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5.1.0

New features

We publish feature descriptions in the Abiquo 5.1 features section.

Key

Summary

Notes 

13391

Improve Hardware Profile User experience


13166

Quality of Service for Public IPs


12934

Veeam + Snapshot VMs in ESX/vCenter. Also standalone VMware snapshot


12339

Create a VM from anywhere shortcuts


11315

Add the concept of Fee x VM in the pricing model


Improvements

Key

Summary

 Notes

13799

UI - New ordering properties for hardware profiles in Infrastructure view


13783

Improve ARM daily billing execution time


13781

Deprecate Veeam 9.5

  • The Veeam 9.5 plugin is deprecated
  • Upgrade to new Veeam 9.5u4 plugin:
  • Requirements:
    • Separate licence
    • Changes to properties
    • New backup manager
    • New Veeam backup jobs corresponding to retention policies
    • Add job names to backup policy codes


13769

Allow admin to remove a physical machine with protected VMs - (vCenter cluster migration tool should ignore protected VMs)


13753

Veeam + Snapshot VMs in ESX/vCenter - Review invalid backup results


13751

Create VM popup - Automatically open Create VApp form when VDC is created


13746

Backup plugins should inform if Replication will take effect


13677

Azure: Tag VM with Abiquo name during synchronization


13643

UI - Disable Remote Access Button on unmanaged VMs


13621

Azure ARM - Configure VM: improve error message if public IP does not exist


13564

Improve virtual machine template terms API documentation


13552

Review record reader, it could fail if there is an empty record file


13551

Billing in public cloud - better process zip result file


13522

UI - Add Custom address ranges


13507

Create events for backup


13473

Only keep X snapshots for each VM


13472

Tool to perform snapshot consolidation. Please contact Abiquo Support for more details


13461

Filter VDC list by public cloud regions or private cloud


13410

Some invalid Mediatypes in requests produce incorrect error codes


13407

Custom network (VDC) for Azure and Amazon


13365

Review delete license message


13314

Create Virtual machine from every section of the UI


13241

Improve All virtual datacenters by adding separate Locations section for resources at PCR or DC level


13237

Azure - Improve error message when reconfigure action fails (invalid size or hardware profile))


13210

Use same version for all Azure management API endpoints


13133

OpenID - HTTP Error message with external scopes


13081

User interface - Auto-select suitable parent scope


13054

Add the entity name to Edit popups


13045

Remove or disable options menu for unmanaged virtual machines


12975

Add credentials: improve message error if credentials are not valid (also) for pricing


12592

Add filter by Availability zone to private networks


12335

ARM - Deploy operations force too many unneeded calls


12257

Look up virtual machines using internalProviderId


11321

UI - Allow filtering of VDCs by provider


10514

Filter VDCs by provider/endpoint


9714

Improve logging when Tomcat user cannot access configuration file path set in abiquo.properties


Resolved issues

Key

Summary

 Notes

13801

HP name > 64 characters causes billing using DBMS connector to crash. Names truncated


13798

Assign load balancer to virtual datacenter - dialog text is wrongly displayed


13796

Cannot undeploy and delete VM in public cloud if the enterprise does not have credentials


13794

Infrastructure - Hardware profiles - ordering by some parameters does not work


13767

Usability improvements for Customer integration and various in Firefox 68. When creating a VM, enter the label after you select the template


13750

Events - Executing action plan with Webhook returns data truncation error


13741

Billing - DBMS mode with row per usage, cost codes are not displayed. Use Billing v5.0.2


13739

User interface - Cannot add vCloud credentials without switching to the same enterprise


13716

Wrong IP range for Azure and Amazon private networks - IP no. 4 is available to use


13690

Adapt layout of customer integration to Abiquo v5


13685

Azure - VM not attached to load balancer after synchronize


13684

Incorrect links and English errors on API docs home page


13680

Typo in dnsmasq default configuration


13676

Azure: onboard VM could fail sometimes because Azure request does not return disks list


13665

dnsmasq - Cannot add lease after restarting Tomcat


13664

Azure ARM - Not able to sync private network address


13662

Tooltip label for disabled physical machine says Disable physical machine


13657

The dates in Date and Expiration columns are not visible in Backup results

Customer ticket: 6636

13655

Bug on Enterprise home screen

Customer ticket: 6700

13618

Add address range to VDCs created by functional tests


13610

vcenter-tags tool support for vcenter linked mode. Add option to not delete unused tags

Customer ticket: 6695

13601

Azure - For power off and deallocate, the confirmation messages are for shutdown/power off


13596

WebMKS console fills fully the browser tab overlapping the 'send CAD' button

Customer ticket: 6652

13590

Azure - Cannot list template with Unrecognized OS type nor get template with null hyperVGeneration


13568

When the API is down, the login error page displays the 2FA form


13540

UI - Recommended datastore tier selector disabled in VM creation prompt when PRICING_MANAGE privilege is not present

Customer ticket: 6665

13535

Date format mismatch between different areas in the UI

Customer ticket: 6660

13520

List virtual datacenters ordered by ascending ID doesn't work


13517

Azure - It's possible to import the same template more than once


13498

Button to show Default credentials does not display on VM details panel


13480

Default template icons for OS types do not display


13474

UI generating incorrect request on Edit virtual machine storage tab


13468

Ordering by volume parameters fails in Infrastructure for Availability zone, Bootable, or Enterprise


13466

Pricing tab in Enterprise doesn't display more than 25 pricing templates


13459

User interface - Create PCR form is autofilled


13454

Unavailable instance template has regular template options menu items


13437

Networker - Finish Backup with replication event is missing


13430

NAT rules are not correctly displayed

Customer ticket: 6610

13404

Locked spinner for VM in scaling group displays in middle of panel


13397

In Virtual datacenters on the Volumes tab, ordering by some parameters fails


13322

Veeam - FAILED backups are retrieved as Backup results for the VM


13242

Add availability set to logical delete of VDC (delete it in the platform only)


12994

External networks not imported when adding a public cloud region. Use the API to retrieve external networks with source=REMOTE or onboard/synchronize a VDC after creating a PCR (and optionally a VDC)


12832

Logical delete of volumes (in PCR with or without credentials)


12804

Backup - Restore action does not refresh last_restore_result_check field


12623

English errors in scheduler log messages


12468

Threshold labels for autoscaling action are difficult to understand. Change from "Threshold: XXX - XXX units" to "Scale in below XXX units" and "Scale out above XXX units"


12280

Unauthenticated requests return wrong HTTP status code


11971

Editing a running VM in AWS, monitoring level drop down blank with no options


11387

After creating one role or scope it is necessary to select user's enterprise to find it. Now after creating a role, automatically select the enterprise


10653

Inconsistent use of template variables in virtual machines. Now the user cannot add empty variables to a template or VM. User cannot deploy VMs with empty variables. If a VM is already deployed, the user cannot modify the variables and the platform will return an error


5.1.1

New feature guides

The following feature guides describe new features in Abiquo 5.1.1:

Features and improvements


Key

Category

Summary


14179BackupUse VMware snapshot with Veeam 10.
To upgrade the Veeam+Snapshot integration, first upgrade to Veeam 10. See Configure Abiquo Veeam backup plugin

13953

Azure

Allow Azure credentials without app_id to enable customers of Azure partners for billing only.
See Add credentials of Azure reseller customers for billing only

Also in 5.0.3
13904BackupCreate backup manager with Veeam 10

14029

vCenter

Enable WebMKS by disabling VNC remote access.
See Enable WebMKS for vCenter


13810

Customer integration

Some popups have an excessive width

Also in 5.0.3

13809

Customer integration

Apps library template name is always cropped

Also in 5.0.3
13789BackupCreate Veeam 10 plugins

Resolved issues

Key

Category

Summary


14082BackupVeeam cache fails to load when Veeam server uses hypervisor not used with Abiquo.
Add new Veeam property to specify hypervisors used with Abiquo. See Configure Abiquo Veeam backup plugin
Ticket: 6785

14081

Private cloud

Cannot delete a disk/ISO if it is in Sequence 0

Ticket: 6723
Also in 5.0.1

14077

Backup

Networker fails creating backup with size in KB bigger than Integer range


14067

Metrics

Scaling group composite metrics not syncing correctly


14053

Private cloud

Problems finding ISO disks on controller when modifying disks


14047

Billing

Billing issue: the list of available providers shows more entries than those allowed by the license

Ticket: 6777
Also in 5.0.4

14015

Customer integration

Errors while creating an Azure account

Ticket: 6775

14002

Azure

Unexpected error after saving Azure credentials. Administrator should check that the credentials are from the correct subscription

Ticket: 6768
Also in 5.0.4

14001

Public cloud

My cloud VDC → Locations, public IPs do not display on load


13996

Azure

Azure billing - No estimated values if no bills have been generated

Also in 5.0.3

13987

User interface

Edit ISO controller in template disk and review ''Select an ISO disk'' edit


13958

vCenter cluster

Deploy failure when NFS template repository is added on some of the hosts in a cluster.
See Add VMware vCenter clusters as servers

Also in 4.7.7
and 5.0.3

13808

User interface

VM backup Events tab doesn't display event details

Also in 5.0.3

13807

User interface

VM backup tab crops "Backup now" button

Also in 5.0.3

12154

Private cloud

Support SATA disks / Cannot remove default client DVD (disconnected passthrough at SATA 0:0).
See Support for SATA disks


10347NSX

Used NAT IPs should not be selectable as default NAT IP when creating a new VDC


5.1.2

New feature guides

The following feature guides describe new features in Abiquo 5.1.2:

Features and improvements


Key

Category

Summary

Notes
14327BackupIn Veeam+VMware snapshot plugins and VMware snapshot plugins, allow duplicate VM names.
In Remote Services properties or in the Backup manager, the vCenter endpoint must be exactly the same as the Manager IP of the Abiquo physical machine, even including the protocol.
(warning) If necessary, delete the existing backup manager and create a new one.
For example, ''vcenter01.example.com'' will not match '' https://vcenter01.example.com ''

14122vCenterSupport for vCenter 7.
Deprecation of vCenter 5.x

14039MonitoringMetrics support for VMs with duplicate names
13961BackupVeeam - Allow the same backup manager in different datacenters and allow duplicate VM names in different datacenters with backup.
All Abiquo job names on the Veeam server must be changed to the new format: ABQ vm_name:internal_provider_id [Schedule] ([DISABLED])
Run tool to modify Veeam job name as part of the upgrade process.

13814Private cloudAllow administrator to capture VMs with the same names in different datacenters.
Add new property to enable this functionality.
Run tool to modify internal VM identifiers as part of the upgrade process.

Resolved issues

Key

Category

Summary

Notes
14325KVMVNC access through the UI is disabled
14314Private cloudCannot attach SATA volume to deployed VM
14283vCenterError when retrieving VMs - and duplicated VM name in another hypervisor (duplicate VM retrieved but not captured)
14245vCenter cluster

Cannot deploy thin disk if the 'first' host which mounts the datastore is in maintenance mode

Ticket: 6826
Also in 4.7.9
14229NSXNSX NAT - Cannot delete NAT rules that do not exist in the NSX
14226Private cloudError deleting public IP
14218vCenter

User interface: cannot relocate a VM

Ticket: 6819
14197Customer integrationAccount creation error when trying to add a subscription to the customerTicket: 6775
Also in 5.0.5
14195BackupUser interface: User with the appropriate privileges can't assign backup policiesTicket: 6816
14109Public cloudError while synchronizing public hardware profiles after the provider introduced new hardware profiles.
Error: Hardware profile name must be unique for each datacenter

13806OpenIDCookie is not sent on login with OpenID. Add new property to define the SameSite flagTicket: 6706
13770Private cloudEnable administrator to capture VMs with volumes. Add new property to import and capture VMs with volumes. Note that the capture process will not register the volumes in the platform.


5.1.3

For details of changes to properties in this version, see Changes to Abiquo Configuration Properties.

Improvements

Key

Category

Summary

Notes
15001Azure

Rename Feign timeout configuration properties for Azure plugin.

Properties added in 5.2 had the format:
"abiquo.feign.connection.timeout.seconds" and "abiquo.feign.read.timeout.seconds".

Rename to specify that those properties belong to the Feign HTTP client for the Azure plugin
"abiquo.azure.feign.connection.timeout.seconds"
"abiquo.azure.feign.read.timeout.seconds"

5.0.10, 5.2.1
14986Public cloudRemove credentials if CreateAccountResponseListener#done fails.5.0.10, 5.2.1
14744Customer integrationModify proxy fields to support new Azure CSP fields5.0.10, 5.2.1
14736AzureUser interface - Add "organizationRegistrationNumber" property to account creation5.0.7, 5.2.1
14728AzureCSP customer onboarding needs phone number and organization INN.
Add new properties for default values.
5.0.7, 5.2
14677vCenterUser interface - Improve datastore management4.7.10, 5.2
14673vCenterReview Datastore Management4.7.10, 5.2
14490vCenterImprove datastore managementTicket: 6907
4.7.10, 5.2

Resolved issues

Key

Category

Summary

Notes
15026

vCenter

State polling of a VM moved to a host/cluster not managed by Abiquo but in the same vCenter causes VM to no longer be in cache (so cannot publish destroy when VM is gone)

4.7.12, 5.21

14993DatabaseData too long for column 'idResource' at row 1
14992AzureAzure - Timeout issues during account creation5.0.10
14989AzureRemove final space in GraphAPI#addMemberToDirectoryRole5.0.10, 5.2.1
14985AzureList hardware profile can cause OutOfMemoryError5.0.10, 5.2.1
14981ESXiState polling of a VM with tasks causes VM to be no longer in cache (so cannot publish destroy when VM is gone)Ticket: 6966
4.7.11, 5.2.1
14968vCenterSometimes free resources on destroy VM fails in the case of 'non-empty disk not in repository'4.7.12, 5.2.1
14955vCenterUnable to set a correct DNS suffix, which starts with a digit, for a networkTicket: 6967
5.2.1
14624Azure

Customer Daily ARM billing integration - Data truncation: Data too long for column 'unit' at row 1

Ticket: 6921
5.2
14453AmazonVirtual Machine monitoring level is not correctly cloned5.2
14425vCenterCan deploy VMs on datastores with maintenance mode enabled in vCenterTicket: 6872
4.7.10, 5.2
14420AzureCreate account User Account Administrator role not found.
Added property: abiquo.azure.account.creation.app.directoryrole.templateid
5.0.6, 5.2
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