C Documentation Updates #
This chapter lists content changes for this document since the release of the latest maintenance update of SUSE Enterprise Storage 5. You can find changes that apply to previous versions in https://documentation.suse.com/ses/5.5/html/ses-all/ap-deploy-docupdate.html.
The document was updated on the following dates:
C.1 Maintenance update of SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 documentation #
Added a list of new features for Ceph 14.2.5 in the 'Ceph Maintenance Updates Based on Upstream 'Nautilus' Point Releases' appendix.
Added Section 26.8.5, “Archive Synchronization Module” (https://jira.suse.com/browse/SES-380).
Added Section 9.8, “RBD Mirroring” (https://jira.suse.com/browse/SES-235).
Added Chapter 8, Improving Performance with LVM cache (https://jira.suse.com/browse/SES-269).
Added
/etc/cephto the list of backup content in Section 3.1, “Back Up Ceph Configuration” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153342).Fixed targeting and re-weighting commands when adding new cluster nodes in Section 2.1, “Adding New Cluster Nodes” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151861).
Added changelog entry for Ceph 14.2.4 (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151881).
Before running stage 5, verify which OSDs are going to be possibly removed in Chapter 2, Salt Cluster Administration (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150406).
Added two additional steps to the procedure that describes recovering an OSD in Section 2.9, “Recovering a Reinstalled OSD Node” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1137132).
Add a new chapter about Ceph Manager modules, focusing on the balancer module in Section 21.1, “Balancer” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1133550).
Rewrote the section about applying rolling updates of the cluster software and replaced stage 0 with manual commands to prevent an infinite loop in Section 2.12, “Updating the Cluster Nodes” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1134444).
Added a new section that describes how to replace the Admin Node: Section 2.10, “Moving the Admin Node to a New Server” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1145080).
Added a warning that enabling image journaling on all new images can have negative impact on cluster performance in Section 23.4.3, “Image Configuration” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1134734).
Added check for
nscdprocess and a tip to keep clocks synchronized from the Active Directory controller (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144696).Added Section 2.17, “Removing an Entire Ceph Cluster” and tips about purging custom roles in Section 6.6, “Adding Custom Roles” and Section 14.2, “User Roles and Permissions” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1138846).
Added a missing command in Section 20.1.1.3, “CRUSH Placement Rules” and added two new commands in Section 20.1.1.4, “Additional Commands” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1132696).
Added Section 2.7.2, “Removing All OSDs on a Host” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142746).
Updated the output of
ceph dfcommand in Section 17.4, “Checking a Cluster's Usage Stats” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1143551).Added two new advanced settings in Section 10.4.5, “Advanced Settings” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142341).
Added Section 2.16, “Deactivating Tuned Profiles” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1130430).
Added a statement that the cache tier migration method works only from a replicated pool in Section 22.3.2, “Migrate Using Cache Tier” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102242).
Updated
@/var/lib/cephsub-volume creation in Section 33.6, “Btrfs Subvolume for/var/lib/cephon Ceph Monitor Nodes” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1138603).
C.2 June 2019 (Release of SUSE Enterprise Storage 6) #
General Updates #
Added Section 26.6, “HTTP Front-ends” and moved Object Gateway configuration options to Section 25.3, “Ceph Object Gateway” (https://jira.suse.com/browse/SES-453).
Added Chapter 25, Ceph Cluster Configuration (jsc#SES-526).
Added more information on the volatile character of Ceph Dashboard's URL in Part II, “Ceph Dashboard” (jsc#SES-461).
Added Section 33.11, “How to Locate Physical Disks Using LED Lights” (jsc#SES-100).
Updated Chapter 10, Managing NFS Ganesha (jsc#SES-533).
Added hints on using the default Ceph Dashboard user account called 'admin' in Section 13.3, “User Name and Password” (jsc#SES-485).
Added Section 26.12, “Pool Placement and Storage Classes” (jsc#SES-326).
Added
usernameandpasswordparameters in Section 26.8.3.1, “ElasticSearch Tier Type Configuration Parameters” (jsc#SES-130).Added Section 29.2, “Samba Gateway Joining Active Directory” (jsc#SES-38).
Added Section 26.8.1, “General Configuration” and Section 26.8.4, “Cloud Synchronization Module” (jsc#SES-96).
Added Section 23.6, “QoS Settings” (Fate#324269).
Added Section 28.7, “Managing CephFS Snapshots” (Fate#325488).
Removed/updated obsoleted
ceph-diskoccurrences (Fate#324466).Added Section 28.6, “Setting CephFS Quotas” (Fate#323422).
Made Block Storage the default storage back-end (Fate#325658).
Added Section 16.3, “Shutdown and Start of the Whole Ceph Cluster” (Fate#323666).
Removed all references to external online documentation, replaced with the relevant content (Fate#320121).
Bugfixes #
Added Section 23.9, “Mapping RBD Using Old Kernel Clients” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1134992).
Updated Object Gateway sections to use Beast instead of CivetWeb (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1138191).
Removed RBD image format 1 mentions + aligned pool/volume name in Section 10.4.3, “Export RBD Images via iSCSI” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135175).
QoS features not supported by iSCSI in Section 23.6, “QoS Settings” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135063).
Added performance notes to Chapter 29, Exporting Ceph Data via Samba and Chapter 30, NFS Ganesha: Export Ceph Data via NFS (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1124674).