6.6 Edge 4 Release Notes

22 October 2021

Before You Upgrade

  • Virtuozzo OnApp 6.6 Edge 4 (6.6.edge4-73) is an edge release that is not designed to be installed on production environments.
  • You can update to Virtuozzo OnApp 6.6 Edge 4 from Virtuozzo OnApp 6.5 or 6.6 Edge 1/2/3.

The following table lists all the features, improvements, and fixes included in Virtuozzo OnApp 6.6 Edge 4 for all available components.

Features & Improvements

TypeKeyRelease Notes
Virtuozzo OnApp
REFLEX-260Improved encryption of the smtp_password parameter in the database.
REFLEX-265 (SUPPORT-3454)Improved the creation of a default IP range when the add_default_ip_range parameter is set to 1.

REFLEX-267

Added ability to install Windows 2022 Server on virtual servers.

TA-83 (SUPPORT-3075)

At the Logs page and in the Activity Log section of the Virtual Server Details page, it is now possible to cancel a TakeBackup transaction, which is running longer and exceeding the time set for a zombie transaction, for virtual servers, application servers, and smart servers.

TA-261 (SUPPORT-3401)

Added the CPU Blacklisted Flags table that lists CPU flags, which a virtual server should skip when starting, for a compute zone with the enabled Extended CPU Configuration option and a compute resource added to the compute zone with the enabled Extended CPU Configuration option.
TA-314 (SUPPORT-3454)Improved the default IP range creation logic.
TA-335Added new section, CPU blacklisted flags, which allied to the whole cloud, to the info_hub.xml file.
TA-361Improved processing of CPU flags for compute zones with extended CPU configuration and compute resources with different CPU flags in the compute zone.
WIZ-851Added ability to change the label, hostname, and password when cloning KVM-based virtual servers.
WIZ-890Added the new default Manage virtio bus for disks permission which gives the predefined Administrator role the possibility to enable virtio mode for the disks of Windows-based virtual servers of any users.
UIUX-27Updated UI at the Settings for This Compute Resource, Edit Compute Resource Details, CPU Configuration, Hardware Info, Data Stores for Compute Resource, Backup Servers for Compute Resource, and Networks for Compute Resource pages.
UIUX-29Updated UI at the Templates, System Templates, Available Templates, Available Upgrades, Active Installations, Template Details, Edit Template Details, System Service Add-ons, Custom Recipe Variables, Edit Custom Recipe Variables, and Set Custom Recipe Variables pages.
UIUX-32Updated UI at the Service Add-ons page.
UIUX-34Updated UI at the Recipes, Recipe Details, Edit Recipe, Create Recipe, Recipe Applied to Virtual Servers, and Run Recipe Once on Virtual Server(s) pages.
UIUX-43Updated UI at the Settings page.
UIUX-44Updated UI at the Software Licenses, Software License, Edit Software License, and Create New Software License pages.
UIUX-48Updated UI at the Edge Accelerator Dashboard and Network pages.
UIUX-49Updated UI at the Logs, Log Item Details, Compute Zone Failovers, Compute Zone Failover, Failover Compute Resource Properties, Iterations of Failover, Iteration of Failover, and Failed Actions pages.
UIUX-50Updated UI at the Sysadmin Tools, Services Status, Control Panel Errors, Application Error, Activity Log, Zabbix Setup, Control Panel Maintenance, and Resource Diffs pages.
UIUX-51Updated UI at the High Availability, High Availability Hosts, Host, Edit Host, Add New Host, Options, High Availability Clusters, Cluster, Add New Cluster, Edit Node, Communication Rings, and New Communication Ring pages.
UIUX-54Updated UI at the Hardware Info and Custom Fields pages.
UIUX-55Updated UI at the Location Groups page.
vCenter and vCloud
VMWARE-527Now at the Configure IP Settings step of NSX-V edge gateway creation Wizard, you can see only available IP addresses, which does not belong to other edge gateway sub-allocated IPs, in the corresponding drop-down list.
VMWARE-561The price for edge gateway now includes the price for sub-allocated IPs' usage.
VMWARE-569Now Get NSX-T Edge Gateway Details returns data concerning API setting.
VMWARE-574

At the Summary page of the NSX-T edge gateway creation wizard, the enable distributed routing option is now marked with image if enabled and image if not.

VMWARE-586

Now all the changes of edge gateway configuration sub-allocated IPs are synchronized in billing so that your invoices are up to date.
VMWARE-589Now you can get the data regarding IP nets via get vCloud external network details API request.
VMWARE-595When creating or editing a direct, routed, or isolated org network, the Shared option is not available for the NSX-T resource pool.
VMWARE-621Now the Edge Gateway IP configuration is available via API.
VMWARE-647Added ability to resync VCD virtual servers to synchronize the changes made on VMware side with OnApp.
CloudBoot
CLOUDBOOT-765

Updated the following components for CentOS7 KVM RAMDisk:

  • CentOS version to 7.9.2009
  • kernel version to 3.10.0-1160.42.2.el7.x86_64
  • XFS filesystem driver sources to version 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7..x86_64 compiled with the kernel version 3.10.0-1160.42.2.el7.x86_64 complied with the following patches
    • xfs-make-xfs_bmbt_to_iomap-available-outside-of-xfs_.patch
    • iomap-Switch-from-blkno-to-disk-offset.patch
    • dax-give-DAX-clearing-code-correct-bdev.patch
  • UFS file-system sources to the kernel version 3.10.0-1160.42.2.el7.x86_64 compiled with R/W support patch.
CLOUDBOOT-766Updated kernel version to 3.10.0-1160.42.2.el7.x86_64 for CentOS7 default RAMdisk.

CLOUDBOOT-768

Included onappstore-6.6-9428-master.x86_64.rpm into all RAMdisks.

Fixes

Type

Key

Release Notes

Affected Versions

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TA-305 (SUPPORT-3474)

You could face RDP/SSH interruptions during the hot migration of compute resources on Windows VS.6.3 - 6.6 Edge 3

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TA-324 (SUPPORT-3481)When configuring an SDN network for virtual router, it was impossible to assign IP address or vDisk to it.6.4 - 6.6 Edge 3

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TA-338 (SUPPORT-3495)SDN networks were not visible at the Resources step under the Network Configuration section of VS creation wizard if you did not have See all compute resources permission enabled.6.4 - 6.6 Edge 3

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VMWARE-295 (SUPPORT-3442)Deletion of a backup resource with the installed Veeam or R1Soft backup plugins could fail with a 500 Internal Server Error message due to the recovery points and schedule jobs left in the database.6.6 Edge 3

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VMWARE-462When uploading a file with the .iso extension to the vCloud, it did not appear on the Media tab, at the Catalog page.6.4 Edge 1- 6.6 Edge 3

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VMWARE-496A user with the vCloud Organization Administrator role was redirected to the wrong page when clicking the Services tab at the NSX-T Edge Gateway page.6.5 Edge 6 - 6.6 Edge 3

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VMWARE-514It was impossible to change values of hot_add_cpu\hot_add_memory from Virtuozzo OnApp side for vCloud VSs6.3 - 6.6 Edge 3

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VMWARE-554 (SUPPORT-3488)It was impossible to rename vApps from Virtuozzo OnApp UI if the description field in the DB was NULL.6.4 - 6.6 Edge 3

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VMWARE-612When creating a new auto-backup preset and selecting the Weekly option in the Period field, the checkboxes in the Days to run on field were duplicated.6.4 - 6.6 Edge 3

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WIZ-868 (SUPPORT-3475)

It was impossible to create and edit a backup schedule without the Create new disk permission enabled.6.3 Patch 1 - 6.6 Edge 3

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REFLEX-253 (SUPPORT-3490)If you had the VS with more than 50 recovery points, synchronization of recovery points and full synchronization could take more than 1 hour and up to 48 hours, respectively.6.5 - 6.6 Edge 3

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REFLEX-261A cloned VS did not have a local read path.6.3 - 6.6 Edge 3

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REFLEX-295

(SUPPORT-3498)
While adding the SDN network interface to a VS, a user could see the associated compute resource in the Physical Network drop-down list.6.4 - 6.6 Edge 3