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Dell FluidFS Version 5.0

Release Notes

The Dell NAS appliances leverage the Dell Fluid File System (FluidFS) and the Dell Storage Center SAN to

provide file storage to clients using the SMB, NFS, or FTP protocols. FluidFS version 5.0 introduces new

features and enhancements, and fixes issues that were present in the previous release.

Revision History

Document number: 680-115-001

Revision Date Description

A January 2016 Initial release of FluidFS v5.0

B March 2016 Release of FluidFS v5.0.100128

C April 2016 Release of FluidFS v5.0.200081

D July 2016 Release of FluidFS v5.0.300109

E August 2016 Updated feature descriptions

F September 2016 Release of FluidFS v5.0.400014

Contents

FluidFS Version 5.0 Compatibility Requirements................................................................................. 2

Related Publications..............................................................................................................................2

FluidFS Version 5.0.400014 ..................................................................................................................3

FluidFS Version 5.0.300109 ..................................................................................................................3

FluidFS Version 5.0.100128 New Features and Enhancements...........................................................3

FluidFS Version 5.0 New Features and Enhancements....................................................................... 4

Fixed Issues in FluidFS Version 5.0.400014.......................................................................................... 7

Fixed Issues in FluidFS Version 5.0.300109.......................................................................................... 7

Fixed Issues in FluidFS Version 5.0.200081..........................................................................................8

Fixed Issues in FluidFS Version 5.0.100128.......................................................................................... 9

Fixed Issues in FluidFS Version 5.0......................................................................................................10

Limitations in FluidFS Version 5.0........................................................................................................11

Known Issues in FluidFS Version 5.0...................................................................................................12

Contacting Dell....................................................................................................................................13

Document Number: 680-115-001

Rev. F

2016 - 09

Summary of content (13 pages)

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Dell FluidFS Version 5.0 Release Notes The Dell NAS appliances leverage the Dell Fluid File System (FluidFS) and the Dell Storage Center SAN to provide file storage to clients using the SMB, NFS, or FTP protocols. FluidFS version 5.0 introduces new features and enhancements, and fixes issues that were present in the previous release. Revision History Document number: 680-115-001 Revision Date Description A January 2016 Initial release of FluidFS v5.0 B March 2016 Release of FluidFS v5.0.
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FluidFS Version 5.0 Compatibility Requirements Make sure that the following requirements are met prior to using FluidFS version 5.0. Table 1. FluidFS Version 5.0 Compatibility Requirements Component Requirement Supported update paths from previous versions of FluidFS For the supported update paths to FluidFS version 5.0, see the Dell Fluid File System Version 5.0 Support Matrix available from dell.com/ support. Storage Center OS Up to eight Storage Centers running version 6.5.x or later.
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• Dell FS8600 Appliance Service Guide – Provides information about FS8600 appliance hardware, system component replacement, and system troubleshooting. • Dell NAS Appliance SFP+ Replacement Procedure – Provides information about replacing SFP+ transceivers on an inactive system. • Dell FluidFS FS8600 Appliance 1Gb to 10Gb Upgrade Procedure – Provides information about upgrading a Fibre Channel FS8600 appliance from 1Gb Ethernet client connectivity to 10Gb Ethernet client connectivity.
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NDMP Exclude Paths and Patterns Using FluidFS Configuring DMA clients with data-exclusion patterns might not work with some backup vendors such as BackupExec and Netbackup. FluidFS v5.0.100128 adds options for handling exclude paths and patterns, which will be skipped when executing NDMP backup on the NAS volume. This option can be configured at the NAS volume level, and is available under NAS Volume settings. FluidFS Version 5.0 New Features and Enhancements Version 5.0.
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NOTE: – The feature must be enabled on both sides (server and client). – The feature applies to files of sizes between 64 KB and 256 MB. • SMBv2 sparse files – Adds support for SMBv2 sparse files. When sparse file functionality is enabled and the application uses the functionality, the system does not allocate hard disk drive space to a file except in regions where it contains nonzero data.
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• Optimize NAS volume for use as VMware vSphere datastore – When enabled, FluidFS snapshots on NAS volumes containing VMs will take VM snapshots, to ensure the VM is always in a consistent state. Access Control • Microsoft group policy support – Group Policy and Group Policy Objects (GPO) are a Microsoft framework and set of protocols integrated into Windows clients and servers. GPOs enable central management of administrative policies.
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• vApp cloning support using Dell Storage Manager and the CLI – FluidFS v4 had the ability to clone virtual machines serving as datastores, on a FluidFS NAS volume. FluidFS v5 includes the ability to also clone a complete vApp, which is a set of VM machines and their configurations set.
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Area Description Data Protection If the Antivirus feature was enabled, MAC OSX clients experienced higher latency than Windows clients when accessing files. Data Protection NDMP did not store files with alternate data streams (ADS) properly. Data Protection Upon completion of NDMP backups, performance degradation sometimes occurred when automatic snapshots that were created for the backup were deleted. Fixed Issues in FluidFS Version 5.0.200081 This following issues were fixed in FluidFS v5.0.
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Fixed Issues in FluidFS Version 5.0.100128 This following issues were fixed in FluidFS v5.0.100128. Table 5. Fixed Issues in FluidFS Version 5.0.100128 Area Description System Functionality Compellent Integration Tools for VMware (CITV 3.1) did not support FluidFS v5. System Functionality Updating firmware to FluidFS v5 on a 3- or 4-appliance system sometimes failed due to a timeout issue.
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Area Description ACL contained the creator-owner SID, overrestrictive permissions were returned, potentially preventing an otherwise valid access attempt. Data Protection Dell Storage Manager displayed an incorrect snapshot retention period. Data Protection NDMP snapshots had constant names that sometimes caused sequential backup sessions to fail.
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Area Description NAS Volumes, Shares, and Exports SMB client, usually a scanner, failed to open a file in SMB1 compatibility mode. Data Protection When restoring a long list (thousands) of files from an NDMP backup (and not the whole volume) — for example, by selecting a “fat” folder and unchecking a few files — the restore operation sometimes failed. Limitations in FluidFS Version 5.0 The following limitations exist in FluidFS v5.0. Table 7. Limitations in FluidFS Version 5.
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Area Description Account Management and Authentication If you have a cluster joined to Active Directory and NIS domains, the Domain drop-down list displays the UNIX and Windows user names in different windows. NAS Volumes, Shares, and Exports If you enter a value as a Unicode character string, fewer characters are accepted because Unicode characters take up a variable number of bytes. Data Protection NDMP snapshot creation fails when a NAS volume name contains spaces.
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Area Description System Management Dell Storage Manager and CLI use opposite terminology for Lease and Oplock settings. Dell Storage Manager enables/disables the Leases and Oplocks, while the CLI enables/disables restriction of Leases and Oplocks. System Management The Directory Quota Edit Rule online help page is missing. If you click Help on that page, an error similar to Help Not Found is generated. See the Dell Storage Manager Administrator’s Guide, which contains the same help information.