Applies to SUSE Enterprise Storage 6

B Documentation Updates #

This chapter lists content changes for this document since the release of the latest maintenance update of SUSE Enterprise Storage 5. You can find changes related to the cluster deployment that apply to previous versions in https://documentation.suse.com/ses/5.5/html/ses-all/ap-deploy-docupdate.html.

The document was updated on the following dates:

B.1 Maintenance update of SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 documentation #

Added a list of new features for Ceph 14.2.5 in the 'Ceph Maintenance Updates Based on Upstream 'Nautilus' Point Releases' appendix.
Suggested running rpmconfigcheck to prevent losing local changes in Section 6.5, “Per-Node Upgrade Instructions” (https://jira.suse.com/browse/SES-348).
Added Book “Tuning Guide”, Chapter 8 “Improving Performance with LVM cache” (https://jira.suse.com/browse/SES-269).
Added Chapter 13, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 on Top of SUSE CaaS Platform 4 Kubernetes Cluster (https://jira.suse.com/browse/SES-720).
Added a tip on monitoring cluster nodes' status during upgrade in Section 6.6, “Upgrade the Admin Node” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154568).
Made the network recommendations synchronized and more specific in Section 2.1.1, “Network Recommendations” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156631).
Added Section 6.5.2, “Node Upgrade Using the SUSE Distribution Migration System” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154438).
Made the upgrade chapter sequential, Chapter 6, Upgrading from Previous Releases (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144709).
Added changelog entry for Ceph 14.2.4 (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151881).
Unified the pool name 'cephfs_metadata' in examples in Chapter 12, Installation of NFS Ganesha (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1148548).
Updated Section 5.5.2.1, “Specification” to include more realistic values (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1148216).
Added two new repositories for 'Module-Desktop' as our customers use mostly GUI in Section 6.5.1, “Manual Node Upgrade Using the Installer DVD” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144897).
deepsea-cli is not a dependency of deepsea in Section 5.4, “DeepSea CLI” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1143602).
Added a hint to migrate ntpd to chronyd in Section 6.2.9, “Migrate from ntpd to chronyd” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135185).
Added Book “Administration Guide”, Chapter 2 “Salt Cluster Administration”, Section 2.16 “Deactivating Tuned Profiles” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1130430).
Consider migrating whole OSD node in Section 6.13.3, “OSD Deployment” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1138691).
Added a point about migrating MDS names in Section 6.2.6, “Verify MDS Names” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1138804).

B.2 June 2019 (Release of SUSE Enterprise Storage 6) #

General Updates #

Added Section 5.5.2, “DriveGroups” (jsc#SES-548).
Rewrote Chapter 6, Upgrading from Previous Releases (jsc#SES-88).
Added Section 7.2.1, “Enabling IPv6 for Ceph Cluster Deployment” (jsc#SES-409).
Made Block Storage the default storage back-end (Fate#325658).
Removed all references to external online documentation, replaced with the relevant content (Fate#320121).

Bugfixes #

Added information about AppArmor during upgrade in Section 6.2.5, “Adjust AppArmor” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1137945).
Added a tip about orphaned packages in Section 6.5, “Per-Node Upgrade Instructions” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1136624).
Updated profile-* with role-storage in Tip: Deploying Monitor Nodes without Defining OSD Profiles (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1138181).
Added Section 6.13, “Migration from Profile-based Deployments to DriveGroups” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135340).
Added Section 6.13, “Migration from Profile-based Deployments to DriveGroups” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135340).
Added Section 6.8, “Upgrade Metadata Servers” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135064).
MDS cluster needs to be shrunk in Section 6.8, “Upgrade Metadata Servers” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1134826).
Changed configuration file to /srv/pillar/ceph/stack/global.yml (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129191).
Updated various parts of Book “Administration Guide”, Chapter 29 “Exporting Ceph Data via Samba” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101478).
master_minion.sls is gone in Section 5.3, “Cluster Deployment” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1090921).
Mentioned the deepsea-cli package in Section 5.4, “DeepSea CLI” (https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1087454).