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What's New?
This release of Cyberstorage for Dell introduces expanded platform support, updated capabilities for Disaster Recovery and Data Security, and a set of fixes that address issues from previous versions.
Features
Failover Estimations
Disaster Recovery in 2.11.0 introduces a new feature that provides an estimated time for failover jobs. This estimate is displayed in both the DR Dashboard and DR Assistant, allowing users to better understand how long a failover is expected to take before it begins. The estimate is based on historical averages of previous failover job steps, such as SyncIQ runtime, share redirection, and quota handling.
Estimates are available per policy, zone, or pool, and are automatically calculated during readiness and config sync jobs. If insufficient historical data is available, the estimate will be marked with a WARNING or ERROR status.
This feature offers greater visibility into failover operations and helps with planning and coordination during DR events.
Vault-Controlled Scheduling for AirGap
The Vault-Agent Scheduler allows AirGap job schedules to be configured and stored directly within the Vault Agent, instead of on the Eyeglass appliance. This approach strengthens operational security by ensuring schedule data is managed entirely within the vault and cannot be modified from outside.
Key highlights:
- New scheduling control: Enable scheduling from within the Vault Agent using CLI commands on both Vault Agent and Eyeglass.
- Vault-managed schedules: Create, update, and push job schedules using Vault Agent CLI. Eyeglass reflects the schedule data but does not manage it.
- UI enforcement: When vault-agent scheduling is enabled, schedule configuration is hidden in the Eyeglass UI and becomes read-only.
- Maintenance handling: Maintenance window requests must be initiated from Vault Agent. Eyeglass requests are blocked when vault-agent scheduling is active.
- Visibility control: A new CLI setting allows administrators to completely hide the AirGap UI in Eyeglass.
This update gives administrators more control over schedule management and reduces risk by isolating schedule access within the Vault Agent.
PowerScale STIG Support
Support for STIG-enabled PowerScale environments has been added in version 2.11.
This includes post-deployment configuration for the Superna Core Appliance (SCA or Eyeglass) and Extended Cluster Appliance (ECA) to ensure compatibility with Dell PowerScale clusters secured using the OneFS STIG profile.
Documentation is available for both Eyeglass and ECA configuration steps to align with STIG requirements.
Cluster Version Support
Added Support for Dell PowerScale OneFS 9.10
Platform Support
Nutanix Support
Cyberstorage can now be deployed on Nutanix AHV. This adds support for running the appliance in environments using Nutanix as a hypervisor, alongside existing options.
SUSE Enterprise Support
Cyberstorage now supports SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP6 as an operating system for the appliance.
An upgrade path is available for systems currently running openSUSE Leap 15.6, for customers who have or plan to license SLES. The SUSE Upgrade Guide included with this release provides detailed instructions.
Improvements
Ram/Disk Space Upgrades
We are upgrading the default RAM and disk space requirements for Eyeglass and ECA.
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New Eyeglass values - 140GB disk, 24GB memory, 18GB swap
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New ECA values - 120GB disk, 24GB memory, 12GB swap
Event Types More User Friendly
Event types in the Report Query Builder within Easy Auditor now display helpful descriptions directly next to each item in the dropdown menu. This update makes it easier for users to understand the purpose of each event type.
Threshold Defaults
The default threshold values in the Data Security web UI have been updated to align with the latest deployment recommendations from Support. These changes ensure that new deployments start with optimal, recommended settings out of the box.
Vault Status Visibility in ecactl airgap checkopen
The checkopen command now provides clearer vault state feedback.
In addition to reporting remaining time for an active maintenance window, it now also reports:
- If the vault is closed
- If the vault is open due to running operations, along with the operation names
- If the vault is open with no maintenance window set
These improvements help users better understand the vault’s current state during DR operations or automation checks.
What's Fixed?
Fixes
Disaster Recovery
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OEM-1039: User Roles
Fixed an issue where Active Directory (AD) group member permissions were not applied correctly.
Data Security
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OEM-1096: TD11 Behavior
Fixed an issue where TD11 did not behave as expected in “Enforcement + Critical On/Off” mode.
TD11 now correctly triggers with a WARNING severity and does not automatically lock out.
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OEM-1065: SG Logs and Robo Audit Logs Copy Issue
Fixed an issue where the Copy to Clipboard button did not work for Security Guard and Robo Audit logs when using DS, EA, or RWD licenses.
Release Notes
The release notes provide detailed information on fixes, known issues, and limitations introduced or identified in this version.
Refer to this document for visibility into the state of the release.
What's New in Docs?
Improvements
We have improved the organization and usability of documentation for Dell PowerScale and ECS.
VAST and Qumulo content is now found in a section dedicated to Multiplatform Cyberstorage, and we've built the Cyberstorage for Dell documentation with the specific needs of your Dell environments in mind.
2.11.0 Feature Documentation
Failover Estimation
Documentation for the new failover estimation feature in 2.11.0 is now available. It explains how estimates are calculated, where they appear in the UI, and what factors affect their accuracy during disaster recovery operations.
Vault Agent Scheduler
STIG Support
Nutanix Support
A deployment guide is available for running Superna appliances on Nutanix AHV. The documentation includes configuration steps and prerequisites.
SUSE Upgrade Guide
An upgrade guide is available for moving from openSUSE Leap 15.6 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 SP6. This is for customers who have or plan to license SLES.