VMware GemFire Management Console Release Notes

This topic contains the release notes for the VMware GemFire® Management Console™.

The VMware GemFire® Management Console™ provides a graphical user interface for GemFire deployments (VMware GemFire, VMware GemFire for TAS, VMware GemFire for Kubernetes) that offers capabilities to simplify operations, diagnostics, and other management responsibilities.

GemFire Management Console v1.2.2

Release Date: July 11, 2024

VMware GemFire Management Console v1.2.2 allows users to connect TLS enabled GemFire clusters without hostname validation through the application.properties file.

GemFire Management Console v1.2.1

Release Date: May 28, 2024

VMware GemFire Management Console v1.2.1 contains a number of small improvements and bug fixes, including:

  • After rebalancing a region, the entry count now matches the number of entries on the servers.
  • Users can now select any number of members or return to “All members” when executing a function.
  • In multi-site environments, the list of available clusters refreshes when switching between Topology and Table views.
  • When downloading logs and stats, if the end date is set without specifying a time, the time defaults to the end of the selected date.
  • Additional UI enhancements to improve clarity and usability.
  • The OVA and OCI deployments have upgraded the Prometheus version to 2.52.0.
  • Solved an OCI issue when running on Kubernetes where the management console was not being reinitialized correctly due to folder permissions.
    • When upgrading the image to gemfire-management-console:1.2.1 or later, fsGroup must be set to 1000.

GemFire Management Console v1.2.0

Release Date: March 19, 2024

VMware GemFire Management Console v1.2.0 contains a number of new features and improvements, including those listed below.

Multisite View

Gain insights into your distributed system with a comprehensive overview of Multi-site (WAN) information, showcasing gateways and providing a topology view for enhanced visibility.

Enhanced Cluster Information

Access expanded insights into GemFire clusters running version 10.1, providing additional cluster information for a more comprehensive understanding of the systems health and performance.

Create Disk Store Backups

Safeguard your data with flexible backup options, including baseline, incremental, and full disk-store backups, ensuring the resilience and integrity of your GemFire data.

Security Enhancements

Strengthen security measures by seamlessly integrating GemFire Management Console with Kerberos and SAML authentication protocols, enhancing overall system protection.

Export and Import Region Data

Streamline data management tasks with the ability to effortlessly import and export region data, facilitating efficient data migration and synchronization within your GemFire environment.

Frequently Run Queries

Improve workflow efficiency by saving and reusing frequently executed queries, reducing the time and effort spent on recreating complex queries in the GemFire Management Console.

Query Cancellation

Enjoy enhanced control over data exploration with the new ability to cancel queries directly from the Data Explorer view, exclusively for the clusters running GemFire 10.1+.

GemFire Usage Report

Efficiently track resource utilization through the newly introduced core count report, providing valuable information on connected GemFire clusters and their reported core quantities.

Known Issues in v1.2.0

In GemFire 10.1.0, it was discovered that the “Values In Memory” statistic reported an incorrect value in the “Values In Memory vs Values Only On Disk” graph. Instead of displaying the value for a particular region, it shows the total number of values in memory across all regions. This is planned to be fixed in a future patch release of VMware GemFire.

VMware GemFire Management Console v1.1.1

Release Date: November 8, 2023

VMware GemFire Management Console v1.1.1 is a maintenance release that addresses the following issues:

  • The management console loads Prometheus targets when the Prometheus server is configured with multiple jobs.

  • If a user lacks the necessary GemFire resource permissions, the management console presents an error message indicating the missing permissions.

  • The cluster connect screen now allows connections only to GemFire clusters. If an attempt is made to connect to another application using the cluster connect screen, the connection request is denied.

  • When monitoring a cluster, if “Live Refresh” is chosen, the “<<” and “>>” date selection buttons are deactivated.

  • When an attempt is made to configure OAUTH for a second time, the console responds with an error message indicating that the security configuration already exists.

VMware GemFire Management Console v1.1.0

Release Date: October 11, 2023

VMware GemFire Management Console v1.1.0 contains a number of new features and improvements, including the following:

Cluster Monitoring

This release allows users to monitor the GemFire cluster from the Management Console. Allowing users to see multiple analytics and statistics across multiple days can help maintain a healthy cluster.

For information about monitoring clusters in the GemFire Management Console, see Monitoring Clusters.

For information about configuring monitoring in the GemFire Management Console, see Configuring Monitoring.

Data Explorer

This release of the Management Console offers two ways for users to interact with the data in the cluster through the Data Explorer. In the Data Explorer, users can either quickly browse a set number of entries or run a custom query on the data in the cluster.

For more information, see Data Explorer.

Download Logs and Statistics

This release includes the ability to view and download log files for locators and servers on connected clusters.

For more information about downloading logs and statistics, see Logs.

Pass-through Authentication

This release provides the option to use the GemFire Management Console login credentials to also log into GemFire Clusters.

For more information, see Security in Cluster Connection.

Import and Export Cluster Connections

The Cluster Connection Export and Import feature in the GemFire Management Console allows users to backup, export, and import their cluster connections. This functionality provides a convenient way to safeguard your management console connections and streamline the setup process when managing multiple clusters.

For more information about importing cluster connections, see Importing Cluster Connections.

For more information about exporting cluster connections, see Exporting Cluster Connections.

Duplicate Cluster Connections

This release allows you to duplicate a cluster connection when you have multiple clusters with similar hosts and ports, instead of starting from scratch each time.

For more information. see Duplicate Connection in Clusters Dashboard.

Issues Resolved in v1.1.0

This section describes issue resolutions that significantly affect VMware GemFire Management Console.

Known Issues in v1.1.0

Known Issue with External Prometheus

The GemFire Management Console may become overwhelmed with network calls when Live Refresh is enabled on the Monitoring page due to network latencies with the external Prometheus server. This can result in a lagged response time from the Management Console. Users can refresh the browser to dismiss pending network calls.

Workarounds

Deploy the external Prometheus in the same network as the GemFire Management Console or in a network with minimal network delay or latency.

v1.0.0

Release Date: April 14, 2023

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the VMware GemFire ® Management, a new user interface (UI) for VMware GemFire, the in-memory distributed data store. The GemFire Management Console is an intuitive and easy-to-use tool that simplifies cluster management across all GemFire offerings, including VMware GemFire, VMware GemFire for TAS, and VMware GemFire for Kubernetes.

With the VMware GemFire Management Console, managing a fleet GemFire clusters has never been easier. The new GemFire Management Console offers capabilities to simplify operations, diagnostics, and other management responsibilities. Whether users are creating and managing regions and disk stores, checking the general health of the clusters, reviewing log files, or deploying and executing functions, the VMware GemFire® Management Console™ makes managing GemFire clusters simpler.

We would also like to give a special thanks and remembrance to our friend and colleague Gideon Low. Gideon was an extremely talented and valued member of our team for over 18 years and was instrumental in shaping the GemFire Management Console. We will miss him dearly, but his legacy will continue to inspire us in our work and our lives. You can read more about Gideon here.

Known Issues in v1.0.0

Cannot Update Cluster Credentials or Update SSL/TLS Information

If you connect to a cluster with cluster security (Username/Password or Authentication Token) and SSL/TLS information (Keystore and Truststore Files and passwords), and you do not choose to save the cluster security and SSL/TLS information, you cannot update cluster security or SSL/TLS information using the Update Cluster Credentials or Update SSL/TLS Information actions on the Clusters Dashboard after your session expires or you log out and log back in.

Workarounds

You can update cluster security and SSL/TLS information in the following ways:

Option 1

  1. From the Clusters Dashboard, click the cluster Nickname to open Cluster Details.
  2. Provide correct SSL/TLS Information and configured cluster security (Username/Password or Authentication Token) to connect and manage the cluster.

Option 2

  1. Remove the existing cluster.
  2. Reconnect the cluster and provide the updated credentials and SSL/TLS information.

Lifecycle information:

  1. Go to the Product Lifecycle page on the Broadcom Support Portal.
  2. In the Search Product Name field, enter VMware Tanzu GemFire, and click Show Results.
  3. Sort by the Description column. Use the arrows at the bottom to scroll to VMware Tanzu GemFire Management Console.
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