HP StoreAll Storage 6.2.
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Version: 6.2.3 (build 6.2.407) Description Update eligibility Customers running HP StoreAll OS Software 6.2.x, 6.1.x, 6.0.x, 5.6.x, 5.5.x, or 5.4.x are eligible for the update. Refer to the administrator guide for your storage system for specific update requirements and procedures. Customers running IBRIX OS Software 5.3.2 or earlier versions should contact HP Support to determine compatibility before updating their software. Supersedes 6.2.2 (build 6.2.
Other supported software Software Supported versions Linux 9000 clients • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 6.1, 6.2 (all 64 bit) nl • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (64 bit) • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 (64 bit) • openSUSE 11.1 (64 bit) • CentOS 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 6.1, 6.
Languages International English Enhancements in the 6.2.3 release The intent of the 6.2.3 release was to resolve key issues found in earlier releases. See “Fixes” (page 7) for a list of those fixes. Enhancements in the 6.2.1 release The 6.2.1 release provides the following enhancements. • • • • New Feature/Capabilities/Solutions ◦ StoreAll REST API.
– Rebalancing wizard – Segment evacuation wizard – Data tiering wizard – Replication wizard and health checks Implementation changes in the 6.2.1 release The following implementation changes occurred with hardware monitoring: • During an upgrade, user must now run the Firmware Management Tool and perform a set of manual steps to update the firmware. • All of the logical (volumes) and physical (controllers, ports, drive enclosures, drives, etc.
Software snapshots Upgrading pre-6.0 file systems for snapshots To accommodate software snapshots, the inode format was changed in the 6.0 release. Consequently, files used for snapshots must either be created on StoreAll OS software 6.0 or later, or the pre-6.0 file system containing the files must be upgraded for snapshots. To upgrade a file system, use the upgrade60 utility. For more information about the utility, see “upgrade60” in the HP StoreAll Storage CLI Reference Guide.
NOTE: The X9720 storage controller firmware version 1.40 has a known issue that could cause instability, including controller hang, when a replacement drive is inserted. The issue can result in one or more file system segments going offline. Customers that encounter the issue should contact HP Support for the recovery procedure. • Fixed an error counter issue (the number of errors did not match the number of corrections) in ibdircheck.
• Fixed the code that checks for quota initialization to prevent a kernel panic that could occur when disabling and enabling Directory Tree quotas. • After unmounting and remounting a file system, the create time would be listed as 0 (zero). Fixed the code so the create time check occurs after the format version check. • A segment server routine within ibdircheck was changed to only perform the check for which the routine was originally intended.
• Fixed an issue that caused i_blocks and i_total_blocks to become out of sync when a directory was being created. • Refresh stale dentry now displays when a misidentified dangler or a legitimate corrupted directory condition occurs. • A missing attribute in the LDAP server user record now generates an error in the log, but no longer results in a crash. • Wrapper scripts were modified to accept spaces in arguments.
• A crash would sometimes occur while renaming a folder. • Quotas were being incorrectly reported after an upgrade. • The ibrix_fsck command was showing "illegal inode number while reading inode." • The ibrix_vs -a command would fail on combined 9730+X9720 and 9320+9730 clusters. • Long delays (approximately 10 minutes) followed by an HTTP status code in the 5XX range would occur while using the StoreAll REST API. Fixes in the 6.2.
Fixes • When a snapshot was taken, files could be deleted from the source directory. • Stack overflows were occurring, due to some of the CLI commands, such as ibrix_fs, requiring a large buffer. The fix lessened the risk of a stack overflow. • Dangling dentries were created when mv and cp commands were killed during the file creation operation. • The upgrade60.sh upgrade script was sometimes showing an invalid file system message in environments where clusters were on a flat network.
• For a list of firmware fixes, see the FMT User Guide (contact HP Support for more information). • MDS600 and D6000 drive enclosure drawers are now reported by number: Drawer 1 for the front-facing left drawer and Drawer 2 for the front-facing right drawer. • A memory leak was occurring in Fusion Manager. • For a list of fixes in the Storage Provisioning Tool (SPT), see the HP SPT User Guide (contact HP Support for more information). The var/log/message file was not getting rotated nightly.
• After upgrading to 6.2.3, use the Firmware Management Tool (FMT) by entering the hpsp_fmt -fr server) command to determine if any firmware upgrades are required.
3. 4. Wait 1 minute for the commands to complete. Place the current Active FM into 'nofmfailover' mode, this will trigger the migration by entering the following command: ibrix_fm -m nofmfailover 5. Wait another minute, after which, you should find the Active FM on the desired node. Verify FM is at the correct node by entering the following command: ibrix_fm -i 6.
system metadata of the target. Custom metadata is also independent. You can assign custom metadata to a soft link that differs from the custom metadata assigned to the target of the link. • The following Express Query audit event types are not yet audited when data validation scans start and end, even when enabled. ◦ val_scan_started ◦ val_scan_ended The audit event types are in place to support this functionality in the future.
1. Manually delete the task by entering the following command: ibrix_tasks -k -n -F 2. If the FM process was stopped or restarted while a task was running, the common user database (CUD) and the specific task coordinator (or other task specific process) were left running. When FM is restarted, it is no longer aware of these processes. A new task of the same type might not start because the rogue task is still running.
hpsp_credmgmt --update-cred -s couplet:couplet/array//mgmtport_b/ro --cred-type upwpair --cred-username monitor --cred-password '!monitor' 3. To verify your installation of the credentials, list the credentials by entering the following command: hpsp_credmgmt --get-cred -s couplet:couplet/* --output-sl The command displays the credentials for your system. Your output would differ from the following example to reflect your system configuration: 10.125.2.
before Virtual Connect (VC) profile is applied. The server might come up with no networking and without any error in OA. The VC sometimes complains. • The Active Fusion Manager (FM) might lose track of actively running tasks if the FM on the server where the specific task coordinator is running is restarted. This situation can happen if the server has failed over, restarted or if the Fusion Manager itself on that server has restarted.
SMB • SMB and StoreAll Windows clients cannot be used together because of incompatible AD user to UID mapping. You can use either SMB or StoreAll Windows clients, but not both at the same time on the cluster. • The HP–SMB server does not support connections from Linux SMB clients. The workaround is to use NFS for Linux. • SMB DCN is supported on Windows File Explorer with the following exception: ◦ • The recursive notification flag in the notify request is ignored.
You may also need to restart the Windows client, as the original negotiated protocol, SMB2, may be cached by the client. Restarting the client renegotiates the protocol back to SMB1. • Be sure to remove Active Directory users from the StoreAll share admin list before removing them from Active Directory. If you remove an Active Directory user from Active Directory before removing the user from the StoreAll share admins list, an error is reported when you attempt to change the share admins list.
snapshots are temporary file systems that are not writable. Users should not query quota information against block level snap file systems. • After the initial creation of a snapshot, it can take 4 to 6 minutes to mount the snapshot. Block snapshots are not created when a volume group is mapped to more than one logical volume.
Data retention and validation • The ibrix_reten_adm command fails if the date string specified with -e contains spaces. As a workaround, use the following command to enter date strings containing spaces: /usr/local/ibrix/sbin/ibr_reten_adm -e expire_time -f FSNAME -P PATHLIST • The ibrix_vs_snap command cannot delete a block snapshot file system that is enabled for data retention. Instead, use the ibrix_fs command with the -R option.
2. Run the following command to exclude all files in the .webdav directory: # ibrix_avconfig -a -E -f FS1 -P /FS1/.webdav/ -x '*' 3. Reset the immutable bit on the .webdav directory: # chattr +i .webdav/ 4. Exclude all files in the .DAV directory for each HTTP/WebDAV share created: # ibrix_avconfig -a -E -f FS1 -P /FS1/httpshare/.DAV/ -x '*' Segment evacuation • The segment evacuator cannot evacuate segments in a READONLY, BROKEN or UNAVAILABLE state.
components to toggle from Up, to Stale, and back to Up. Common causes of failures in the monitoring system include: ◦ Reboot of a file serving node ◦ Network connectivity issues between the management console and a file serving node ◦ Resource exhaustion on a file serving node (CPU, RAM, I/O or network bandwidth) While network connectivity and resource exhaustion issues should be investigated, they can occur normally due to heavy workloads.
service snmpd restart • On 9320/X9720 systems, the virtual SAS manager and VC connect manager must be configured manually for HP Support. • On HP SIM 7.1, 9320/9300 nodes are discovered as “HP 9320 NetStor FSN” if MSA storage is registered on the cluster nodes. This does not affect sending alerts to HP Support. ibrix_fsck command • The log files for user-initiated tasks (such as running ibrix_fsck and migrating or rebalancing segments) are not rotated automatically.
• When using the ibrix_vs -a command during file system extension, the command fails on a combined cluster configuration (such as 9730 and 9320) with the following error message: Lun already set for physical volume dxx can two vendorstorages see the same luns? Contact HP Support for assistance. • You might not be able to mount a file system after an unmount if you: 1. Stop the metabox. 2. Evacuate the segment. 3. Failover of a server (ibrix_server -f -h ) 4. Unmount the file system.
Installation instructions New installations HP StoreAll OS software is preinstalled on supported devices. If you need to reinstall the software, see the administrator guide for your storage system. Upgrades The upgrade procedure is provided in the administrator guide for your storage system. Contact HP Support for assistance with the procedure. Compatibility/Interoperability Note the following: • Every member of the cluster must be running the same version of StoreAll OS software.
