Abiquo 5.1 release notes

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5.1.0

New features

We publish feature descriptions in the Abiquo 5.1 features section.

Key

Summary

Notes 

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

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

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



Key

Category

Summary



14179

Backup

Use 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

13904

Backup

Create 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

13789

Backup

Create Veeam 10 plugins



Resolved issues

Key

Category

Summary



Key

Category

Summary



14082

Backup

Veeam 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



10347

NSX

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

Key

Category

Summary

Notes

14327

Backup

In 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.
If necessary, delete the existing backup manager and create a new one.
For example, ''vcenter01.example.com'' will not match '' https://vcenter01.example.com ''



14122

vCenter

Support for vCenter 7.
Deprecation of vCenter 5.x



14039

Monitoring

Metrics support for VMs with duplicate names



13961

Backup

Veeam - 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.



13814

Private cloud

Allow 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

Key

Category

Summary

Notes

14325

KVM

VNC access through the UI is disabled



14314

Private cloud

Cannot attach SATA volume to deployed VM



14283

vCenter

Error when retrieving VMs - and duplicated VM name in another hypervisor (duplicate VM retrieved but not captured)



14245

vCenter cluster

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

Ticket: 6826
Also in 4.7.9

14229

NSX

NSX NAT - Cannot delete NAT rules that do not exist in the NSX



14226

Private cloud

Error deleting public IP



14218

vCenter

User interface: cannot relocate a VM

Ticket: 6819

14197

Customer integration

Account creation error when trying to add a subscription to the customer

Ticket: 6775
Also in 5.0.5

14195

Backup

User interface: User with the appropriate privileges can't assign backup policies

Ticket: 6816

14109

Public cloud

Error while synchronizing public hardware profiles after the provider introduced new hardware profiles.
Error: Hardware profile name must be unique for each datacenter



13806

OpenID

Cookie is not sent on login with OpenID. Add new property to define the SameSite flag

Ticket: 6706

13770

Private cloud

Enable 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

Key

Category

Summary

Notes

15001

Azure

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

14986

Public cloud

Remove credentials if CreateAccountResponseListener#done fails.

5.0.10, 5.2.1

14744

Customer integration

Modify proxy fields to support new Azure CSP fields

5.0.10, 5.2.1

14736

Azure

User interface - Add "organizationRegistrationNumber" property to account creation

5.0.7, 5.2.1

14728

Azure

CSP customer onboarding needs phone number and organization INN.
Add new properties for default values.

5.0.7, 5.2

14677

vCenter

User interface - Improve datastore management

4.7.10, 5.2

14673

vCenter

Review Datastore Management

4.7.10, 5.2

14490

vCenter

Improve datastore management

Ticket: 6907
4.7.10, 5.2

Resolved issues

Key

Category

Summary

Notes

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

14993

Database

Data too long for column 'idResource' at row 1



14992

Azure

Azure - Timeout issues during account creation

5.0.10

14989

Azure

Remove final space in GraphAPI#addMemberToDirectoryRole

5.0.10, 5.2.1

14985

Azure

List hardware profile can cause OutOfMemoryError

5.0.10, 5.2.1

14981

ESXi

State 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

14968

vCenter

Sometimes free resources on destroy VM fails in the case of 'non-empty disk not in repository'

4.7.12, 5.2.1

14955

vCenter

Unable to set a correct DNS suffix, which starts with a digit, for a network

Ticket: 6967
5.2.1

14624

Azure

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

Ticket: 6921
5.2

14453

Amazon

Virtual Machine monitoring level is not correctly cloned

5.2

14425

vCenter

Can deploy VMs on datastores with maintenance mode enabled in vCenter

Ticket: 6872
4.7.10, 5.2

14420

Azure

Create 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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