SC//HyperCore 9.6.6 updates Scale Guest Tools and fixes node IP assignment. It also includes earlier 9.6 changes to snapshots, node removal and the web interface.
Product: SC//HyperCore · Version: 9.6.6 · Classification: Early Production Release
Release details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Production impact | Software update |
| Versions replaced | None |
| Hardware excluded | HC1250DFG, HC3450FG and HC5250DFG |
| Also includes changes from | 9.6.2, 9.6.5 |
Check your hardware before updating. HC1250DFG, HC3450FG and HC5250DFG nodes are excluded from this release. Exclusion from a release doesn’t always mean a product is permanently unsupported for later updates. See Compatibility and end of life.
Early and Limited Production releases may not appear in your web interface. If this release isn’t available to you, contact Scale Computing Support. See Release classifications.
Enhancements
- Scale Guest Tools are updated to version 4.2-1.
- The node removal tool is improved.
- API users can now bypass snapshot quiescence.
- Block Device API capacity data now matches byte-level requirements.
- Update stability is improved. SSH checks now make sure nodes can communicate with each other.
- Support tunnel creation can now select a tunnel number automatically.
Fixes
- Fixed an issue where a node might not be assigned an IP if the IP changed while a service restarted.
- Fixed an issue where you could set a drive size smaller than possible.
- Fixed an issue where target node indicators didn’t display when live migrating a VM.
- Fixed an issue where pressing Enter in the Create VM dialog didn’t create the VM.
- Fixed an issue where a bulk VM delete didn’t ask for a second confirmation before deleting the VMs.
- Fixed an issue where snapshots taken with the US Eastern time zone set showed an incorrect UTC time.
- Fixed an issue where Total RAM in the web interface showed less than the sum of free, system and VM RAM.
- Fixed an issue where cloning a VM with a fractional disk capacity required enlarging the disk before you could make any changes.
- Fixed an issue where replication progress showed more than 100% when local-only snapshots were in use.
- Fixed an issue where cloud-init imports failed because a required tool was missing.
Deprecations and removals
- VM List View is removed from the web interface while user feedback is gathered and more improvements are made.
Upgrade information
Supported update paths to 9.6.6 are listed in Update paths. Before you start, follow Before you update.