Table of Contents

User Documentation

• Host PowerTools 5.0 User Manual.pdf

Release Notes

Version 5.0

• Release date: 2019-05-14

What's new in this release

• HPT-2503 Support for InfiniBox 5.0
• HPT-2247 Added option to specify allocation unit size for NTFS filesystem on Windows
• HPT-2207 Added support for Active-Active replicated volumes

Improvements

• HPT-2489 Added more supported QLogic models
  • QLE2690, QLE2692, QLE2694, QLE2694L
• HPT-1687 Changed preferred Windows MPIO policy from Round Robin to Least Queue Depth

Fixed issues

• HPT-2425 Fixed scenario where "volume list" did not recognize multipath volumes on RHEL 5 after reboot

Known issues

• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 4.4

• Release date: 2019-02-20

What's new in this release

• HPT-2381 Added support for RHEL, CentOS and Oracle Linux version 6.10
• HPT-2375 Added support for RHEL, CentOS and Oracle Linux version 7.6
• HPT-2361 Added support for Windows Server 2019

Improvements

• HPT-2417 iSCSI - "infinihost settings check" command now checks the value of "node.session.timeo.replacement_timeout"
  • The iSCSI configuration value "node.session.timeo.replacement_timeout" is now checked to verify it is 120 (the default value)

Fixed issues

• HPT-2430 Added FC driver version checks for Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04
• HPT-2415 Command "infinihost volume list --summary" now accepts the "--units" flag
• HPT-2414 Fixed a situation where the "infinihost volume list" command failed when running with the --json flag

Known issues

• HPT-2489 Added more supported QLogic models
  • QLE2690, QLE2692, QLE2694, QLE2694L
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 4.3.2

• Release date: 2018-12-24

What's new in this release

• HPT-2359 Dropped support for AIX 7.1 TL 3
• HPT-2358 Added support for AIX 7.2 TL 3
• HPT-2351 Added support for SUSE 15

Improvements

• HPT-2385 CLI flags "--fs-unit" and "--filesystem" are now case-insensitive
• HPT-2363 Add filtering by system to "infinihost volume list" command
• HPT-2353 Updated recommended FC driver attributes for Brocade and Cisco FC cards
• HPT-2352 Updated recommended HBA driver versions for SLES
• HPT-2300 Linux iSCSI queue depth configuration is now checked by "settings check"
  • Linux iSCSI queue depth should be set to 128 (the default is 32).

Fixed issues

• HPT-2395 Snapshot create now correctly autodetects "--system" flag if there is only one match
• HPT-2373 Volume rename now allows renaming to the same name with different letter case
• HPT-2371 Volume metadata "fs_unit" was not set correctly when creating a filesystem with a non-default allocation unit size
• HPT-2357 Fix filtering by system in snapshot list
• HPT-2349 Terminal width detection will now default to 80 if width cannot be detected
• HPT-2342 CLI now supports different formats of capacity unit specification
  • CLI now accepts more formats for capacity units, for example "Ti" means the same as "TiB". In addition, the format is now case-insensitive (e.g. "gb" means the same as "GB")
• HPT-2283 Resizing dynamic disks on Windows is not allowed
  • Dynamic disks cannot be resized by Host PowerTools. Use available methods to resize dynamic disks manually.
• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.

Known issues

• HPT-2417 iSCSI - "infinihost settings check" command now checks the value of "node.session.timeo.replacement_timeout"
  • The iSCSI configuration value "node.session.timeo.replacement_timeout" is now checked to verify it is 120 (the default value)
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 4.3.1

• Release date: 2018-08-21

What's new in this release

• HPT-2295 Support for recent AIX updates
  • 7.2 TL 0 SP 4
  • 7.2 TL 0 SP 5
  • 7.2 TL 0 SP 6
  • 7.2 TL 1 SP 2
  • 7.2 TL 1 SP 3
  • 7.2 TL 1 SP 4
  • 7.2 TL 2 SP 0
  • 7.2 TL 2 SP 2
• HPT-2246 Added volume snapshot management through the CLI

Improvements

• HPT-2294 Volume speed test duration is now limited to 24 hours

Fixed issues

• HPT-2333 Fixed upgrade from version 3.x
• HPT-2293 Fixed mapping of volumes on Solaris when a volume label already exists
• HPT-2281 Fixed incorrect identification of QMH2672 FC card manufacturer
• HPT-2244 Fixed incorrect warning during settings check about HBA drivers in Windows 2016

Known issues

• HPT-2395 Snapshot create now correctly autodetects "--system" flag if there is only one match
• HPT-2358 Added support for AIX 7.2 TL 3
• HPT-2357 Fix filtering by system in snapshot list
• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 4.2

• Release date: 2018-06-11

What's new in this release

• HPT-2273 Added support for CentOS 7.5
• HPT-2257 Added support for Oracle Linux 7.5
• HPT-2256 Added support for RHEL 7.5
• HPT-2255 Added support for Ubuntu 18.04
• HPT-2247 Added option to specify allocation unit size for NTFS filesystem on Windows

Fixed issues

• HPT-2274 Remove support warning for AIX 7.1 TL 5

Known issues

• HPT-2349 Terminal width detection will now default to 80 if width cannot be detected
• HPT-2300 Linux iSCSI queue depth configuration is now checked by "settings check"
  • Linux iSCSI queue depth should be set to 128 (the default is 32).
• HPT-2293 Fixed mapping of volumes on Solaris when a volume label already exists
• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 4.1.1

• Release date: 2018-04-22

Improvements

• HPT-2240 Added configuration option to change log level in log files
• HPT-2201 Added support for AIX 7.1 TL 5
• HPT-2172 Improved rescan duration on Solaris systems

Fixed issues

• HPT-2238 Use correct device WWID in the multipath blacklist of local storage devices
• HPT-2235 Creating a new initrd file could fail if grub configuration contained entries in a certain format
• HPT-2234 Fixed parsing of multipath topology for device entries that were previously missed
• HPT-2231 Fixed "volume speedtest" for devices that were connected via iSCSI on hosts with FC HBA adapters

Known issues

• HPT-2281 Fixed incorrect identification of QMH2672 FC card manufacturer
• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 4.1

• Release date: 2018-02-08

What's new in this release

• HPT-2233 Add support for SLES 12 SP 2 on ppc64le
• HPT-2232 Add support for SLES 11 SP 4 on ppc64
• HPT-2217 Add support for SLES 12 SP 2 on x64
• HPT-2214 Add support for SLES 11 SP 4 on x64
• HPT-2168 Add support for SLES 12 SP 3 on x64

Improvements

• HPT-2205 Add option to set LUN number when mapping a volume
• HPT-2204 Add more search paths for OpenStack detection
• HPT-2152 I/O scheduler for InfiniBox devices is not updated if the kernel default I/O scheduler is already set to "noop"

Fixed issues

• HPT-2225 SUSE 11: make sure multipath is correctly started during boot time
• HPT-2215 Fixed case where upgrade would fail during pre-installation phase
• HPT-2200 Ubuntu 16.04: Fixed GRUB entry updates run by "infinihost settings check"
• HPT-2195 Fixed "settings check" on Solaris when Veritas multipathing is enabled
  • When running "infinihost settings check" on Solaris hosts with Veritas multipath enabled, "settings check" would fail when configuring the multipath device settings for InfiniBox devices.
• HPT-2193 Fixed a case where some iSCSI devices were blacklisted in multipath.conf
• HPT-2126 Make sure output file is valid when running "infinihost logs collect"

Known issues

• HPT-2238 Use correct device WWID in the multipath blacklist of local storage devices
• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 4.0

• Release date: 2017-12-05

What's new in this release

• HPT-2099 Support for InfiniBox 4.0

Improvements

• HPT-2139 Support for RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.4

Known issues

• HPT-2244 Fixed incorrect warning during settings check about HBA drivers in Windows 2016
• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 3.5

• Release date: 2017-11-16

Fixed issues

• HPT-2177 iSCSI Connect now updates the system metadata on the InfiniBox host object
• HPT-2164 Fixed a rare condition where /etc/mtab is updated with an inconsistent path to the multipath device
• HPT-2157 iSCSI Connect now works with multiple network spaces of the same InfiniBox
• HPT-2154 Local devices are now excluded in multipath.conf by device serial instead of VID/PID
• HPT-2150 Adjust Veritas multipath (VxDMP) settings when native multipath is enabled on Solaris
  • See https://support.infinidat.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005253165
• HPT-2144 Volume rename truncates the disk label to the maximum allowed by the filesystem
• HPT-2123 "infinihost volume map" now sets up volumes for Veritas on Solaris with the "format" command

Known issues

• HPT-2195 Fixed "settings check" on Solaris when Veritas multipathing is enabled
  • When running "infinihost settings check" on Solaris hosts with Veritas multipath enabled, "settings check" would fail when configuring the multipath device settings for InfiniBox devices.
• HPT-2193 Fixed a case where some iSCSI devices were blacklisted in multipath.conf
• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 3.4

• Release date: 2017-10-08

Improvements

• HPT-2103 Improved Create Volume screen
  • Added pool capacity information to Create Volume screen.

Fixed issues

• HPT-2131 Fixed warnings about supported QLogic HBA cards
  • Host PowerTools now correctly identifies the following supported QLogic HBA card models: QLE2460, QLE2560, QLE2662

Known issues

• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 3.3

• Release date: 2017-07-12

What's new in this release

• HPT-2096 Support for RedHat 6.9

Fixed issues

• HPT-2120 Fixed a case where infinihost volume provision failed on Windows if there is a dynamic volume
• HPT-2111 Fixed a case where infinihost volume list failed when a volume is mapped to a LUN higher than 255
• HPT-2102 Fixed a case where Host PowerTools settings failed on Windows servers with Cisco FNIC installed
• HPT-2097 Fixed a case where Host PowerTools failed to register a newly install FC port for hosts that are already registered in InfiniBox
• HPT-2095 Fixed a case where infinihost logs collect failed to collect Windows event logs

Known issues

• HPT-2154 Local devices are now excluded in multipath.conf by device serial instead of VID/PID
• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 3.2

• Release date: 2017-04-25

What's new in this release

• HPT-2056 Support for recent AIX updates
  • AIX 7.1 TL3 SP7
  • AIX 7.1 TL3 SP8
  • AIX 7.1 TL4 SP3
  • AIX 7.2 TL0 SP2
  • AIX 7.2 TL0 SP3
  • AIX 7.2 TL1 SP1
• HPT-1994 Support for RedHat and CentOS 7.x on ppc64 and ppc64le

Improvements

• HPT-2087 Support for Dell-branded QLogic FC HBAs
  • This version includes support for the QME2662 and QLE2662 models
• HPT-2055 Support for AIX 7.1 TL4 SP3
• HPT-2053 Support for RedHat 7.3

Fixed issues

• HPT-2086 Fixed a case where installation on Windows failed

Known issues

• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 3.1

• Release date: 2017-03-08

What's new in this release

• HPT-1640 Support for Windows Server 2016

Fixed issues

• HPT-2052 infinihost-gui fails to start on Windows Server 2008

Known issues

• HPT-2086 Fixed a case where installation on Windows failed
• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 3.0.1

• Release date: 2016-12-29

Fixed issues

• HPT-2021 PowerTools now checks that the host has a valid IQN
• HPT-2019 Fixed a case where volume list failed when host is registered with an invalid IQN
• HPT-2009 Opening the InfiniBox GUI from Host PowerTools embedded browser is not supported
  • Host PowerTools uses an older version of embedded Chromium that InfiniBox 3.0 does not support.
  • The next version of Host PowerTools will include the newest Chromium

Known issues

• HPT-2052 infinihost-gui fails to start on Windows Server 2008
• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 3.0

• Release date: 2016-12-27

What's new in this release

• HPT-1926 Support for RedHat 6.8
• HPT-1810 Support for Ubuntu 16.04
• HPT-1801 Support for InfiniBox 3.0 and iSCSI Connectivity
  • The recommended values for dev_loss_tmo and fast_io_fail_tmo in multipath.conf have changed in this release. Please see this page for the updated values

Improvements

• HPT-1977 PowerTools now formats EXT4 volumes without TRIM/UNMAP commands
• HPT-1952 Bundled InfiniShell version bumped to 3.0.0.28
• HPT-1934 Support for HP-branded Emulex cards
• HPT-1925 PowerTools now formats NTFS volumes without TRIM/UNMAP commands
• HPT-1911 PowerTools now checks that Windows automount feature is enabled on HyperV hosts
• HPT-1908 Volume names printed from 'infinihost volume list' command are truncated from the start and not from the end
  • It is not easier to differentiate between volumes in smaller console screens
• HPT-1907 Speed improvements for 'infinihost volume list' on Solaris
• HPT-1898 Added support for QLE8042
• HPT-1873 Search-as-you-type for volume name now works faster than before

Fixed issues

• HPT-1942 Fixed a case where volume provisioning fails if a volume is uninstalled from the Windows Device Manager
• HPT-1909 Fixed terminal output width for infinihost commands on Solaris
• HPT-1863 Cisco fNIC model not recognized by connectivity list
• HPT-1851 Fixed a case where speedtest feature got stuck
• HPT-1850 Fixed a case where 'volume speedtest' feature did not collect path statistics on Windows with Veritas Storage Foundation installed
• HPT-1625 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP5
  • During rescan, AIX 7.1 TL3 SP5 unexpectedly drops all paths to the SCSI controller device.
  • After the rescan, 'infinihost' does not detect the attached systems because the device matching to LUN0 no longer exists.
  • A possible workaround until this issue is resolved is to map a volume to LUN0.
  • This issue only affects InfiniBox arrays under version 2.2.
  • InfiniBox microcode version 2.2 contains a fix for this issue.

Known issues

• HPT-2009 Opening the InfiniBox GUI from Host PowerTools embedded browser is not supported
  • Host PowerTools uses an older version of embedded Chromium that InfiniBox 3.0 does not support.
  • The next version of Host PowerTools will include the newest Chromium
• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 2.3.1

• Release date: 2016-07-06

Known issues

• HPT-1926 Support for RedHat 6.8
• HPT-1898 Added support for QLE8042
• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 2.3

• Release date: 2016-06-29

What's new in this release

• HPT-1827 Support for AIX 7.1 TL4 SP2
• HPT-1826 Support for AIX 7.1 TL3 SP6
• HPT-1759 Support for Hyper-V Virtual Fibre Channel
• HPT-1745 The Infinihost GUI now runs the settings checks and fixes separately like the Infinihost CLI
• HPT-1731 Support for AIX 7.1 TL4
• HPT-1677 Support for AIX 7.2

Improvements

• HPT-1825 Bundled InfiniShell version bumped to 2.2.8.17
• HPT-1807 Support for providing a specifc LUN number when provisioning a volume on Solaris

Fixed issues

• HPT-1829 Fixed a case where settings checks end with the following error: No JSON object could be decoded
• HPT-1819 Fixed a case where the command infinihost volume list showed the wrong mount point

Known issues

• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 2.2.3

• Release date: 2016-04-10

Fixed issues

• HPT-1795 Fixed a case where sometimes the Host PowerTools toolchain bundled an older version of the ODM rpm package
  • Host PowerTools v2.2.3 includes the latest odm, v2.2.2.6

Known issues

• HPT-1829 Fixed a case where settings checks end with the following error: No JSON object could be decoded
• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1807 Support for providing a specifc LUN number when provisioning a volume on Solaris
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 2.2.2

• Release date: 2016-04-10

Fixed issues

• HPT-1793 Fixed the execution of bosboot in the ODM rpm post-installation script
• HPT-1784 Minor fixes to error messages in infinihost command-line tool

Known issues

• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1807 Support for providing a specifc LUN number when provisioning a volume on Solaris
• HPT-1795 Fixed a case where sometimes the Host PowerTools toolchain bundled an older version of the ODM rpm package
  • Host PowerTools v2.2.3 includes the latest odm, v2.2.2.6
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 2.2.1

• Release date: 2016-04-06

What's new in this release

• HPT-1714 AIX ODM is now available for download in a separate RPM package

Improvements

• HPT-1766 The ODM rpm package now installs the catalog file
• HPT-1748 Support for SUSE 12 SP1
• HPT-1612 Minor improvements to the settings-check modals in infinihost-gui
• HPT-1403 The metadata sync feature is now available both in the CLI and GUI

Fixed issues

• HPT-1800 Fixed a case where the command infinihost rescan removed tape devices on Linux
• HPT-1789 Fixed the volume unmount capability on SUSE 12
• HPT-1787 Fixed detection and handling of boot-from-san servers during settings-check on SUSE 11
• HPT-1781 Fixed a race condition in rc modules script between LVM and the FCHBA drivers
• HPT-1778 The settings-check module on Linux now uses /sbin/lsmod in full path
• HPT-1776 Fixed a case on AIX where infinihost did not detect any local FC port
• HPT-1774 Fixed a case where the ODM post-installation script on a mirrored root volume
• HPT-1770 Fixed a case where settings-check on SUSE-12 did not properly check the installed version of multipath-tools
• HPT-1769 Fixed the automatic fix for MultipathConfigLocalExclusions case on Linux
• HPT-1763 The ODM rpm package is now targeted for AIX5.3 to allow smooth installation on AIX5.3 or higher
• HPT-1758 Fixed a case where older ODM definitions were not cleaned during upgrade
• HPT-1750 FIxed a case where mounting a clone did not work on Windows
• HPT-1744 Fixed a case where changed FC driver parameters during settings-check did not persist after reboot on SUSE12
• HPT-1708 Fixed a case where boot-from-san servers with Redhat 7.2 did not boot after running infinihost settings-check
• HPT-1680 Host PowerTools now explictly checks for mutipath-tools-0.4.9-3ubuntu7 on Ubuntu-14.04, as newer versions are broken

Known issues

• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1807 Support for providing a specifc LUN number when provisioning a volume on Solaris
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 2.2

• Release date: 2016-02-16

Improvements

• HPT-1616 New co-existence checks with EMC PowerPath
• HPT-1594 Support for SUSE12

Known issues

• HPT-1819 Fixed a case where the command infinihost volume list showed the wrong mount point
• HPT-1816 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2
  • Due to an issue with the HBAAPI library in AIX 7.1 TL3 SP2, Host PowerTools cannot query information about the FC initiator ports.
  • As a result, the command infinihost settings check says No initiator ports detected and the command infinihost system register does not register the FC initiator ports inside the InfiniBox.
  • A fix is available on the IBM website as part of fix pack 7100-03-03-1415 - IV52759.
  • To workaround this issue, use the InfiniBox GUI or InfiniShell to register the initiator ports from within the InfiniBox system.
• HPT-1807 Support for providing a specifc LUN number when provisioning a volume on Solaris
• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 2.1.2

• Release date: 2015-12-16

Improvements

• HPT-1669 Updated Cisco CNA driver version

Fixed issues

• HPT-1681 Fixed a case where resizing a volume on a Windows host sometimes failed
• HPT-1673 Updated the QLogic driver version
• HPT-1671 Added support for changing the queue depth in the INFINIDAT ODM for AIX 7.1
• HPT-1667 Fixed a case where infinihost volume list failed to detect multipath devices with the character '-' in the alias name

Known issues

• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 2.1.1

• Release date: 2015-11-08

Improvements

• HPT-1622 Host PowerTools checks whether the host is configured to boot from SAN and updates the boot settings accordingly (using the bosboot command)

Fixed issues

• HPT-1659 Updated minimal version for Cisco HBA driver
• HPT-1629 Fixed a case where the command 'infinihost connectivity list' fails when FC port items are missing

Known issues

• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.
• HPT-1671 Added support for changing the queue depth in the INFINIDAT ODM for AIX 7.1
• HPT-1669 Updated Cisco CNA driver version
• HPT-1667 Fixed a case where infinihost volume list failed to detect multipath devices with the character '-' in the alias name

Version 2.1

• Release date: 2015-09-10

What's new in this release

• HPT-1400 Support for AIX 7.1

Fixed issues

• HPT-1618 Fixed a case where volume provisioning got stuck when EMC devices are attached to the host
• HPT-1617 Rescan on LINUX removed SCSI targets which do not have a device attached to LUN0
• HPT-1614 Fixed a case where the infinihost GUI did not save all logs to disk
• HPT-1609 The command infinihost logs-collect ran volume list --rescan
  • The log collection process now does not perform the rescan.

Known issues

• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.
• HPT-1625 Compatibility issues with AIX 7.1 TL3 SP5
  • During rescan, AIX 7.1 TL3 SP5 unexpectedly drops all paths to the SCSI controller device.
  • After the rescan, 'infinihost' does not detect the attached systems because the device matching to LUN0 no longer exists.
  • A possible workaround until this issue is resolved is to map a volume to LUN0.
  • This issue only affects InfiniBox arrays under version 2.2.
  • InfiniBox microcode version 2.2 contains a fix for this issue.
• HPT-1622 Host PowerTools checks whether the host is configured to boot from SAN and updates the boot settings accordingly (using the bosboot command)

Version 2.0.3

• Release date: 2015-08-20

Improvements

• HPT-1578 Added support for HP-branded FC HBAs
  • This version includes support for the AJ764A/AH403A models.

Fixed issues

• HPT-1586 Fixing the cross-reference links among knowledge-base articles
  • They are now pointing to the correct pages at support.infinidat.com
• HPT-1577 Fixed a case where infinihost settings check did not regenerate initrd image when the root volume was on top of LVM

Known issues

• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.
• HPT-1616 New co-existence checks with EMC PowerPath

Version 2.0.2

• Release date: 2015-07-09

Fixed issues

• HPT-1572 Fixed a case where the command 'infinihost rescan' removed locally-attached disks to HP RAID Controller P410i

Known issues

• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.

Version 2.0.1

• Release date: 2015-06-14

Improvements

• HPT-1553 The output of command 'ifconfig -a' was added to the log collection
• HPT-1545 In the web interface, columns in the volume tables can be hidden
• HPT-1505 The output of command 'abrt-cli' was added to the log collection

Known issues

• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.
• HPT-1577 Fixed a case where infinihost settings check did not regenerate initrd image when the root volume was on top of LVM

Version 2.0

• Release date: 2015-05-27

What's new in this release

• HPT-1518 Support for Veritas Storage Foundation on Solaris 10 and Solaris 11
• HPT-1492 Support for Solaris 10

Improvements

• HPT-1543 Bundled InfiniShell version bumped to 2.0.0.26
• HPT-1496 infinihost now prints a warning to console on new Linux distributions that are not tested

Fixed issues

• HPT-1515 Fixed an issue where volume provisioning with LDAP accounts failed with a timeout
  • The timeout value for API calls to InfiniBoxx have been increased from 5 seconds to 20 seconds for environments where login to LDAP/Active Directory takes longer then expected.

Known issues

• HPT-1701 Host registration issues with the AIX live partition mobility feature
  • When an AIX host is configured to use live partition mobility to move lpars between hosts, there is a need for 4 adaptors. Two are NPIV ports that fail between the hosts. The other two are for the partition mobility itself. When HPT performs the system register operation, it sees the two HBAs that are not defined as part of the current host. HPT prompts to either remove them or to abort the sequence before finishing.