Table of Contents

User Documentation

• Host PowerTools for VMware User Guide.pdf

Upgrading to version 5.3 or later from 5.2 or previous version 

Release Notes

Version 5.5.0.1

• Release date: 2020-07-12

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-1554 VAMI UI might be inaccessible after upgrade from 5.3.1 to 5.5

Known issues

• HPTVM-1534 Host PowerTools for VMware may fail in case an Active-Active volume is mapped to the host as LUN 0.
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 5.5.0

• Release date: 2020-07-08

Version 5.3.1

• Release date: 2020-01-21

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-1512 Fixing manual IP configuration when deploying or updating through VAMI

Known issues

• HPTVM-1534 Host PowerTools for VMware may fail in case an Active-Active volume is mapped to the host as LUN 0.
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 5.3

• Release date: 2019-12-24

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-1515 Updated base operating system to Ubuntu 18.04
  • In order to upgrade from a previous version to version 5.3 refer to: Upgrading to Host PowerTools for VMware 5.3 from a previous version
  • Upgrading to version 5.3 (or later) from a previous version is only supported from a Host PowerTools for VMware instance running version 5.2.1
  • Existing Host PowerTools for VMware instances should be first upgraded to version 5.2.1 Version 5.2.1 contains the exact same feature set as 5.3

Known issues

• HPTVM-1512 Fixing manual IP configuration when deploying or updating through VAMI
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 5.2.1

• Release date: 2019-12-24

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-1460 Added option to import and export the snapshot database and configuration
  • This option allows users to migrate their data to a new HPTVM appliance

Improvements

• HPTVM-1434 Added a warning to Cluster Registration in case registration may change LUN mappings

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-1449 Metadata sync did not update the "optimized" metadata key correctly

Known issues

• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 5.2

• Release date: 2019-08-06

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-1475 Added support for vSphere 6.7 Update 3

Improvements

• HPTVM-1466 Snapshot restore now reverts to VM-level consistency snapshot before vMotion to target datastore
• HPTVM-1459 Optimize loading of the plugin page in the host and cluster tabs

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-1444 iSCSI connections with non-zero channel are now detected properly
• HPTVM-1420 Plugin now works properly on vCenter 6.7 U 2 HTML 5 client

Known issues

• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 5.1.1

• Release date: 2019-06-23

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-1451 Support for InfiniBox 5.0
• HPTVM-1340 Added support for Active-Active replicated volumes

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-1386 Creating a datastore now uses the correct VMFS version requested
• HPTVM-1384 Support 64-bit snapshot IDs in InfiniBox
• HPTVM-1383 Added support for Unicode cluster names
• HPTVM-1324 RDM check has been disabled when unmapping volumes

Known issues

• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 4.3

• Release date: 2018-12-24

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-1339 Drop support for vCenter 5.0 and 5.1
• HPTVM-1335 Added support for vSphere 6.7 Update 1

Known issues

• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 4.2.1

• Release date: 2018-08-21

Improvements

• HPTVM-1305 Disabled TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 protocols on ports available on the Host PowerTools appliance
  • The protocol will be disabled only when working with newer vCenter versions that support the newer protocols.
• HPTVM-1287 Max number of hosts in cluster limit is now according to the limit in InfiniBox
  • Starting from version 4.0.30.70, InfiniBox max cluster size is 128 instead of 32. Note: the maximum number of ports (across all hosts) in the cluster is 512 starting from this version.
• HPTVM-1283 Added ability to control the name of snapshot volumes on InfiniBox

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-1323 Fixed bug that prevented INFINIDAT tab from loading correctly when a datastore was partially unmounted from a host or cluster
• HPTVM-1319 Fixed upgrade from version 3.x
• HPTVM-1304 Fixed javascript error dialog after Snapshot Restore/Expose is done

Known issues

• HPTVM-1325 Host PowerTools for VMware will migrate to Ubuntu 18.04 x64
  • Host PowerTools for VMware will migrate from Ubuntu 14.04 x86 to 18.04 x64. The migration requires customers to:
    • Deploy a new appliance
    • Migrate the data from the current appliance to the new appliance.
    The migration is planned to take place in 2019.
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 4.2

• Release date: 2018-06-18

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-1296 Added support for vSphere 6.5 U2
• HPTVM-1261 Added support for vSphere 6.7

Improvements

• HPTVM-1278 "Prepare host" operation verifies the advanced option SCSIEnableDescToFixedConv is set to 1
  • For more information, see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2142235
• HPTVM-1237 Disabled TLS 1.0 protocol on port 5480 available on the Host PowerTools appliance

Known issues

• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 4.1.2

• Release date: 2018-04-25

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-1280 Fixed memory leak that may occur during network errors
• HPTVM-1279 Plugin does not load correctly if only hardware iSCSI HBAs are present on an ESX with no software iSCSI HBA
• HPTVM-1258 Appliance does not wait for redis to start correctly in environments with a large redis database

Known issues

• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 4.1

• Release date: 2017-12-27

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-1211 It is now possible to set the LUN ID number when mapping existing volumes
• HPTVM-975 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default ports

Improvements

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-1246 Fix NameError when running "infinivmware snapshot cleanup"
• HPTVM-1171 Support hardware iSCSI HBAs

Known issues

• HPTVM-1304 Fixed javascript error dialog after Snapshot Restore/Expose is done
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 4.0

• Release date: 2017-12-05

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-1175 Support for InfiniBox 4.0

Improvements

• HPTVM-1230 Disable access to port 5489 on the appliance
  • Port 5489 is used only for internal communication. It is now blocked for external connections.

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-1231 iSCSI Connect now works with multiple network spaces of the same InfiniBox
• HPTVM-1228 Prevent registration of a cluster with more than 32 hosts
  • InfiniBox does not support clusters with more than 32 hosts
• HPTVM-1224 Deleted or moved VMs do not appear in their original folder and datastore as "deleted" anymore
  • To restore snapshots of VMs that are deleted or moved, use the Snapshot Catalog view.
• HPTVM-1189 Prevent datastore creation on volumes with sizes below the minimum required for VMFS filesystems
  • Minimum volume size for VMFS is 1.3 GB

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 3.4.1

• Release date: 2017-10-08

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-1185 Enhanced mechanism for creating a series of volumes
  • When creating a series of volumes it is now possible to denote a range and to choose whether to use zero-padding, For example, 1-5, 005-030.
• HPTVM-1093 Introduced Snapshot Catalog screen
  • A new screen with all virtual machine snapshots is available to the user. A shortcut is available from the vCenter client Shortcuts menu. See the user guide for more information.

Improvements

• HPTVM-1229 Improved Create Volume screen
  • Added pool capacity information to the Create Volume screen.

Known issues

• HPTVM-1246 Fix NameError when running "infinivmware snapshot cleanup"
• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 3.3

• Release date: 2017-07-12

Improvements

• HPTVM-1180 Support for vSphere 6.5d

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 3.2

• Release date: 2017-04-27

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-1159 Support for vSphere 6.5a/b
• HPTVM-1158 Support for vSphere 6.0u3

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-1164 Fixed a case where Host PowerTools fails to use the VMware iSCSI software initiator where there's a hardware initiator installed in the ESX server

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 3.1.2

• Release date: 2017-03-09

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-1155 Fixed a case where Host PowerTools fails to use the VMware iSCSI software initiator where there's a hardware initiator installed in the ESX server
• HPTVM-1147 Fixed a case in which the plug-in fails to delete snapshots when requested by SnapRotator

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 3.1.1

• Release date: 2017-01-19

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-1137 Fixed a case where iSCSI provisioning fails when an ESX host uses a discovery method other than SendTargets
• HPTVM-1133 Fixed a case where the INFINIDAT tab showed an empty page
• HPTVM-1129 The snapshot modal showed all virtual machines and not just the ones included in the snapshot
• HPTVM-1120 SnapRotator v6.2.24 and below fail to remove snapshots

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-1147 Fixed a case in which the plug-in fails to delete snapshots when requested by SnapRotator
• HPTVM-888 vSphere 6 shows wrong task names in the web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 3.1

• Release date: 2017-01-12

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-1092 Support for VMFS6
• HPTVM-1087 Support for vSphere 6.5 HTML client
• HPTVM-465 Support for providing a specifc LUN number when provisioning a volume

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-1116 Fixed a case where the plug-in failed to register its extension in vSphere 6.5
• HPTVM-1060 Fixed a case where plug-in failed to start which the update ISO media attached

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-1133 Fixed a case where the INFINIDAT tab showed an empty page
• HPTVM-888 vSphere 6 shows wrong task names in the web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 3.0.1

• Release date: 2016-12-29

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-1111 Providing a snapshot alias is no longer supported
  • Following HPTVM-1107, this feature has been removed since UUIDs are not being generated for snapshots
• HPTVM-1041 Upgrade to v3.0 fails
  • This is due to missing packages in the upgrade manifest file

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-1120 SnapRotator v6.2.24 and below fail to remove snapshots
• HPTVM-888 vSphere 6 shows wrong task names in the web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 3.0

• Release date: 2016-12-27

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-1115 End of General Support for vSphere 5.0 and vSphere 5.1
  • The End of General Support for vSphere 5.0 and vSphere 5.1 is August 24, 2016
  • Extended support is available via RPQ
• HPTVM-1028 Support for vSphere 6.5 Web Client
• HPTVM-987 Support for InfiniBox 3.0
  • Including support for its new features: iSCSI connectivity and writable snapshots
  • Readiness checks for previous clusters for FC connectivity are not kept from previous versions and a re-check is required
  • For most clusters the check will just pass since nothing has changed

Improvements

• HPTVM-1061 NTP package added to appliance
• HPTVM-1057 Speed improvement in SnapRotator APIs
• HPTVM-1051 Fixed error message for some failures
• HPTVM-1022 Various speed improvements
• HPTVM-1019 Search-as-you-type for volume name now works faster than before

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-1107 An error appears when trying to create a snapshot for virtual machines that reside on different datastores
  • This problem occurs because two snapshots cannot have the same name
  • Because of this name conflicts, snapshot names will now be UUIDs to avoid conflicts
• HPTVM-1066 Added iSCSI Advanced Options readiness check
  • The readiness check verifies that iSCSI RecoveryTimeout option is set to 30 seconds.
• HPTVM-1056 Fixed a case where the 'infinivmware snapshot cleanup' fails to connect to InfiniBox
• HPTVM-1050 Fixed a case where deleting a snapshot failed
• HPTVM-1047 Fixed a case where the VASA Provider calls the InfiniBox login API too many times
• HPTVM-1026 Fixed a case where the wrong plug-in was loaded in vCenter Enhanced Linked Mode
• HPTVM-1007 Fixed a case where unmapping a volume failed
• HPTVM-989 Fixed a case where the INFINIDAT tab disappears from the Web Client after upgrade of the appliance

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-1129 The snapshot modal showed all virtual machines and not just the ones included in the snapshot
• HPTVM-1120 SnapRotator v6.2.24 and below fail to remove snapshots
• HPTVM-1041 Upgrade to v3.0 fails
  • This is due to missing packages in the upgrade manifest file
• HPTVM-888 vSphere 6 shows wrong task names in the web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 2.3

• Release date: 2016-06-29

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-976 Support for vSphere 6.0 update 2

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-1057 Speed improvement in SnapRotator APIs
• HPTVM-888 vSphere 6 shows wrong task names in the web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 2.2

• Release date: 2016-04-06

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-954 Added the option to provide an alias for an InfiniBox snapshot
• HPTVM-953 The amount of free space in the datastore in now displayed when selecting a target datastore for restore
• HPTVM-684 Added button to sync the metadata for hosts and volumes

Improvements

• HPTVM-959 SSL certificates are not regenerated during upgrade
• HPTVM-941 Restoring and exposing VMs from snapahots is now available on the cluster level

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-979 Fixed a case where deploying from the vSphere Web Client failed
• HPTVM-977 Fixed a case where cluster registration operation failed where ESX hosts were needed to be moved between cluster objects in the InfiniBox arrray
• HPTVM-970 Fixed a case where the VASA provider triggered a storage rescan on all ESX hosts
• HPTVM-963 Fixed the VASA provider from repeatedly accessing the InfiniBox APIs using invalid credentials

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-888 vSphere 6 shows wrong task names in the web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 2.1.2

• Release date: 2016-02-16

Improvements

• HPTVM-942 Window resize improvements
• HPTVM-933 The directory /var/log/upstart/ is added to the log collection
• HPTVM-543 Support for Unmapping datastores that are used for HA heartbeats

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-943 Fixing broken symlinks after upgrade
• HPTVM-934 Respawn limit for powertools-log-page (and powertools itself) is too high

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-979 Fixed a case where deploying from the vSphere Web Client failed
• HPTVM-888 vSphere 6 shows wrong task names in the web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 2.1.1

• Release date: 2015-12-21

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-912 Added a capability to perform space reclamation on datastores
  • This is supported on ESXi 5.5 and above.

Improvements

• HPTVM-920 Support for vSphere 6.0 Update 1

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-925 Fixed a case where the VASA provider was not registered in vCenter
• HPTVM-917 Added support for taking snapshots and restoring virtual machines within vApps

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-954 Added the option to provide an alias for an InfiniBox snapshot
• HPTVM-953 The amount of free space in the datastore in now displayed when selecting a target datastore for restore
• HPTVM-888 vSphere 6 shows wrong task names in the web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 2.1

• Release date: 2015-11-09

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-887 Support for vSphere 6

Improvements

• HPTVM-876 Prior to provisioning a large number of volumes, Host PowerTools checks the pool free space

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-895 Fixed a case where repeating connections interrupts from the appliance to vCenter cause a file descriptor leak
• HPTVM-891 The "snapshot cleanup" command now skips snapshots that are not in the database

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-917 Added support for taking snapshots and restoring virtual machines within vApps
• HPTVM-888 vSphere 6 shows wrong task names in the web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 2.0.4

• Release date: 2015-10-01

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-868 Support for ESXi 5.5 update 3

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-842 Fixed a case where the appliance runs out of disk space during upgrade
• HPTVM-833 Fixed a file descriptor leak and error messages that occur after collecting logs

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 2.0.3

• Release date: 2015-08-19

Improvements

• HPTVM-823 Various security fixes to the web servers and kernel
  • Due to the security fixes, upgrading from previous versions requires a reboot.

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-808 Fixed persistency of the MPIO claiming rules
• HPTVM-807 Fixed an issue where the hostname was set to "(none)" after deployment
• HPTVM-803 The "View Log" is now working under Firefox

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 2.0.2

• Release date: 2015-07-09

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-782 Exposing VM snapshots
  • With this release, it is now possible just to expose the VM snapshot to the ESX host by creating a clone, mapping it to the ESX host and registering the copy of the VM, without initiating a Storage vMotion back to the original datastore.

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-803 The "View Log" is now working under Firefox
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 2.0.1

• Release date: 2015-06-14

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-773 Support for FCoE Adapters

Improvements

• HPTVM-779 The output of command 'ifconfig -a' was added to the log collection

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client

Version 2.0

• Release date: 2015-05-27

What's new in this release

• HPTVM-764 Support for InfiniBox 2.0

Fixed issues

• HPTVM-768 Fixed a case where LDAP users failed to authentication with InfiniBox
• HPTVM-766 Fixed a case where the user did not see all the available pools in the volume provisioning dialog when the user manages more than 50 pools
• HPTVM-763 Fixed a case where a volume does not appear as mounted in the INFINIDAT tab after provisioning
  • This is solved by adding a rescan on all the remaining hosts in the cluster after creating the VMFS datastore on the first host
• HPTVM-761 Downloading the diagnostics from the vSphere Web Client ends with a corrupted file
• HPTVM-733 Fixed a case where the INFINIDAT tab did not open in vSphere Web Client or provisioning operations fail with the error message "Not Found"
• HPTVM-732 Fixed an issue where DataTables JavaScript error messages appear when opening the INFINIDAT tab after upgrading from previous versions
  • Internet Explorer used previous versions of the datatables library that were in its cache. The fix is to force the browser to fetch the newest version for every page. To workaround the issue, clear the temporary internet files.
• HPTVM-721 Appliance may fail to start on the first boot after deployment
  • In case the appliance fails to start and the console shows the error "Address already in use", reboot the appliance and it will start up on the second boot. This will be fixed in the next release.

Known issues

• HPTVM-1190 INFINIDAT plug-in fails to register on vCenter servers running non-default sdkTunnel port
• HPTVM-1187 The virtual machine fails to power on when deploying from the HTML5 client
  • This is due to a missing functionality in 6.5U1 HTML5 web client. As a workaround, deploy the OVA from the Web (Flex) Client. We are investigating this issue with VMware.
• HPTVM-718 Dialogs, confirmation popups and panels may appear below the plugin view in old versions of the vSphere web client
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere Web Client
• HPTVM-646 Taking a snapshot of virtual machines spanned across multiple InfiniBox datastores or RDMs is not supported
• HPTVM-271 In the vSphere .NET client, when using a link to move to an INFINIDAT tab of an object, the last used tab is opened instead
  • This is a known issue in the vSphere .NET client