Mode". - Cause: When the index repository size was bigger than the data repository, the data disk size limit was not checked correctly. - Resolution: Validate boundaries when checking the data disk size limit. - Severity: Low - References: BZ19171 Tape: - Symptom: Creating a tape after enabling the "Enable Remote Export" option displays a message with error code 0x00000000. - Cause: The target server was not configured before creating tapes with the "Enable Remote Export" option. - Resolution: Gray out the "Enable Remote Export" option if a target server has not been configured. - Severity: Low - References: BZ19154 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-07 Configuration: - Symptom: Some console options in the Tools menu are not maintained after restarting the console. - Cause: Some options were not saved into the console configuration files. - Resolution: Save all console options into the configuration files when they are changed. - Severity: Low - References: TS64371 BZ18992 Linux console: - Symptom: A desktop shortcut is not created after installing the Java console on Linux. - Cause: The shortcut file was not copied to the /root/Desktop directory during installation. - Resolution: Set the correct path when creating a shortcut to the Java console on Linux. - Severity: Low - References: BZ18833 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-06 Language: - Enhancement: Provide a simplified Chinese version of the "Specify Policy Priority and Retry" page. - Resolution: Translate the page to simplified Chinese. - Severity: Low - References: BZ18801 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-05 Performance: - Symptom: The console performance is slow when viewing the VTL Dashboard Summary tab. - Cause: The synchronization mechanism was incorrectly applied. - Resolution: Use a separate thread to load the data when switching to a different tab panel. - Severity: Low - References: BZ18582 Storage - Enhancement: Do not display 'Minimum allocation mode disabled' in the General tab. - Resolution: If the option provided by the previous patch, to change the disk chunk allocation size from 1 GB to 256 MB, is not enabled, do not show any related text on the console. - Severity: Low - References: BZ18626 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-04 Cluster: - Symptom: The management console is slow displaying information when switching from one SIR cluster to another. - Cause: Retrieving information from nodes in a cluster was performed sequentially. - Resolution: Retrieve data from each server in parallel. This fix requires server patch update-is737506vtl. - Severity: Low - References: BZ18386 Storage: - Enhancement: Improve space distribution for deduplication. - Resolution: Increase space allocation for the index disks by taking 0.7% instead of 0.4% of SIR data disks; in total 4.3% of data disks are allocated for index and folder disks instead of 4%. - Severity: Low - References: BZ18374 - Enhancement: Optimize disk usage for small backups. - Resolution: Provide an option to change the disk chunk allocation size from 1 GB to 256 MB to prevent wasted space when backups are small. This fix requires server patch update-is737506vtl. - Severity: Low - References: BZ18425 Deduplication: - Enhancement: Allow the user to prioritize deduplication policies. - Resolution: Offer GUI options to set a high, medium, or low priority on an SIR policy and specify a retry interval and a maximum number of retries if a deduplication job fails. This fix requires server patch update-is737506vtl. - Severity: Low - References: BZ18426 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-03 Mirror: - Symptom: A message about expiration of the mirror option license is displayed. - Cause: The mirror license check was not valid. - Resolution: Fix mirror license checking. - Severity: Low - References: BZ17916 Tape: - Symptom: A tape can be loaded into a drive that has an ejected tape. - Cause: The drive with the ejected tape was treated as an empty drive. - Resolution: A drive with an ejected tape is now treated as a loaded drive, and will not allow other tapes to be loaded. - Severity: Low - References: TS59889 BZ18109 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-02 Mirror: - Symptom: A data/folder/index mirror synchronization fails. - Cause: When services were restarted just after a configuration change, the mirror was loaded before the primary resource, resulting in a synchronization failure. - Resolution: Fix the resource loading sequence to always load the primary before the mirror. This fix requires server patch update-is737502. - Severity: Medium - References: BZ17452 Deduplication: - Enhancement: Revise retention information in the deduplication wizard. - Resolution: Gray out the source retention period component if the "No rentention period" radio button is selected. Change the maximum number of source tape retention days to 365. - Severity: Low - References: BZ17827 VTL-Console-7.50-7375-01 Email Alerts: - Symptom: The Email Alerts configuration is not preserved. - Cause: Both default and new settings were sent to the server, resulting in duplicate entries in the configuration file. - Resolution: Send a single copy of settings to the server when configuring Email Alerts. - Severity: Medium - References: BZ17559