Software Release Bulletin SafeKit 7.4
Warning
This bulletin lists 7.4 SafeKit releases.
Use the latest release to fix SafeKit.
For migration instructions and new features of SafeKit 7.4.x, see
the SafeKit Release Notes (HTML, PDF ).
Latest Documentation Reference:
SafeKit User's Guide /
Guide de l'utilisateur SafeKit
SafeKit and OS at the correct level
Use Safekit 7.4 for:
Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 at least 7.3 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
CentOS 7 at least 7.3 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
CentOS 8 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2019 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2016 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 10 Enterprise (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 10 Pro (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Use previous SafeKit package for other OS
7.4.0.35
Date : June 26, 2020
OS :
Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 at least 7.3 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
CentOS 7 at least 7.3 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
CentOS 8 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix:
- Rfs: Fix nfsbox 100% CPU when a high number of replicated file are opened rapidly (EVD 72564)
Changes:
- Update SafeKit User's Guide
Restriction and Known Problems:
- Refer to the SafeKit Release Notes.
- File replication does not support hard links and file system transactions
- IE11 and Webconsole secured with https - see SK-0065
- Use of DNS names in cluster configuration - see SK-0080
7.4.0.34
Date : May 19, 2020
OS :
Windows Server 2019 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2016 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 10 Enterprise (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 10 Pro (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix:
- Webconsole : display of cluster configuration date ( MARS 71627 )
- SafeKit: more explicit message on certificate expiration on Primary ( MARS 71628 )
- SafeKit : fix bug in "cluster state" command ( MARS 71633 )
- SafeKit : fix MARS 71597
Restriction and Known Problems:
- Refer to the SafeKit Release Notes.
- File replication does not support hard links and file system transactions
- IE11 and Webconsole secured with https - see SK-0065
- Use of DNS names in cluster configuration - see SK-0080
7.4.0.33
Date : April 30, 2020
OS :
Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 at least 7.3 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
CentOS 7 at least 7.3 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
CentOS 8 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix:
- SafeKit: Cerficate validity is now 20 years; explicit message on expiration ( MARS 71535 )
- SafeKit: safeadmin or safekit.exe exception due to size limit when many Applications modules are installed ( MARS 71411 )
- Web server : "safekit webserver restart" failure if webserver is not running ( MARS 70987 )
- Webconsole : 3nodesrepli : unexpected "Failover" failure ( MARS 70689 )
- Webconsole : 3nodesrepli : behavior improvment after "Failover" when servers come back ( MARS 70675 )
- SafeKit : unexpected "maxloop" failure ( MARS 71584 )
- SafeKit : "cluster confinfo" improvment ( MARS 71586 )
Changes:
- Upgrade to openssl 1.1.1g
Restriction and Known Problems:
- Refer to the SafeKit Release Notes.
- File replication does not support hard links and file system transactions
- IE11 and Webconsole secured with https - see SK-0065
- Use of DNS names in cluster configuration - see SK-0080
7.4.0.31
Date : March 30, 2020
OS :
Windows Server 2019 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2016 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 10 Enterprise (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 10 Pro (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix:
- SafeKit: safeadmin or safekit.exe exception due to size limit when many Applications modules are installed (MARS 71344 and 71338)
- Mosaic / Webconsole : redirection errors
Changes:
- Rfs : Support of roflags=0x10000 attribute; Secondary is stopped if a process other than system tries to modify a replicated file
- Rfs : Swap transitions are ignored if rfs scripts are active.
Restriction and Known Problems:
- Refer to the SafeKit Release Notes.
- File replication does not support hard links and file system transactions
- IE11 and Webconsole secured with https - see SK-0065
- Use of DNS names in cluster configuration - see SK-0080
7.4.0.30
Date : February 20, 2020
OS :
Windows Server 2019 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2016 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 10 Enterprise (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 10 Pro (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix:
- Web console File Editor: Fix line ending problem (KB SK-0074)
- Mosaic : Fix ipv6 numerical representation in mosaic.html (MARS 71167 and 71168)
Changes:
- Upgrade to Apache httpd 2.4.41, openssl 1.1.1d, curl 7.67.0
- Support Windows 10 Pro 1909
Restriction and Known Problems:
- Refer to the SafeKit Release Notes.
- File replication does not support hard links and file system transactions
- IE11 and Webconsole secured with https - see SK-0065
- Use of DNS names in cluster configuration - see SK-0080
7.4.0.27
Date : December 17, 2019
OS :
Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 at least 7.3 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
CentOS 7 at least 7.3 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
CentOS 8 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix:
- Add or fix japanese messages
- File replication : fix "rfsdiff" and "rfssync" commands (MARS 70537 and 70554)
- Fix "kill_process" : used in rfsplug_cmd, does not correctly select processes ( MARS 70770)
- Https : second server configuration fails when first server's CA uses a password whith reserved characters ( MARS 70774 )
Changes:
- Modification of firewall rules management : first firewallcfg add don't open all safekit ports anymore. A second firewallcfg add must be executed after the first cluster configuration to open safeadmin port.
- Webconsole : improvement of firewall problems checking
- New command "checkcert" to check certificates
- User's Guide update : "Securing the SafeKit web console" (https/certificates)
Restriction and Known Problems:
- Refer to the SafeKit Release Notes.
- File replication does not support hard links and file system transactions
- IE11 and Webconsole secured with https - see SK-0065
- Use of DNS names in cluster configuration - see SK-0080
7.4.0.20
Date : September 27, 2019
OS :
Windows Server 2019 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2016 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 10 Enterprise (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix:
- Web console: fix japanese charset (MARS 70053 / EVD 69572)
- Mosaic : empty list in mosaic.html if Safekit is installed in a path containing space (MARS 66639)
- Fix "addStartupShutdown" script (MARS 70263). Refer to SafeKit User's Guide to use this script.
Changes:
- File replication: Add statistics for "reject write request" message, make all of them debug level 3
- Webconsole : only "E" messages are displayed in module short log
Restriction and Known Problems:
- Refer to the SafeKit Release Notes.
- File replication does not support hard links and file system transactions
- IE11 and Webconsole secured with https - see SK-0065
- Use of DNS names in cluster configuration - see SK-0080
7.4.0.19
Date : August 10, 2019
OS :
Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 at least 7.3 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
CentOS 7 at least 7.3 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix:
- File replication: do not save partial namespace when ALONE server stops (MARS 69828)
- Web console: fix menu for farm modules (MARS 70101)
- Web console: add support for specific charset for user log file (MARS 70053)
Changes:
- File replication: in Linux, use new linux kernel 3.10 API for file access
- User log: change the filename extension of the log that contains output of restart scripts. The filename is now SAFEVAR/modules/AM/userlog.ulog (where AM is the module name)
- Vip filter: in Linux, on module re-configuration, re-compile the vip kernel filter if the kernel version has changed
- User's Guide update
Restriction and Known Problems:
- Refer to the SafeKit Release Notes.
- File replication does not support hard links and file system transactions
- IE11 and Webconsole secured with https - see SK-0065
- Use of DNS names in cluster configuration - see SK-0080
7.4.0.17
Date : July 4, 2019
OS :
Windows Server 2016 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 10 Enterprise (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix:
- File replication: deadlock rfsfilter (MARS 69669)
- File replication: "VnodeDoLocalRename : srcnode not found" during a rename inside a not reintegrated directory (MARS 69715)
- File replication: overflow during ruzone_valid field update (MARS 69828)
- File replication: reintegration failure (open failed) on a symbolic link whose target has been deleted (MARS 69906)
- Commands: exception in safekit_cmd.exe
- Safekit: possibly empty "laststate.rfs"" file after a crash (MARS 69576)
- Safekit: unexpected "invalid local nodename received" at boot start (MARS 69605)
- Documentation: minor errors (MARS 69048)
Changes:
- File replication: remove checking of all files opened on secondary before reintegration
- Documentation improvements
Restriction and Known Problems:
- Refer to the SafeKit Release Notes.
- File replication does not support hard links and file system transactions
- IE11 and Webconsole secured with https - see SK-0065
7.4.0.16
Date : May 31, 2019
OS :
Windows Server 2016 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows 10 Enterprise (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix:
- Maxloop: fix maxloop interval checking (EVD 68434/MARS 69249)
- DNS names: fix module start error when the cluster configuration contains DNS FQDN in
addr field. In Windows, additional network configuration may be needed (see SK-0079)
Changes:
- File replication: add
sendtimeout attribute, for setting a timeout when sending packets to the remote node.
This value may be increased when replication or reintegration fails on high latency networks (default value is 30 seconds)
- Framework communications: accept externally generated certificates (provided they are signed by one of the web/conf/cacert.crt authorities)
Restriction and Known Problems:
- Refer to the SafeKit Release Notes.
- File replication does not support hard links and file system transactions
- IE11 and Webconsole secured with https - see SK-0065
7.4.0.13
Date : April 12, 2019
OS :
Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 at least 7.3 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
CentOS 7 at least 7.3 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Fix:
- File replication: "Invalid remote file handle" on hard linked file removal
- File replication: "Invalid cross device link" during hard link create on Alone (MARS 69043)
- File replication: "server Bad address" error when writing a big file during reintegration (MARS 68433)
- File replication: reintegration problem when file system is full
- Farm module on Linux only: Kernel memory leak leading to kernel crash on recent kernel (EVD 67907 / MARS 68758)
- Distributed commands: fix execution failure when a node is not available (MARS 68217)
- Checker: the activation of the ip checker process monitoring is set too early (MARS 68516 /EVD 67621)
- Application module installation failure after import/export (MARS 68052)
- Minor Installation problem (MARS 68868)
Changes:
- Major changes: see SafeKit Release Notes.
- Major change in Apache Configuration (need to migrate old customized configuration): Support of roles with basic authentication (ldap and file)
- Apache: upgrade to latest version : httpd 2.4.39 and openssl 1.1.1a
- Webconsole: automatic insertion of the connected server as a cluster into cluster inventory
- File replication: Reintegration optimization (new value for "namespacepolicy" attribute : 4 (default))
- File replication: improve reintegration by reconnecting on communication failure
- File replication: checks all files can be opened on secondary before reintegration
Restriction and Known Problems:
- Refer to the SafeKit Release Notes.
- File replication does not support hard links and file system transactions
- IE11 and Webconsole secured with https - see SK-0065
- Use of DNS names in cluster configuration - see SK-0080
7.4.0.5
Date : December 20, 2018
OS :
Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 at least 7.3 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
CentOS 7 at least 7.3 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Windows Server 2016 (Intel x86 64-bit kernel)
Changes:
Restriction and Known Problems:
- Refer to the SafeKit Release Notes.
- File replication does not support hard links and file system transactions
- IE11 and Webconsole secured with https - see SK-0065
- Use of DNS names in cluster configuration - see SK-0080