Patch: VTL-Console-8.20-9310-07 built on 07NOV16 Product: VTL Console v8.20 Build 9310 Severity: Low Areas Affected: GUI, Event Log, Fibre Channel Prerequisite: update-is931008 FIXES: ------ VTL-Console-8.20-9310-07 GUI: - Symptom: Some help screens display "DSI9900" for the product name. - Cause: An old product name was set in some help files. - Resolution: Use "DSI VTL" as the product name in all files. - Severity: Low - References: TS111183 BZ39226 Event Log: - Enhancement: Do not purge the event log if a failure occurs while saving it to a file. - Resolution: Add logic to handle errors and cancel the purge operation in case of failure. - Severity: Low - References: TS110338 BZ38846 Fibre Channel: - Symptom: Changing the properties of a Fibre Channel client does not take effect. - Cause: The ID to save Fibre Channel properties in the configuration file was not valid. - Resolution: Correctly save the Fibre Channel properties in the configuration file. - Severity: Low - References: TS110123 BZ38736 VTL-Console-8.20-9310-06 GUI: - Symptom: The second server cannot be added to a group. - Cause: The shared secret failed to be created as the server password from console memory was incorrectly cleaned up. - Resolution: Remove the memory cleanup when creating shared secrets. - Severity: Low - References: BZ37712 - Symptom: After removing failover on console, the "Set Hostname" menu was grayed out. - Cause: The share secret file size increased. - Resolution: Allow the host name to be changed if there is no plain tape replication or replica setup on the server. - Severity: Low - References: TS108046 TS108057 BZ37553 - Symptom: Incorrect information is displayed for replication state, throughput, and progress in the Deduplication Job Queue panel. - Cause: During unique data replication, the status file were not updated on the target server and some information were not relevant. - Resolution: Do not display throughput and progress during unique data replication. - Severity: Low - References: TS107001 BZ37098 - Symptom: The itab for deduplication policy included English texts in the Simplified Chinese console. - Cause: The information of E icon for encryption tape was not translated. - Resolution: Translate the information to Simplified Chinese. - Severity: Low - References: TS108421 BZ37368 Failover: - Symptom: After the failover setup was completed and a reboot, the secondary server swapped IP addresses for all network adapters. - Cause: The console did not check whether an adapter was selected for failover on the secondary server. - Resolution: Swap IP addresses only for the selected network adapters. - Severity: Low - References: TS108047 BZ37075 VTL-Console-8.20-9310-05 GUI: - Enhancement: Provide a Simplified Chinese version of the "SNMP v3 setup" page. - Resolution: Translate the page to Simplified Chinese. - Severity: Low - References: TS107261 BZ36432 - Symptom: The performance statistics chart is empty for an iSCSI client. - Cause: Statistics parameters were not applicable to iSCSI clients. - Resolution: Remove the performance statistics tab for iSCSI clients. - Severity: Low - References: TS107497 BZ36797 - Symptom: "Ctrl+F" fails to locate a tape in a drive. - Cause: The focus was not set correctly. - Resolution: Set the focus on the correct node and panel views. - Severity: Low - References: TS107120 BZ36646 Deduplication: - Enhancement: Display SIR usage in GB in addition to percentage. - Resolution: Add absolute usage values to the dashboard view. - Severity: Low - References: RFE1828 RFE1991 BZ36546 - Enhancement: Allow all SIR policies to be started at the same time. - Resolution: Add support for starting all idle policies. - Severity: Low - References: RFE2009 BZ36550 Tape: - Enhancement: Allow tapes to be displayed based on deduplication or replication state. - Resolution: Add "Deduplicated" and "Replicated" filters in the tape view. - Severity: Low - References: BZ36568 - Enhancement: Provide an option to not append the media type to IBM tape barcodes in order to control the barcode length. - Resolution: Add a new option, "No Media Type Suffix", for IBM tape libraries and drives. - Severity: Low - References: RFE2003 BZ36551 - Enhancement: Allow different LTO tape generations in the same IBM library. - Resolution: Support read/write operations on an IBM LTO tape that is one generation older than the library and support read operations on a tape that is two generations older. - Severity: Low - References: RFE1848 BZ36548 - Enhancement: Allow the number of import/export slots to be changed after a virtual tape library has been created. - Resolution: Add an option to update the number of IE slots for a library. - Severity: Low - References: RFE1927 BZ36552 - Enhancement: Allow a virtual tape library or drive to be reset. - Resolution: Add a new menu option to submit a reset command that will move all tapes in a library or drive to slots and make them available for further use. - Severity: Low - References: RFE1744 BZ36553 - Enhancement: Provide encryption information in the "Tape Import/Export" report. - Resolution: Add an encryption flag to indicate if an export job with encryption has completed. - Severity: Low - References: RFE1822 BZ36544 Event Log: - Symptom: Duplicate messages appear in the event log and system log after auto-save has been enabled with SFTP. - Cause: The server options were saved twice. - Resolution: Save the server options once. - Severity: Low - References: TS106444 BZ36759 VTL-Console-8.20-9310-04 Auto Save: - Symptom: Saving the configuration to an FTP server via the Auto Save option fails with a connection error. - Cause: An incorrect password was saved for the FTP connection. - Resolution: Save the correct FTP password. - Severity: Low - References: TS106977 BZ36092 Tape Caching: - Symptom: Tape caching for can be disabled even though the related tape is in use. - Cause: The console did not abort the procedure when the tape was in a drive or was in use. - Resolution: Do not disable tape caching when the tape is either in a drive or in use. - Severity: Low - References: TS106633 BZ36014 GUI: - Symptom: The tips window does not show when moving a virtual tape from the vault to a virtual library. - Cause: The tips window was hidden by the dropdown list. - Resolution: Correctly display the tips window. - Severity: Low - References: TS106573 BZ35980 - Symptom: Sometimes the "Set Date/Time" option does not appear in the system maintenance dialog. - Cause: The field properties were not set explicitly. - Resolution: Enable and set the visibility property for the field. - Severity: Low - References: TS106841 BZ36066 - Enhancement: Provide a Simplified Chinese version of the "SNMP v3 setup" page. - Resolution: Translate the page to Simplified Chinese. - Severity: Low - References: TS107261 BZ36432 Deduplication: - Symptom: The VIT resolver throttling information is not correct. - Cause: The information was retrieved from an incorrect SIR node when the standby node was the first node in the cluster. - Resolution: Get the information from the correct SIR node. - Severity: Low - References: TS106666 BZ35874 VTL-Console-8.20-9310-03 Security: - Enhancement: Require longer passwords when the strong password option is enabled. - Resolution: Increase the minimum length of strong passwords from 8 to 14 characters; this affects new passwords. This fix requires server patch update-is931005. - Severity: Low - References: BZ35063 - Enhancement: Implement specific security requirements. - Resolution: Provide the option to restrict usage of some server options and features: Do not allow CLI operations from a remote machine; do not allow multiple console sessions at the same time for any user; dedicate one TCP port for server management and another port for data replication; remove 'Location' from server properties; remove the 'Auto Save' option for server configuration; remove the NAS options 'NAS Resource->Export' and 'Purge Expired Replica Files'. - Severity: Low - References: BZ34796 Stacking: - Symptom: Stacking a tape on a standalone physical drive fails with an error. - Cause: When the physical tape had been used previously, the return code was not valid. - Resolution: Fix the return code to display a warning rather than failing the operation. - Severity: Low - References: BZ34639 VTL-Console-8.20-9310-02 GUI: - Symptom: The custom menu disappears after restarting the management console. - Cause: The custom menu settings were not saved. - Resolution: Save custom menu settings in a file. - Severity: Low - References: TS90693 BZ33648 - Symptom: Renaming a device does not take effect if the Enter key is pressed. - Cause: The behavior of the Enter key in the rename dialog was incorrect. - Resolution: Modify the logic so the new device name is saved when the Enter key is pressed. - Severity: Low - References: TS90744 BZ33708 - Symptom: Applying a patch fails due to a dependency error. - Cause: Multiple patches were applied at the same time. - Resolution: Do not allow applying multiple patches simultaneously. - Severity: Low - References: TS104426 BZ34500 Tape: - Symptom: After importing a physical tape, the number of loaded tapes displayed is incorrect. - Cause: Refreshing the management console resulted in mismatched tape information with the server. - Resolution: Modify the logic so the console information is refreshed. - Severity: Low - References: TS91165 BZ33998 - Symptom: A physical drive cannot be used. - Cause: The drive had been unassigned, but the configuration was not cleared completely because the server return code was not checked. - Resolution: Check the return code from the server to avoid leftover information on the physical drive. - Severity: Low - References: TS103741 BZ34289 Login: - Symptom: Console login by hostname fails in a Network Address Translation (NAT) environment. - Cause: The dynamic IP address was permanently saved. - Resolution: Save the IP address as an alias when the hostname is empty. - Severity: Low - References: TS90587 BZ33990 VTL-Console-8.20-9310-01 Security: - Enhancement: Process security vulnerabilities reported for Java. - Resolution: Update Java to version 8 update 60. - Severity: High - References: BZ33691