FlashGrid SkyCluster
Release Notes
Version 19.10
New features:
- added Oracle RU/PSU 2019-10-15
- patching DB home using GI RU/PSU package instead of DB RU/PSU package for DB versions 11.2, 12.2, 18c, 19c
Software component versions:
- Storage Fabric 19.06
- Diagnostics ver 19.06
- CLAN ver 19.03
- RHEl 7.7 / OL 7.7 based OS images
Version 19.08
- Storage Fabric 19.06
- Diagnostics ver 19.06
- CLAN ver 19.03
- RHEl 7.7 / OL 7.7 based OS images
- REST API for automated (no GUI) generation of templates #1916
AWS-specific:
Azure-specific: None
GCP-specific:
- added new VM types: N2, M1, M2
- disabled google-clock-skew service
Version 19.06
- Storage Fabric 19.06
- Diagnostics ver 19.06
- CLAN ver 19.03
- Full GI/DB 19c support
- GI 19c by default
- Use oracle instant client 19c #1864
- Do not configure GIMR and MGMT disk group
- disable TFA diags auto-collection
AWS-specific: None
Azure-specific:
- use az-admin@ user instead of fg@ for SSH in to the VMs #1876
- check Vnet parameter consistency #1882
- use storage container URL instead of name #1880
GCP-specific:
- added Oracle Linux OS option
Version 19.05
- Storage Fabric 19.05
- Diagnostics ver 19.05
- CLAN ver 19.03
- Limited GI/DB 19c support (preview) #1854
- "Call home" alerting mechanism #1824
- skycluster-node-update package #1784
- auto-config of reserved kernel memory #1767
- Enable HugePages autoconfig by default
- allow installation with no PSU/RU and do not require Opatch patch file #1655
- bug fix: GI 12.2.0.1+ Apr'19 RU: Cluster creation fails during GI config backup #1837
AWS-specific:
- list EC2 high memory instance types in Launcher #1676
- bug-fix: enable CPU performance mode for bare-metal #1848
Azure-specific: None
GCP-specific: None
Version 19.03
- Full support for GCP
- Storage Fabric 19.03
- Diagnostics ver 19.03
- CLAN ver 19.03
GCP-specific:
- bug fix: Cluster init taking too long with GI 12.2 on GCP #1851
- bug fix: cluster creation fails with GI 12.2 on GCP #1847
- bug fix: Cluster init failue because of DNS resolution problems for internal GCP names #1849
- bug fix: Slow rpm install on GCP without public IP #1850
Version 19.02
- Storage Fabric 19.02
- Diagnostics ver 19.02
- audit service for tracking of and alerting on configuraiton changes
- automatic configuration of HugePages #1705
- separate VOTE and MGMT diskgroups #1597
- for DB 12.1.0.2 use Proactive Bundle Patch instead of PSU
- remove tmp LVs after cluster init #1704
- GI config backup after cluster init #1756
- updated yum repo config in OL images #1748
- added db-only node role for clusters with separate storage servers #1732
- bug fix: vncserver fails to start #1715
- bug fix: iscsid may fail to start after boot #1717
AWS-specific:
- added support for new version of CloudFormation Manager console
- Support for new AWS EC2 bare-metal instances
- add option for enabling protection against termination in AWS #1710
- added AWS Stockholm region
Azure-specific:
- change Azure OL image from BTRFS to XFS #1713
- free trial SKU in Azure #1763
- preview for local NVME SSD (Ls_v2) on Azure
GCP-cpecific:
- Added limited support for GCP
Version 18.11
- RHEL 7.6 / OL 7.6 based marketplace images
- Storage Fabric 18.11 with added service for automatic onlining of disks after transient failures
- Diagnostics ver 18.11
- Cloud Area Network ver 18.11
- protect system files with immutable attribute and warning text
- enable audit and alerts for system configuration file changes and sensitive commands
- modified vncserver configuration for user oracle@
- added installation of flashgrid-skycluster-conflicts rpm
- fixed: local (not supposed to be shared) EBS disks are shared on M5/R5 #1727
- fixed: GI configuration may fail due to port availability
Version 18.10
- Wizard-style web GUI
- GI and DB ver 18.3 support
- Storage Fabric 18.10
- Diagnostics ver 18.10 with CLI based upload, enhanced monitoring, and alerting
Version 18.08
- Storage Fabric ver 18.08 with enhanced disk heartbeat mechanism
- Allow configuring timezone other than UTC
- Allow selecting disk type
- On VMs with >50GiB memory set vm.min_free_kbytes = 5GiB for better reliability on heavily utilized systems #1183
- Additonal network forwarding rules for RMAN backup to AWS S3
- Enhanced OOM protection parameters
Version 18.07
- Added Oracle July 2018 PSU/RU
- Added EC2 i3.metal instance support
- Storage perofrmance enhancement in Azure
- Automatic generation of license file for Marketplace deployments
- Disabled swap for enhanced reliability
Version 18.04
- Added FlashGrid Diagnostics 18.04
- RHEL 7.5 / OL 7.5 based VM images
- Added Oracle April 2018 PSU/RU
- Added Azure China and Germany clouds
- Added Application Security Groups in Azure
Version 18.03
- Azure Accelerated Network support
- AWS Network speed enhancements
- Replaced NTPD with CHRONYD
- Removed support for GI 12.1
Version 18.01
- Added Jan 2018 Oracle PSU/RU
- RHEL 7 based AMI availability via AWS Marketplace
- Support for AWS EC2 M5 family
- Limited support for custom OS user IDs and custom OS groups
Version 17.11
- Added Oct 2017 Oracle PSU/RU
- Web interface enhancements
- Added auto-configuration of DNS for AWS
Version 17.09
- Added SCAN Proxy support
- Added ASM disk group configuration
- Added AWS GovCloud support
Version 17.08
- Added Azure support
- Added Aug 2017 Oracle PSU/RU
Version 17.07
- Initial release of web-based FlashGrid Cloud Provisining