HP StoreAll Storage 6.2.
© Copyright 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Microsoft® and Windows® are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Version: 6.2.4 (build 6.2.408) 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 6.2.3 (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 6.2.4 release The intent of the 6.2.4 release was to resolve key issues found in earlier releases. See “Fixes in the 6.2.4 release” (page 8) for a list of those fixes. 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 in the 6.2.3 release” (page 8) for a list of those fixes. Enhancements in the 6.2.1 release The 6.2.1 release provides the following enhancements.
• ◦ Failed node crash capture management. Failed Node iLO Crash Management enables customer to collect the core dump of the failed node (Segment Server) when Fusion Manager initiates the failover. This functionality is not enabled by default.
NOTE: The 12th column (“FFREE”) is your total available inode count per segment for the original segments 66 Million per segment and that of the newer 64 bit segments of 1 billion per segment. This segment mix and inode count does not negatively affect the operation of your file system nor any applications. Software snapshots Upgrading pre-6.0 file systems for snapshots To accommodate software snapshots, the inode format was changed in the 6.0 release.
Fixes Fixes in the 6.2.4 release • Firmware release version 1.42 provides the following enhancements: ◦ The timeout for READ CAPACITY commands was increased to 45 seconds. Previously, certain drive models would be identified as FAILED shortly after a replacement drive was inserted (if the response time exceeded 15 seconds). ◦ Fixed regressions introduced in firmware version 1.40 that caused the controller to occasionally hang during replacement drive insertion. Fixes in the 6.2.
• Some SNMP managers, such as Netcool Omnibus Manager, received StoreAll SNMP traps with an incorrect Specific Trap type and mismatched variable bindings. The fix changes the SNMP Trap OID (OID of IBRIXGENERICEVENT) to “.1.3.6.1.4.1.18997.2.0.1” and adds “eventIndex” to the variable bindings. Additionally, this fix includes a change to the StoreAll MIB file, which requires the following configuration steps after installing the 6.2.3 patch: 1.
Fixes • Running replication with antivirus scanning no longer corrupts ibrmode, which previously made the scan appear not to occur. • When performing a segment evacuation on a shadow directory (due to a bad segment), the evacuation no longer fails. • Previously when hard links were created on a StoreAll file system from the StoreAll Windows Client, unmounting the file system might result in a failure. The fix ensures the failure no longer occurs.
• The default number of adm server threads was increased from 10 to 24. Previously, adm server threads were used only for Fusion Manager and IAS management but many utilities now use adm server threads. • A race condition could occur in the StoreAll kernel when a delegation thread was deallocated without being properly synchronized with other threads. This occurred only in very rare circumstances. The fix ensures that proper synchronization occurs before performing the thread deallocation.
• Request for a method for setting the pasv_address parameter in the vsftpd.conf file. This parameter can now be set as follows: ◦ CLI. Enter the following command, which will write the pasv_address parameter (pasv_promiscuous=YES) into the sftpd configuration file: ibrix_ftpshare -m ftp_share1 -c profile1 -I 10.9.60.61:21 -S "allow_nat=true" ◦ GUI. A new field named Allow NAT connections has been added to the FTP share modification window.
situation only occurred when the read operations involved a cluster network hop to a remote FSN on a remote couplet, and the issue has been resolved. • During a mkdir operation, the xdr_encode_netobj dereferencing NULL xdr_netobj->data pointer message was displayed. The underlying issue has been resolved so the message no longer appears.
Installation and network configuration • On X9720 systems with G6 blades, the Quick Restore installation reports that the G6 Ethernet firmware must be upgraded. The Ethernet device (eth0) must be up when you upgrade the firmware. Use the following command to bring up eth0 and then upgrade the firmware: # ifup eth0 The following document provides additional detail for HP Support personnel: http://saw.cce.hp.com/km/saw/view.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------To resolve the issue: 1. Manually check your version by entering the following command: ethtool -i eth0 The command displays the following: driver: be2net version: 4.1.402.6 firmware-version: 4.1.402.20 bus-info: 0000:02:00.0 Bootable ISO Download: 2. Verify the firmware-version is 4.1.402.20. If it is not, download a bootable ISO file (OneConnect-Flash-4.1.402.20.
• During an upgrade from 6.1 to 6.2.4, if there is I/O work load on a file serving node, the HP-SMB services might not start itself after upgrade. This could make the SMB share not accessible from that node. To recover from this situation, restart the HP-SMB services after upgrade if there is a share access issue after upgrade.
• Root segment evacuation fails on a file system that has express query and retention enabled. Before running segment evacuation, disable Express Query by entering the ibrix_archiving -S command. You can re-enable Express Query after segment evacuation completes. To enable Express Query, enter the ibrix_archiving -s command. • In certain cases where files created by MDExport or ibrix_audit_reports are very large, in the millions of files range, the MDImport tool cannot successfully import the files.
1. Enter the following CLI command: ibrix_event -p [-o DAYS_COUNT] If you want to change the number of days the event database is purged, include the -o DAYS_COUNT option when you enter the command. Events are removed starting with the oldest events. The default is to remove the oldest seven days of messages. Purge the event database periodically to prevent it from becoming too large. 2. After the events are purged, create a new FM Store archive by entering the following command: ibrix_fm -B 3.
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: 10.125.2.221|monitor|!monitor|couplet:couplet/array/500c0ff1390c0000/mgmtport_b/ro 10.125.2.221|manage|!manage|couplet:couplet/array/500c0ff1390c0000/mgmtport_b/rw 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.
