Copyright (c) 1999-2020 Storix, Inc. All rights reserved **************************************************** * STORIX SYSTEM BACKUP ADMINISTRATOR FOR AIX * * -------------------------------------------- * * 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 ------- -------- ------------------------------------------------- 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. 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. 2. Local system backup disks are no longer defined in the /etc/filesystems file. They will always be left in a state that is safe for physical removal after backup or restore. 3. 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. 04/04/14 FIXES 1. Job calendar events displayed incorrectly as /dev/null for Administrator systems running AIX. (Web IF only) 2. Do not apply backup job ID length limitation of 20 characters to automated copy backup jobs. 3. Failed to prevent jobs from being added to a backup queue that is shutdown under all conditiions. 4. No longer set default network adapter when creating boot media with No-Prompt or Set Defaults installation mode. (Web IF only) 5. JavaScript error editing shared NFS server configuration when NFSv4 is set. (Web IF only) 6. Error rebuilding backup label when backup is stored on shared NFS server. (GUI only) 7. No prompt installation did not fail properly when the network interface did not exist on target system. 04/11/14 IMPORTANT FIX 1. Updated OpenSSL to version 1.0.1g to address the OpenSSL Heartbleed vulnerability (CVE-2014-0160). This will only effect users of the SBAdmin Web Interface. 04/24/14 IMPORTANT FIX 1. Network boot images included v8.1 of communication program which caused client network boot to fail with 614 LED code. 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) 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. 4. During system recovery, unable to list backups on NFS server because /usr/bin/ls is 64-bit executable. Found with AIX 6.1 TL9. 10/01/14 FIXES 1. Do not allow expiration/removal of backup label of job currently running. 2. Selecting to update SBDIR and one has not yet been created resulted in infinite wait screen. (Workstation Edition Web Interface only) 10/22/14 IMPORTANT FIX 1. Updated OpenSSL to version 1.0.1j and lighttpd to version 1.4.35 to address vulnerabilities described in CVE-2014-3513, CVE-2014-3566 (POODLE), CVE-2014-3567, and CVE-2014-3568. This will only effect users of the SBAdmin Web Interface. 11/21/14 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) 02/26/15 No AIX specific changes made for this maintenance level. 04/13/15 CHANGES/ENHANCEMENTS 1. Support 64-bit application environment from within the installation media. 2. Added support for TSM API versions 6.3 thru 7.1. FIXES 1. Increased size of ISO filesystem used to create cdrom boot media to support newer updates to AIX6 and AIX7. 2. Fixed error querying VGs using physical devices that have been increased in size after the VG creation. 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. 3. Fixed intermittent error "broken pipe" when restoring files via the web interface. (WebIF only) 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. 01/13/16 FIXES 1. No longer creating and removing /dev/rmt99 during boot media creation. 04/21/16 CHANGES/ENHANCEMENTS 1. Support added for TSM API v7.1.3.x and v7.1.4.x. FIXES 1. Network configuration missing on bootmedia for TSM Edition clients (WebIF only). 2. Minimize length of kernel command line options of PXE boot configuraton file if kernel is 2.4.21 or older. Only applies to network boot of Linux x86/x86_64 clients. 3. Failed to list all backup images of a multi-client backup job written a TSM server when clients used the same TSM nodename. 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. Support added for AIX 7.2. 3. 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. Fixed long delay recreating ct_node_id during system cloning to a new logical parition (lpar). 5. Possible error regarding missing mp kernel support while retrieving device support from the AIX install CD during system recovery. 11/10/16 CHANGES/ENHANCMENTS 1. Added force (-f) option to stbuildlabel command which allows users to rebuild an incomplete or existing backup label. FIXES 1. Corrected error preventing creation of local system backup disks on AIX 7.2. 2. System backup disks remained exported after removing backups due to retention policy. 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. FIXES 1. Remove cache engine objects from ODM database during system recovery so that pfcdaemon starts properly. 2. Failed to create boot media if optional CliC library was not installed. 03/30/17 CHANGES/ENHANCMENTS 1. Improved Job Status Log message output (Webif only) 2. Added profile for IBM TS3100 Tape Libraries FIXES 1. When writing a backup to a disk device that has more than one directory and the backup runs out of space on a directory, the subsequent disk file images were limited to 2GB in size. Now the subsequent disk file are only limited by the space in the filesystem. 2. Incorrect devices listed when creating bootable tapes (Webif only) 05/05/17 IMPORTANT FIX for AIX 7.1+ 1. Remove support for USB and IDE CDROM devices from network boot images in order to reduce their size. 09/14/17 CHANGES/ENHANCMENTS 1. Added support for TSM API FIXES 1. 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. 11/03/17 CHANGES/ENHANCMENTS 1. To avoid network conflicts following system recovery, all network aliases will be removed and etherchannel devices disassembled when restoring to a system that is not the same that created the backup. 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. 03/30/18 FIXES 1. Removed support for USB devices from network boot images due to size limitation of OpenFirmware. This first became necessary in 7100-05-01-1731 and 7200-02-01-1731. 2. Increased the size of RAM filesystem used during system recovery for AIX 6.1. This first became necessary in 6100-09-02-1412. 3. 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) 4. Auto-verify of backup failed when backup device was client local system backup disk. (Network Edition only) 5. Failed to remove disk backup files when performing purge operation and backup stored on system backup disk (SBDIR) or NFS device. 6. Added options for custom pre & post-snapshot scripts to the web interface. 06/22/18 CHANGES/ENHANCEMENTS 1. Added support for disks with 4K sector size. FIXES 1. Increased the size of RAM filesystem used during system recovery for AIX 7.1. This first became necessary for some installations of version 7100-05-01-1731. 2. Clients configured for network boot are now unconfigured prior to removing the boot server. 3. Some user commands failed to execute when using long (--) arguments. 4. Allow CDROM boot media created as part of a backup job to be stored on client. (Network Edition only) 09/09/18 No AIX specific changes made for this fix level. 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. 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. 08/09/19 CHANGES/ENHANCEMENTS 1. Added SSL support for TSM API 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. Fixed network boot images which exceeded the size limitation of OpenFirmware for 7200-03-02-1846 and later. This also allows for support of USB and IDE CDROM devices that were removed at v8.2.5.4. 3. Changed incremental restore methods to prevent unexpected data from being removed. 4. Updated restore process wth better checks to prevent restoring data that could harm the operating system. 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. 01/07/20 FIXES 1. Include perl CGI modules for use with the web interface. 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). 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. 04/29/21 FIXES 1. Increased size of RAM filesystem created by boot media and used by the system recovery process for AIX 7.x. Some customers have reported 0c43 LED code when booting from AIX 7.x boot media. 2. In some cases, NFS mounts were still mounted after the backup completed when writing to an NFS server. 08/17/21 No AIX specific changes made for this fix level.