Copyright (c) 1999-2022 Storix, Inc. All rights reserved **************************************************** * STORIX SYSTEM BACKUP ADMINISTRATOR FOR SOLARIS * * ---------------------------------------------- * * CHANGE HISTORY * **************************************************** The following details the changes applied to the current version and release (8.2) since its initial availability (February 27, 2014). Refer to the RELEASE NOTES for details on changes and enhancements added to this release from prior releases. VERSION MM/DD/YY DESCRIPTION ------- -------- ------------------------------------------------- 8.2.0.0 02/27/14 VERSION 8.2 GENERAL AVAILABILITY NEW FEATURES 1. SHARED NFS SERVER New backup server type which all clients may use to store backups on NFS share. At the time of backup or restore, the NFS share is mounted on the client to minimize network traffic. NFS v2, v3, and v4 are supported. This feature is available with Network Edition license only. Workstation Edition license will continue to use NFS local system backup device (SBNFS). 2. MULTIPLE LOCAL SYSTEM BACKUP DISKS Added support for utilizing and managing multiple local system backup disk devices (SBDIR). Feature is designed for users that wish to utilize disks in a backup rotation scheme. 3. BACKUP JOB CALENDAR New backup job calendar that displays upcoming scheduled backups and previously run backups. The calendar has month, week, and day views. This feature is only available in the Web Interface. 4. AUTO-TERMINATE STALLED BACKUPS New application preference that allows for defining the number of minutes to wait before automatically killing a backup that is no longer writing data. The default is to not automatically kill, but to send a warning notification only. CHANGES/ENHANCEMENTS 1. Support added for TSM API v7.1 for Solaris SPARC systems. 2. Decprecated NFS local system backup device (SBNFS) for Network Edition license. After upgrade to v8.2, clients that have SBNFS devices configured may continue to use the SBNFS device but are encouraged to migrate to a shared NFS server. 3. Local system backup disks are no longer defined in the /etc/vfstab file. They will always be left in a state that is safe for physical removal after backup or restore. 4. No longer will add a backup job to a backup queue that is shutdown. Notification will be sent that the job was not added because the queue is down. This will prevent jobs from stacking up in a queue that is down. NOTES 1. Recommended upgrade path is from latest version of v8.1. 8.2.0.1 04/04/14 FIXES 1. Do not apply backup job ID length limitation of 20 characters to automated copy backup jobs. 2. Failed to prevent jobs from being added to a backup queue that is shutdown under all conditiions. 3. No longer set default network adapter when creating boot media with No-Prompt or Set Defaults installation mode. (Web IF only) 4. JavaScript error editing shared NFS server configuration when NFSv4 is set. (Web IF only) 5. Error rebuilding backup label when backup is stored on shared NFS server. (GUI only) 6. No prompt installation did not fail properly when the network interface did not exist on target system. 8.2.0.2 06/10/14 IMPORTANT FIX 1. Updated OpenSSL to version 1.0.1h to address the OpenSSL vulnerability described in CVE-2014-224. This will only effect users of the SBAdmin Web Interface. FIX 1. Failure when copying backup from SBDIR device. (Workstation Edition only) 8.2.1.0 08/26/14 FIXES 1. Ensure copy backup to SBDIR devices write/update disk label. (Workstation Edition only) 2. Unconfiguring an SBDIR device on a client that is not the administrator. (Network Edition GUI only) 3. Backup devices not listed when configuring a backup job using a shared server that is managed/owned by another administrator. 8.2.1.1 10/01/14 FIXES 1. Do not allow expiration/removal of backup label of job currently running. 2. Fix out of space issue when creating bootmedia. 3. Selecting to update SBDIR and one has not yet been created resulted in infinite wait screen. (Workstation Edition Web Interface only) 8.2.1.2 10/22/14 IMPORTANT FIX 1. Default configuration of SBAdmin Web Interface server is to disable support for sslv3. This change has been made to address the vulnerability described in CVE-2014-3566 (POODLE). This will only effect users of the SBAdmin Web Interface. 8.2.1.3 11/21/14 CHANGES/ENHANCEMENTS 1. Added support for TSM API v7.1.x (SPARC only). FIXES 1. When updating configured devices, only non-system backup devices were listed. (Network Edition w/Web IF only) 2. Scheduled backup jobs were not being listed in the calendar view if there were numeric jobids. (Web IF only) 3. System recovery from compressed backups failed because 'gzcat' command was changed to bash script. Only found in Solaris 10.11 and later. 8.2.2.0 02/26/15 No Solaris specific changes made for this maintenance level. 8.2.3.0 04/13/15 No Solaris specific changes made for this maintenance level. 8.2.3.1 08/13/15 FIXES 1. Unable to remove shared NFS servers from the main panel view. (WebIF only) 2. Error copying directory backups with more than three directories in the datalist. 8.2.4.0 09/24/15 FIXES 1. Fixed an issue where the server label index file could be incomplete when writng several backups simultaneously. 2. Allow shared NFS servers to be configured by hostname or IP address. 8.2.4.1 01/13/16 No Solaris specific changes made for this fix level. 8.2.4.2 04/21/16 CHANGES/ENHANCEMENTS 1. Support added for TSM API v7.1.3.x and v7.1.4.x (SPARC only). FIXES 1. Network configuration missing on bootmedia for TSM Edition clients (WebIF only). 2. Failed to list all backup images of a multi-client backup job written a TSM server when clients used the same TSM nodename. 8.2.5.0 07/13/16 CHANGES/ENHANCMENTS 1. Added INPUT_TIMEOUT variable to /.stdefaults to allow user to define timeout (in minutes) for communication client program (strexec) to wait for data on input. The default is 20 minutes, but user may want to increase this value should they receive the error message "Timed out waiting for input". 2. Updated sample self-signed cerification used for the web interface from sha1 to sha256. FIXES 1. Failed to create boot media (tape, network, CDROM) as part of backup job when job was initiated by a user with "Backup User" priveleges. 2. Auto-verify of backup did not occur when creation of boot image failed. This only applies to backup jobs configured to create boot media and verify backup when complete. 3. Snapshot backup option would not be applied to all clients in a backup job if one of the clients was not configured for snapshot backups. 4. Display warning rather than fail if zpool devices are unsupported and will be excluded from the backup. 8.2.5.1 11/10/16 CHANGES/ENHANCMENTS 1. Added force (-f) option to stbuildlabel command which allows users to rebuild an incomplete or existing backup label. 8.2.5.2 01/26/17 CHANGES/ENHANCMENTS 1. When determining whether to automatically expire backups based on the number of backups to retain, the current number of backups will be based on what is currently found on the backup server. Previously, the current number was determined by counting the number of backup labels for the job, which could be inaccurate if the job failed before anything was written to the server. 8.2.5.3 03/30/17 CHANGES/ENHANCMENTS 1. Improved Job Status Log message output (Webif only) 2. Added profile for IBM TS3100 Tape Libraries FIXES 1. Incorrect devices listed when creating bootable tapes (Webif only) 8.2.5.4 05/05/17 No Solaris specific changes made for this fix level. 8.2.6.0 09/14/17 CHANGES/ENHANCMENTS 1. Added support for TSM API 8.1.2.0. FIXES 1. System backup disks were unable to be shared between systems if using ZFS. 2. Purge backup history utility inadvertantly removes the history of all backup jobs when selecting to only purge the history of backup jobs no longer configured. This issue only applies to Workstation Edition. 8.2.6.1 11/03/17 No Solaris specific changes made for this fix level. 8.2.6.2 03/15/18 SECURITY UPDATES 1. Updated cipher list used for SBAdmin web interface to address CVE-2016-2183 - SWEET32. CHANGES/ENHANCEMENTS 1. The default when verifying a backup is to use the client that created the backup to read/verify the backup data. Previously, the default was to use the backup server when possible. This behavior may be modified by changing the SERVER_VERIFY value in /.stdefaults on the administrator. FIXES 1. To prevent web browser display issues during restores, restored files will only be listed if specific files or directories were selected. 2. Unable to copy directory backup created by AIX client. 8.2.6.3 03/30/18 FIXES 1. Disk files did not get removed when expiring a disk backup. Applies to files on system backup disk (SBDIR) and shared NFS device. (Network Edition only) 2. Auto-verify of backup failed when backup device was client local system backup disk. (Network Edition only) 3. Failed to remove disk backup files when performing purge operation and backup stored on system backup disk (SBDIR) or NFS device. 4. Added options for custom pre & post-snapshot scripts to the web interface. 8.2.7.0 06/22/18 FIXES 1. Clients configured for network boot are now unconfigured prior to removing the boot server. 2. Some user commands failed to execute when using long (--) arguments. 3. Allow CDROM boot media created as part of a backup job to be stored on client. (Network Edition only) 8.2.7.1 09/09/18 No Solaris specific changes made for this fix level. 8.2.7.2 01/25/19 FIXES 1. Fixed intermittent license errors in the Web Interface for TSM Edition. 2. Job status information sometimes displayed incorrectly when listing backup labels by client. (Web IF only) 3. Updated the interfaces to allow more destination options when configuring automated copy of backups. 8.2.7.3 03/15/19 SECURITY UPDATE 1. Updated expiration date for the self-signed certificate used for the web interface. FIXES 1. Fixed error in stbuildlabel command regarding host resolution. 2. Software update would fail to create /.stdefaults if multiple lines included same definition (even if commented out). Only lines that begin with definition will be used and retained for update. 8.2.8.0 08/09/19 SECURITY UPDATE 1. Added HTTP Security Header information to address Qualys QID 11827 security alerts. FIXES 1. Do not allow clients and servers to be added if they are already configured under a different hostname or by IP address. 2. Changed incremental restore methods to prevent unexpected data from being removed. 3. Updated restore process wth better checks to prevent restoring data that could harm the operating system. 8.2.9.0 11/07/19 FIXES 1. No longer use /tmp as a temporary directory during software updates. 2. Limit the length of a backup group to 20 characters. 3. Allow stremovelabel to remove backup labels if server is unavailable by using the --force flag. 8.2.9.1 01/07/20 FIXES 1. Include perl CGI modules for use with the web interface. 8.2.10.0 05/19/20 FIXES 1. Failed to allow redefine of SBNFS device configuration. 2. Failed to apply retention policy correctly on tape devices, causing automatic expiration to fail. 3. Prevent communication service (strexecd) from failing under heavy load. The typical symptom is the message "Invalid response from host HOST ()". 4. Fix auto-copying backup on "same or next day at", and the time is the top of the hour (minutes is 0). 8.2.10.1 10/23/20 FIXES 1. Fixed error when copying backups from remote tape. 2. Note about snapshots sometimes appeared in the status output of the wrong client backup. 8.2.11.0 04/29/21 FIXES 1. In some cases, NFS mounts were still mounted after the backup completed when writing to an NFS server. 8.2.11.1 08/17/21 No Solaris specific changes made for this fix level. 8.2.12.0 02/15/22 FIXES 1. Updated expiration date for the self-signed certificate used for the web interface. 2. The option to append reports to "File" was missing from the web interface. 8.2.13.0 08/09/22 FIXES 1. Improved software installer (stinstall) to better check for Perl modules necessary for web interface. 8.2.13.1 12/16/22 No Solaris specific changes made for this fix level.