VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension version 2.1.1 includes the following new features:
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VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension 2.1.1 | 24 FEB 2022 | Build 19362139 Check for additions and updates to these release notes. |
VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension version 2.1.1 includes the following new features:
Support for additional operating systems
This release adds support for the following operating systems:
For more information on how to install VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension, see Installing and Configuring VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension.
Object lock and object tagging for Dell ECS 3.6 users
VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension 2.1.1 introduces new user mapping for tenants who use Dell ECS 3.6. VMware Cloud Director tenant users are now mapped to ECS Identity and Access Management (IAM) users and no longer to ECS object users.
You can upgrade user mapping with a single click in the cloud provider portal. The upgrade is optional.
The upgrade of user mapping allows you to use the object lock and object tagging features. The object lock feature protects an object version from accidental or malicious deletion. You activate the object lock and set a retention policy when you create a bucket. Object tagging allows users to categorize buckets by assigning tags to individual objects using key-value pairs.
You can upgrade directly to VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension 2.1.1 from versions 2.1 and 2.0. See Upgrading VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension.
Sync Now option does not work when synchronizing buckets
When objects or folders are uploaded through the S3 API, the changes are not showing up in VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension after clicking the Sync Now button.
The usage of the S3 HEAD request method on a folder causes the service to fail with an error
When a folder contains huge objects, repeated calls of the HEAD method on the folder leads to an OutOfMemoryError.
Restore from a vApp backup times out
If the vApp backup contains NVRAM files, the restoring of the backup fails with a Timed Out error.
S3 API requests authenticated with application credentials do not support the following use cases:
VMware Cloud Director and the underlying storage systems have different limitations on user names. To use VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension, user names must comply with both the requirements of VMware Cloud Director and the underlying storage system. A best practice is to use short user names (under 50 bytes) and to use alphanumeric characters.
Bucket synchronization supports up to 10 million objects per a single synchronization job
When the cloud provider enables bucket synchronization for a tenant in the provider portal, the synchronization can support up to 10 million objects for the tenant. VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension 2.1 does not support the synchronization for more than 10 million objects per a single bucket synchronization job.
If you are using ECS storage, S3 API, or the Find a Bucket feature, you cannot visit a bucket that belongs to a different tenant organization in the ECS platform.
All documentation is available on the VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension Documentation page.
You cannot unprotect a Kubernetes cluster which is disconnected from Object Storage Extension
When a tenant administrator tries to unprotect a protected Kubernetes cluster, which is disconnected from Object Storage Extension, the operation fails.
Workaround 1: Re-connect the Kubernetes cluster to Object Storage Extension.
Workaround 2: Delete the relevant records in the Object Storage Extension database tables external_cluster_info and cluster_protection_info.
Object count metrics on the bucket do not reflect the correct value
When a tenant user uploads multiple objects to a bucket, the object count on the bucket properties displays a lower number than the actual number of objects.
Workaround: Click the SYNC button on the bucket.
The third party adapter for Object Storage Interoperability Service (OSIS) cannot run successfully
If the third party object storage adapter for OSIS does not implement the API /api/v1/console, the OSIS adapter cannot run successfully.
Workaround: Implement /api/v1/console with a blank link.
Object versioning does not work for the third party object storage integration with VMware Cloud Director by Object Storage Interoperability Service (OSIS)
If the third party object storage system designs object version ID longer than 40 chars, the mapping to Object Storage Extension fails and object versioning cannot work.
Workaround: None.
Third-party object storage platforms cannot be integrated with OSIS when S3 is configured with HTTPS
When using a third-party object storage platform, which is integrated with OSIS (Object Storage Interoperability Service), the bucket creation fails due to the backend trust anchors error for SSL certificates.
Workaround: Configure third-party object storage S3 with HTTP or request a hotfix from VMware.
For DELL ECS platform, creating two buckets with the same name across two different tenants results in an overwriting of the existing bucket in the first tenant
When you create a bucket with the same name accross different tenants, the initial bucket is replicated along with the content of the bucket. This content can then managed by all of these users.
Workaround: Request a hotfix upon 2.1.1.1 from VMware.
The Access Key and Secret Key pair is not displayed immediately after a tenant user logs in to VMware Cloud Director portal when using the DELL ECS platform
When a tenant user onboards to VMware Object Storage Extension for the first time, the access key and secret key pair is not displayed immediately in the Security Credentials tab.
Workaround: When the user creates a bucket in the Buckets tab , the access key and the secret key pair is displayed.
Some tenant users cannot create buckets
When using the ECS platform, some tenant users cannot create buckets if their corresponding IAM user in ECS has been removed manually by the ECS administrator.
Workaround: Remove the corresponding user records from the VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension database.
Tenant users that log in with OpenID Connect cannot make S3 API calls
When tenant users log in to VMware Cloud Director with OpenID Connect and they have been assigned a "Defer to Identity Provider" global role in VMware Cloud Director, they cannot access the S3 API by using the Access Key and Secret Key from the Security Credentials.
Workaround: Make the S3 API calls to the underlying object storage clusters directly with the same Access Key and Secret Key.
Object lock feature does not work on Cloudian 7.4+
You cannot use the object lock feature if you use Cloudian 7.4 or later.
Workaround: You can perform object lock operations in Cloudian S3 or in the Cloudian Management Console.
Tenant administrators cannot edit subordinate roles when they log in with OpenID Connect
When tenant administrators log in to VMware Cloud Director with OpenID Connect and they have been assigned a "Defer to Identity Provider" global role in VMware Cloud Director, they cannot edit subordinate roles for other tenant users.
Workaround: Log in to VMware Cloud Director with another authentication method.
You cannot back up and restore Kubernetes clusters if you use Dell ECS
If the backend is configured with DELL ECS, the Kubernetes cluster protection button in the tenant portal is inactive.
Workaround: Protect the cluster using the VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension API call.
Unable to add catalogs from VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension to VMware Cloud Director libraries for Cloud Director 10.3 and later
When tenant users create a new catalog and click "Add to libraries" to upload an object, the import of the object fails.
Workaround: None
The Permissions and Lifecycle tabs in the tenant portal are not displayed
Tenant users that are mapped to IAM of ECS 3.6 or later cannot view the Permissions and Lifecycle tabs in the VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extensions tenant portal.
Workaround: None
Kubernetes clusters are not listed in VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension for Container Service Extension (CSE) 3.2 and later
When a tenant administrator tries to back up a Kubernetes cluster for CSE 3.2 or later, the tenant cannot see the Kubernetes clusters list in VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension.
Workaround:
The cluster is now listed in the Kubernetes Clusters tab.
Synchronization tasks of buckets with more than 60 thousand objects fail with a timeout error
When you try to sync a bucket that contains more than 60 thousand objects, the synchronization task expires after 24 hours.
Workaround: Click the Sync Now button repeatedly until the synchronization task completes successfully.
