Release Notes: FlashGrid Cluster

Version 24.09

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 24.09
• Diagnostics ver 24.09
• Cluster Health Checker ver 24.09
• CLAN ver 24.09
• OS images based on: OL 7.9; RHEL 8.10, OL 8.10; OL 9.4

New Features:

• Remove End-of-life RHEL 7 from Launcher #4323
• node_update must show a clear error message if update failed #4309
• option to enable/disable SELinux on OL9/RHEL9 #4233
• implement CIS Level 1 hardening for RHEL 9 / OL 9 #4216
• Oracle Patches 2024-07-16 #4211

AWS-specific:

• add AWS ap-southeast-5 Asia Pacific (Malaysia) region #4283
• Clarification on AZ misconfiguration #4258

Azure-specific:

• use default NVME module settings on Azure #4293
• supported MTU size on Azure #4207

GCP-specific:

• add africa-south1, europe-southwest1, europe-west(8-10, 12), me-central(1, 2), me-west1, southamerica-west1, us-east5, and us-south1 GCP regions #4249
• add GCP C4 VMs #4244
• add GCP C3D VMs #4243
• add hyperdisk-balanced disk type for GCP #4241

Bug Fixes:

• Cluster initialization failed waiting for database lock #4321

Version 24.05

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 24.05
• Diagnostics ver 24.05
• Cluster Health Checker ver 24.05
• CLAN ver 24.05
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9; RHEL 8.10, OL 8.10; OL 9.4

New Features:

• add OL9 support #4067, #4189
• node_update: remove the leftover '.fg' directories from grid home #4156
• improve remote disk timeouts for better handling of network disruptions #4153
• Oracle Patches 2024-04-16 #4093
• allow no PSU for DB 11.2 and 12.1 #4048

AWS-specific:

• terraform aws fixes in launcher #4168
• disable dNFS by default during deployment #4074

Azure-specific:

• Drop Azure FX series from Launcher #4179
• Azure NVME disks: change scheduler from kyber to none #4149
• Drop M, Mv2, and Msv2 VM series #4096
• allow using Premium SSD v2 for all disks (except root) #4001

GCP-specific:

• in Launcher for GCP add OS selector #4115
• GCP VM sizes should follow the quorum rules #4031

Bug Fixes:

• Deployment failed with r7i.xlarge #4165
• mcelog fails on AMD instances #4142
• DB software installation failing because of race with CVU lock on orainventory #4132
• Deployment failed with Check block device for LVM PV: /dev/xvdz with large number of disks #4130
• OL8: LVM fails to bring up u01 disk #4100
• 19.23 deployment fails on tfactl set autodiagcollect=OFF failed 20 times on rac2 ABORTING #4095
• race condition during install flashgrid-os-conf and flashgrid-os-conf-<cloud_name> #4091
• flashgrid-db-failover-cfg can be invoked with wrong host name and duplicate nodes #4052
• sysdisk-hb file interfering with GI software #4032

Version 24.01

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 24.01
• Diagnostics ver 24.01
• Cluster Health Checker ver 24.01
• CLAN ver 24.01
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9; RHEL 8.9, OL 8.9

New Features:

• Update 24.1.108: Add / Remove node commands #4051
• Disk HB: output a message to serial log before shutdown #3840
• Disk HB: monitoring through files on '/' and '/u01' #3761
• node update insufficient logging #3087

AWS-specific:

• add AWS ca-west-1 Canada West (Calgary) region #3934
• sc1 minimum volume size should be changed to 125GB #3484

Azure-specific:

• max number of disks per VM #2843

GCP-specific: None

Bug Fixes:

• Add missing Azure Standard_M416s_v2 VM sizes #3993

• cluster init failing due to tfactl #3984
• correct way to fence the system in sysdisk-hb #3972
• Failover HA configuration: failover not happening in certain scenarios #3964
• in Launcher hide instance types that are old or for custom configs only #3920
• Validation messages are displayed on single line #3912

Version 23.11

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 23.11
• Diagnostics ver 23.11
• Cluster Health Checker ver 23.11
• CLAN ver 23.11
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9; RHEL 8.9, OL 8.9

New Features:

• disable traffic shaping on storage nodes #3879
• RHEL / OL 8.9 support #3867
• use Halt instead of Reboot in Disk HB service #3759
• Automatically shutdown the system in case of unrecoverable memory errors (MCE) #3724

AWS-specific:

• AWS EC2 C6in, M6in, M6idn, R6in, and R6idn instances now support higher Amazon EBS-optimized instance performance #3868
• drop EIP Association #3852
• AWS EC2 I4i instances introduced two new sizes: i4i.12xlarge and i4i.24xlarge #3834
• add AWS R7i EC2 instances #3820
• add AWS C7a EC2 instances #3804
• add AWS C7i EC2 instances #3781
• add AWS R7a EC2 instances #3774
• add AWS R7iz EC2 instances #3764
• deployment in AWS local zones #3450

Azure-specific:

• Azure Encryption at host #3846
• add Azure Ms_v3, Mds_v3 VMs #3779
• add customer managed key support for Azure disk encryption #3004

GCP-specific:

• set reduced nr_requests on GCP target disks #3836

Bug Fixes:

• Update 23.11.65: Unused variable [block_device] scheduler = 'kyber' #3945

• M7a/C7a/R7a incorrect core count #3896
• Internal Launcher error in Launcher when redundancy is not defined #3873
• Azure GI/DB 19.3 + Oct'23 PSU: TFA failed to start. #3826
• Use 'none' scheduler for initiator disks on RH8/OL8 #3675

Version 23.10

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 23.09
• Diagnostics ver 23.09
• Cluster Health Checker ver 23.09
• CLAN ver 23.10
• OS images based on: RHEL 8.8

New Features:

AWS-specific: None

Azure-specific: None

GCP-specific:

• enable Disk HB service on GCP #3758
• add udev rules for NVME disks on GCP #3601
• add hyperdisk-extreme and pd-balanced disk types in GCP #3584
• enable Tier1 network on GCP #2478

Bug Fixes:

• fg-loopback service has 'dead' state after starting #3783

Version 23.09

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 23.09
• Diagnostics ver 23.09
• Cluster Health Checker ver 23.09
• CLAN ver 23.09
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9; RHEL 8.8, OL 8.8

New Features:

AWS-specific:

• add AWS il-central-1 Israel (Tel Aviv) region #3782
• Terraform functionality in Launcher #3767
• enable Disk HB service on AWS #3758
• add M7a instances #3729
• add M7i instances #3706

Azure-specific:

• update specs for Ebs_v5 VMs #3757
• allow selection between Premium SSD v2 vs. Premium SSD #3738
• discourage use of Availability Sets for regions that support AZs #3736

GCP-specific: None

Bug Fixes:

• Inconsistent check for unmanaged device settings in the Network Manager config #3723

Version 23.08

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 23.06
• Diagnostics ver 23.06
• Cluster Health Checker ver 23.06
• CLAN ver 23.08
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9; RHEL 8.8, OL 8.8

New Features:

AWS-specific: None

Azure-specific:

• Use larger MTU on Azure for new deployments (existing deployments require manual modification) #2816

GCP-specific: None

Bug Fixes:

• slow UDP performance on Azure #971

Version 23.06

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 23.06
• Diagnostics ver 23.06
• Cluster Health Checker ver 23.06
• CLAN ver 23.06
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9; RHEL 8.8, OL 8.8

New Features:

• RHEL/OL 8.8 support #3585
• add *-priv hostnames in bootscript #3546
• implement better way to disable/blacklist multipathd #3274

AWS-specific:

• EC2 R6a instances now support faster Amazon EBS-optimized performance #3658
• request ARN instead of key "name" for EBS encryption key #3621
• remove EBS encryption from GUI #3620

Azure-specific:

• set correct scheduler and nr_requests for Azure disks #3651
• set kyber scheduler for NVME disks on Azure #3645
• disk i/o reliability problem on E112ibs_v5 #3490
• add system disk heartbeat service on Azure #3117

GCP-specific:

• Set disks validation >=10GB in GCP configuration #3616

Bug Fixes:

• Azure UEKR6: AllLinksDownTwoMinSleep+SLOB test failed: kernel stuck during reboot #3674
• On Azure flashgrid-client-nsg created unnecessarily even when no client nodes are used #3655
• The default "fault_domains = 1" value doesn't work #3606

Version 23.04

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 23.04
• Diagnostics ver 23.04
• Cluster Health Checker ver 23.04
• CLAN ver 23.04
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9; RHEL 8.7, OL 8.7

New Features:

AWS-specific:

• support for AWS China in Launcher #3367
• Update EBS performance of M6a instances #3527

Azure-specific:

• Accelerated networking on Azure v5 VMs #3532
• Performance Plus mode on Azure disks #3501

GCP-specific: None

Bug Fixes:

• Warning Old kernel package detected that is not compatible with this version of CLAN #3477

Version 23.02

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 23.02
• Diagnostics ver 23.02
• Cluster Health Checker ver 23.02
• CLAN ver 23.02
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9; RHEL 8.7, OL 8.7

New Features:

• RHEL 8.7 kernel support #3338
• Drop device_mode parameter from /etc/flashgrid.cfg #3424

AWS-specific:

• Add AWS Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region (ap-southeast-4) #3438
• Region order in Launcher #3408

Azure-specific: None

GCP-specific: None

Bug Fixes:

• Customers have difficulty specifying hosted zone ID #3463
• RH87 kernel: iSCSI related warning and kernel taint #3283
• network disruptions on Azure because of rxdrop / rx_out_of_buffer #3449

Version 22.12

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 22.12
• Diagnostics ver 22.12
• Cluster Health Checker ver 22.12
• CLAN ver 22.12
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9; RHEL 8.7, OL 8.7 (both with 8.6 kernel)

New Features:

• add timestamps to node_update output #3380
• use ed25519 keys for fg/grid/oracle users #3354
• use 'fg_cluster' instead of 'cluster' tag for cloud resources #3330
• show Launcher version in Launcher GUI #3294

AWS-specific:

• add EC2 r6in, m6in, c6in instance types #3373
• add AWS eu-central-2, eu-south-2, and ap-south-2 regions #3316
• additional outputs in CloudFormation for integration with TerraForm #2376

Azure-specific:

• add Azure VMs with NVMe disks (preview) #3355
• add accelerated networking on VMs with less than 4 vCPUs #3336
• add Azure Premium SSD v2 limited support #3154

GCP-specific: None

Bug Fixes:

• Deployment on AWS stuck on downloading config file if no access to us-west-2 region #3391
• Launcher, Azure: hide VM sizes with temp disk #3333
• Tag validation incomplete #3293

Version 22.09

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 22.09
• Diagnostics ver 22.09
• Cluster Health Checker ver 22.09
• CLAN ver 22.09
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9, RHEL 8.6, OL 8.6

New Features:

• set reduced MTU for lo interface #3216
• catch and log Launcher errors when generating templates #3215
• add earlyoom RPM #3180
• add flashgrid-os-conf RPM #2982

AWS-specific:

• add new me-central-1 AWS region #3211
• eliminate VPC ID parameter on AWS #3208
• add R6a EC2 instances #3160
• add M6a EC2 instances #3151
• add i4i EC2 instances #3006

Azure-specific:

• remove special handling for 'ssh-rsa demo' key in Azure #3219
• allow using Azure managed SSH key #3193

GCP-specific: None

Bug Fixes:

• node_update: remove kernel update #3256
• Azure OL8: Flashgrid CLAN failed to start after node update #3244
• node update failing because of RPM dependency #3242
• RH7: AWS: ec2-user is member of wheel group #3201
• GCP: Cluster deployment failed with the invalid custom tags. #3114

Version 22.06

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 22.03
• Diagnostics ver 22.06
• Cluster Health Checker ver 22.06
• CLAN ver 21.08
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9, RHEL 8.6, OL 8.6

New Features:

• update UEK kernel in node_update script #3079
• RHEL/OL 8.6 OS images #3038
• add OS security hardening options #2271
• make ASM password file backup during deployment #2791
• configure AllowUsers in sshd_conf #2458

AWS-specific:

• add KMS key for EBS in Launcher GUI #3029
• add i4i EC2 instances #3006
• add X2idn, X2iedn EC2 instances #3005
• use 'aws s3 cp' instead of wget for downloading files from S3 #2999
• use ec2-user instead of fg on AWS #2455

Azure-specific:

• Set an appropriate ClientAliveInterval on Azure images #3150
• Correct PTP device selection for Chrony #3085
• allow using existing PPG in Azure #3030
• add Standard SSD disk type for Azure #3019
• add option to use existing storage account for boot diagnostics on Azure #3000
• allow Azure disk sizes up to 32767 GiB #2995
• Azure Storage Authenticated Access During Deployment #2594
• Proximity Placement Groups in Azure #2314

GCP-specific: None

Bug Fixes:

• on GCP list of DNS records missing in motd after deployment complete #3129
• node_update: updating kernel fails if newer kernel is already installed #3102
• yum update on OL7/OL8 failing because of dependency on UEK kernel #3095
• Database PSU not applied on second database node (SI) #3042
• node_update does not remove old /etc/sysctl.d/99-flashgrid.conf file #3037
• LVs not resized on Azure images #3010
• Deployment error with 3-node GCP clusters #2993

Version 22.03

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 22.03
• Diagnostics ver 22.03
• Cluster Health Checker ver 22.03
• CLAN ver 21.08
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9, RHEL 8.5, OL 8.5 (RHEL/OL 8.5 on Azure have RH 8.4 kernel)

New Features:

• allow DB 12.2 on RHEL/OL 8 #2966
• node update extra parameters #2950
• add iscsiadm.node.session.nr_sessions parameter to cluster CFG #2942
• increasing NVME timeouts to accommodate EBS failover latencies #2929
• remove dependency on instant client #2928
• add conflict with Oracle Database preinstall RPMs #2917
• DB 12.1 validation on OL8 #2883
• umask for users grid and oracle #2738
• allow disabling ReadLocal #2712

AWS-specific:

• AWS 3X storage config with Local SSDs #2785
• new AWS region: ap-southeast-3 'Asia Pacific (Jakarta)' #2970

Azure-specific:

• Option to configure more restrictive permissions for storage account #2957

GCP-specific:

• add -ext aliases in /etc/hosts on GCP #2963

Bug Fixes:

• old /etc/sysctl.d/99-flashgrid.conf not removed #3037
• LVs not resized on Azure images #3010
• CFG validated returns an error after Launch #2990
• Transparent Huge Pages enabled in a new installation #2971
• RPM installation errog during init #2961
• traffic filter fails to load after node_update with kernel update #2955
• node_update changes /etc/flashgrid.cfg unnecessarily #2953
• correctly setting default boot option in node_update #2952
• incorrect kernel loading: cluster init failed due to missing kernel-devel #2944
• nf_conntrack_max parameter not set because of race with module loading #2924
• EC2 instance failing to start because of bad grub.cfg #2914
• extra GRID DG is stuck in CFG file after adding and then removing it #2897

Version 21.11

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 21.11
• Diagnostics ver 21.09
• Cluster Health Checker ver 21.09
• CLAN ver 21.08
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9, RHEL 8.5, OL 8.5 (RHEL/OL 8.5 on Azure have RH 8.4 kernel)

New features:

• added DB ver 12.1.0.2 support on RHEL/OL 8 #2915

AWS-specific:

• support for AWS Outposts #2772
• add r6i and c6i instances #2817
• add M6i EC2 instances #2755
• removed r4/m4 EC2 instances #2901
• set nvme_io_timeout to 7 seconds on AWS on RH/OL 7 #2867

Azure-specific:

• add Azure v5 VMs #2813
• Azure dedicated host support #2439

• disable fsfreeze for Azure Backup #2771

GCP-specific:

• add GCP N2D VM types #2835

Bug Fixes:

• GI 12.2 Apr'21 RU: Cluster init fails during GI configuration #2520
• Cluster init failed due to TFA service #2858
• AWS,GCP RH8/OL8: Cluster init fails during GI config #2849
• GI 19 + Oct'21 RU: RH8 kernel hangs on during node fencing by CRS via sysrq CRASH #2782
• incorrect max_sectors_kb on RH8 / OL8 #2781
• CF deployment fails with new VPC and public IPs #2819

Version 21.09 (3X storage throughput release for Azure)

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 21.08
• Diagnostics ver 21.09
• Cluster Health Checker ver 21.09
• CLAN ver 21.08
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9, RHEL 8.4, OL 8.4

AWS-specific: Not Applicable

Azure-specific:

• Add 3X storage throughput configuration #2722
• Proximity Placement Groups in Azure #2314
• Making instance type selection user friendly #2761
• Add burst/cached storage throughput values #2760
• Add new Azure VM types: Ddsv4, Edsv4, Mv2, Msv2 #2759
• Add display of max uncached disk throughput in MBps to Azure FX series #2752
• allow disabling ReadLocal #2712

GCP-specific: Not Applicable

Bug Fixes: None

Version 21.08

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 21.08
• Diagnostics ver 21.08
• Cluster Health Checker ver 21.08
• CLAN ver 21.08
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9, RHEL 8.4, OL 8.4

New features:

AWS-specific:

• enable EBS encryption by default #2696
• more limited access to SSH port #2681

Azure-specific:

• added Azure FX series VMs #2608
• Azure dedicated host support #2439

GCP-specific: 

• added Oracle Linux 8 support #2674

Bug fixes:

• Update 21.8.54: session replacement timeout too small #2740
• creating diskgroup failure if a reserved word is used as its name #2613
• avoid modifying iscsid.service files #2691
• avoid modifying dnsmasq.service #2692
• FS not mounted on client nodes #2672

Version 21.06

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 21.06
• Diagnostics ver 21.06
• Cluster Health Checker ver 21.06
• CLAN ver 21.06
• OS images based on: RHEL 7.9, OL 7.9, RHEL 8.4, OL 8.4

New features:

• RHEL 8 and Oracle Linux 8 support
• Tools for Failover HA clustering #2584

AWS-specific:

• add new EC2 High Mem VM instances #2582
• add new AWS region: AP NorthEast 3 (Osaka) #2536
• add r5b.8xlarge and r5b.16xlarge instances #2410

Azure-specific:

• Use Gen2 VM images

GCP-specific: None

Bug fixes:

• meeting Clusterware SDTO timeout requirements #2597
• deployment fails if hostname length is 30 characters #2604
• better handling of transient network errors during deployment #2609
• 2-node cluster config deployment fails if 19c EE and SI selected #2578

Version 21.03

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 21.02
• Diagnostics ver 21.02
• Cluster Health Checker ver 21.02
• CLAN ver 20.10
• RHEL 7.9 / OL 7.9 based OS images

New features:

• custom pre-init and post-init scripts #2438
• do not create unused GI and DB homes #2484
• better names for auto-generated SSH keys #2454

AWS-specific:

• dedicated host support on AWS #2382

Azure-specific:

• use TimeSync PTP Service on Azure #1480
• Allow private containers for Oracle files in Azure deployments #2432
• enable AN by default for VM sizes not listed in config checker #2422

GCP-specific: No GCP version

Bug fixes:

• incorrect order of creating nested mount points #2485

Version 21.02

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 21.02
• Diagnostics ver 21.02
• Cluster Health Checker ver 21.02
• CLAN ver 20.10
• RHEL 7.9 / OL 7.9 based OS images

New features:

• Added licensee name to FlashGrid license

AWS-specific:

• GP3 volume support
• R5b EC2 instance types support
• new AWS regions: AF South 1 (Cape Town), EU South 1 (Milan), and EU North 1 (Stockholm)

Azure-specific:

• Changed clock source to hyperv_clocksource_tsc_page
• Improved free trial license file generation

GCP-specific: No GCP version

Bug fixes:

• Standalone GI init fails if GRID DG has Normal Redundancy #2365

Version 20.10

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 20.08
• Diagnostics ver 20.09
• Cluster Health Checker ver 20.09
• CLAN ver 20.10
• RHEL 7.9 / OL 7.9 based OS images

New features:

• Standard Edition 2 High Availability Support
• added Home/Documentation/Support links in Launcher
• added contact info to Launcher GUI
• removed CAPTCHA

AWS-specific:

• added AWS network parameters to Launcher GUI
• automatically create AWS placement group for existing VPC
• allow limiting CPU cores #1459
• added "Subscribed in Marketplace" checkbox to Launcher GUI

Azure-specific: None

GCP-specific: None

Version 20.06

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 19.06
• Diagnostics ver 20.02
• Cluster Health Checker ver 20.04
• CLAN ver 19.10 (Azure), 20.06 (AWS)
• RHEL 7.8 / OL 7.8 based OS images

New features:

AWS-specific:

• full support of 100 Gb/s network
• root disk encryption without need for creating encrypted AMI

Azure-specific:

• added VNet parameters as ARM template parameters
• added SSH key as ARM template parameter

GCP-specific: None

Version 20.04

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 19.06
• Diagnostics ver 20.02
• Cluster Health Checker ver 20.04
• CLAN ver 19.10
• RHEL 7.8 / OL 7.8 based OS images

New features:

• Verification of database related settings with Health Checker
• Oracle RU/PSU 2020-04-14 selected by default

AWS-specific:

• added new EC2 instance types: c5, c5n, r5n, m5n, u-18tb1.metal, u-24tb1.metal

Azure-specific:

• LVM2 based OS image

GCP-specific: None

Version 20.02

Software component versions:

• Storage Fabric 19.06
• Diagnostics ver 20.02
• Cluster Health Checker ver 20.02
• CLAN ver 19.10
• RHEL 7.7 / OL 7.7 based OS images

New features:

• cluster health checker tool
• monitoring and alerts for free space on / and /u01 file systems
• monitoring and alerts for kernel taints
• multiple SCAN ports (manual configuration required)
• skip-kernel-update option for skycluster-node-update

AWS-specific:

• new AWS regions: GovCloud US-East, Hong Kong, Bahrain

Azure-specific:

• use Standard SKU for public IPs on Azure

GCP-specific: None

Version 19.10

New features:

• added Oracle RU/PSU 2020-01-14
• 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:

• added i3en instance type

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