| ASF VCL 2.2 |
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| Dependency changes: |
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| Web frontend: |
| No dependency changes |
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| database: |
| - none |
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| backend vcld: |
| No dependency changes |
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| Release Notes - VCL - Version 2.2 |
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| ** Bug |
| * [VCL-121] - special characters in API passwords not handled correctly |
| * [VCL-150] - Pages do not display correctly with IE8 |
| * [VCL-154] - run_scp_command() is not catching permission denied errors |
| * [VCL-158] - utils.pm setstaticaddress() does not work correctly for Windows |
| * [VCL-159] - xCAT.pm is not always waiting long enough for ssh to respond on load |
| * [VCL-160] - Sysprep is overwriting DevicePath key after spdrvscn.exe runs |
| * [VCL-165] - Fix syntax bugs cause reservation processes to die |
| * [VCL-181] - VCL desktop request tool - use API to make reservations |
| * [VCL-189] - cannot add a computer in maintenance state |
| * [VCL-193] - IP address field not large enough for 15-characters |
| * [VCL-194] - Marking new computer to be "maintenance" status causes indexing error |
| * [VCL-197] - _is_user_added routine |
| * [VCL-210] - getdynamicaddress returns 127.0.01 for missing public adapter |
| * [VCL-214] - Windows modules don't always disable autoadminlogon |
| * [VCL-215] - reservation_failed sub in State.pm may change state of computer currently in maintenance |
| * [VCL-220] - VMs in the available state which aren't assigned to a VM host may be reserved |
| * [VCL-221] - Add check to make sure post_load tasks have run before reserving a computer |
| * [VCL-227] - deleting user group that owns a resource group |
| * [VCL-233] - all calls to simpleAddRequest need to check for all return codes |
| * [VCL-241] - detailed loading summary does not compute times correctly for future reservations that are preloaded |
| * [VCL-242] - currentimage.txt permissions incorrect set |
| * [VCL-245] - esx.pm - always reloads |
| * [VCL-250] - authentication for XML RPC X-User doesn't properly check to see if no authtype was found |
| * [VCL-258] - cluster loads - cluster_info file |
| * [VCL-260] - Problems occur if root is not the owner of /home/root for Windows images |
| * [VCL-261] - Windows.pm filesystem_entry_exists() subroutine may return true even if output contains "file not found" |
| * [VCL-262] - Windows capture may remove "Log on as a service" right for existing accounts |
| * [VCL-265] - Linux adduser cmd - remove uid parameter if uid not defined in user table |
| * [VCL-266] - New process detects another reload process being complete before it should |
| * [VCL-267] - cluster loads listing wrong parent and child addresses cluster_info file |
| * [VCL-269] - Windows.pm logoff_users() does not detect disconnected users |
| * [VCL-273] - Single quotes in image pretty name can cause image capture to fail |
| * [VCL-299] - shib users may have incorrect full name and email address. |
| * [VCL-300] - shib users always have email notices turned off |
| * [VCL-303] - tomaintenance reservations inserting wrong image revision |
| * [VCL-306] - Web GUI code has hard coded Eastern Time Zone information - breaks in other time zones |
| * [VCL-307] - add empty post_reserve routine UnixLab.pm OS module |
| * [VCL-317] - scheduler doesn't take imagerevision into account |
| * [VCL-318] - API error if invalid affiliation is used |
| * [VCL-325] - removing a subimage from a cluster can result in all subimages getting removed |
| * [VCL-327] - set_computer_name.vbs causes Sysprep to hang if certain applications are installed |
| * [VCL-329] - DataStructure.pm get_computer_private_ip_address() not handling all valid formats in /etc/hosts |
| * [VCL-331] - Windows code does not handle special characters in Scheduled Task names when changing passwords |
| * [VCL-332] - cannot delete block requests once the start date has passed |
| * [VCL-333] - DataStructure %ENV hash not get detected in _initialize routine |
| * [VCL-334] - numeric userids are not handled correctly |
| * [VCL-337] - Windows.pm delete_files_by_pattern may delete unintended files if an environment variable isn't defined |
| * [VCL-338] - vmprofiles that are in use can be deleted |
| * [VCL-340] - cannot change name of vmprofile |
| * [VCL-346] - getdynamicaddress routine regex issue |
| * [VCL-347] - cluster connect page rdp file |
| * [VCL-349] - sql insert queries for image and imagerevision tables |
| * [VCL-353] - vmware.pm inserting new images - if original name is not in proper format $oldname does not get set correctly. |
| * [VCL-356] - vmware esx pm - vmware image directories |
| * [VCL-362] - vmware.pm power command output not detected under ESX 3.5 |
| * [VCL-363] - Passwords for existing Linux accounts are reset when the root password is set |
| * [VCL-364] - vmhostid removed when vm put in maintenance state |
| * [VCL-368] - pre-capture and post load linux steps correct sed cmd line options |
| * [VCL-370] - Reservation ID not defined errors occur for cluster reservations |
| * [VCL-371] - Private IP address is not being found in /etc/hosts under some circumstances |
| * [VCL-377] - multiple clicks on Create Reservation button gives multiple reservations |
| * [VCL-378] - reservation can be extended into a block allocation for user not in block group |
| * [VCL-382] - vmware.pm incorrectly handles free server with network datastores |
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| ** Improvement |
| * [VCL-2] - migrate preferredimage to nextimage |
| * [VCL-9] - Update reclaim.pm to use DataStructure methods |
| * [VCL-11] - Update blockrequest.pm to use database subroutines |
| * [VCL-31] - rename conf.php and secrets.php to include -default in the name |
| * [VCL-32] - modify XMLRPCaddRequest to allow an end time to be specified |
| * [VCL-93] - LDAP part of a login to fail silently on errors when Shibboleth authentication is used |
| * [VCL-94] - Rework image capture flow |
| * [VCL-98] - upgrade all of dojo-0.4.0 code to recent version of dojo |
| * [VCL-125] - Add ability to control whether or not users have root/administrator access |
| * [VCL-137] - Update vmware.pm to use provisioning module interface subroutine names |
| * [VCL-145] - Store product keys in the database |
| * [VCL-148] - Add management node to current reservations view for ADMIN_DEVELOPER |
| * [VCL-149] - Prevent multiple vcld processes |
| * [VCL-153] - Update interface subroutines in xCAT21.pm to match xCAT.pm |
| * [VCL-155] - Decrease initial Current Reservation page refresh interval |
| * [VCL-161] - remove xmlrpcKey table from vcl.sql |
| * [VCL-162] - create structure to add throttling to provisioning modules |
| * [VCL-163] - move throttle variable from vcld.conf to managment node table |
| * [VCL-164] - Make installation and configuration easier |
| * [VCL-200] - add edit node name option in Privilege tree |
| * [VCL-204] - remove private ssh identity keys from known locations- post load / pre-capture routines |
| * [VCL-206] - Alphabetize list of virtual hosts |
| * [VCL-211] - image creation mode - administrator timeout |
| * [VCL-223] - Remove information user should not be able to access on post_load |
| * [VCL-224] - Move settings from vcld.conf to database except for database connection settings |
| * [VCL-244] - Staticics page - show number of failed loads per image |
| * [VCL-248] - Update provisioning modules' node_status to return READY if SSH works but ping doesn't |
| * [VCL-251] - Make "Later" reservation time default to a time in the future. |
| * [VCL-252] - XMLHttpTransport Error |
| * [VCL-254] - block request improvements |
| * [VCL-255] - xmlrpc_call routine add better error control |
| * [VCL-271] - clean out unused routines |
| * [VCL-272] - block request form |
| * [VCL-275] - Predictive reloading level_1 module |
| * [VCL-284] - vmware.pm power_reset sub does not catch error if VMware tools are not running |
| * [VCL-286] - post_linux load operation - set hostname that matches public IP address |
| * [VCL-288] - Add Global affiliation to schema |
| * [VCL-293] - check for remote ldap server being up before connecting to it |
| * [VCL-295] - Combine normal new reservation and imaging new reservation code |
| * [VCL-302] - provide feedback to users about block reservation status |
| * [VCL-305] - update code to work with php 5.3 |
| * [VCL-314] - change Documentation link to have links to ASF docs |
| * [VCL-320] - random selection of computer for reservations |
| * [VCL-326] - Shutdown Event Tracker causes autologin to fail |
| * [VCL-335] - max allowed ram for computers needs to be increased |
| * [VCL-357] - create update sql script to upgrade to the latest schema |
| * [VCL-359] - Remove DHCP and static IP configuration sections from provisioning modules |
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| ** New Feature |
| * [VCL-134] - Add ability to control whether or not users have root/administrator access |
| * [VCL-142] - Add KMS activation server configuration per affiliation |
| * [VCL-146] - add linux support for all VMWare modules |
| * [VCL-180] - add power_X(off,on,reset,status) routines to provisioning modules |
| * [VCL-182] - Linux virtual machine support |
| * [VCL-195] - Add support for Windows Server 2008 |
| * [VCL-196] - Add support for 64-bit Windows |
| * [VCL-201] - Add support for Windows Vista VMware images |
| * [VCL-208] - Ability to easily put the VCL site into a maintenance state to prevent user access |
| * [VCL-239] - xcat 2.X module |
| * [VCL-268] - OS table - create additional OS ids |
| * [VCL-278] - Add setup mechanism to vcld |
| * [VCL-279] - Add post_load_custom script functionality for Linux images |
| * [VCL-292] - option to save selected authentication method in cookie |
| * [VCL-294] - create a login log |
| * [VCL-298] - Add support for VMware Server 2.x and ESXi 4.x |
| * [VCL-301] - Add support for Windows 7 |
| * [VCL-351] - extend vm profile to have more virtualswitches |
| * [VCL-352] - Add additional pre-capture steps for Linux OS |
| * [VCL-365] - change select box for environment on new reservation page to dojo filteringselect |
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| ** Task |
| * [VCL-138] - remove antiquated vcldquery support |
| * [VCL-139] - make users' names optional |
| * [VCL-274] - check for SQL injection / XSS |
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| ASF VCL 2.1 |
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| Dependency changes: |
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| web frontend: |
| -no testing with PHP 4 was done. VCL may work under PHP 4, but PHP 5 was assumed during development. |
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| database: |
| none |
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| backend: |
| Perl modules |
| - Class-Data-Inheritable-0.08 |
| - Devel-StackTrace-1.20 |
| - Exception-Class-1.26 |
| - Object-InsideOut-3.52 |
| - Module-Build-0.30 |
| - XML-Stream-1.22 |
| - YAML-0.68 |
| - RPC-XML-0.64 |
| - XML-Parser-2.36 |
| - Crypt-SSLeay-0.57 |
| - Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.020 |
| - IO-Compress-2.020 |
| - libwww-perl-5.827 |
| - HTTP-Headers |
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| Bug/Feature issues exported from JIRA |
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| ** Sub-task |
| * [VCL-67] - Allow OS, provisioning engine, and other module objects to access each other |
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| ** Bug |
| * [VCL-14] - xCAT.pm's capture_monitor output always displays "attempt 1/80" |
| * [VCL-26] - get_reservation_remote_ip subroutine redefined warning |
| * [VCL-34] - When adding computers, missing requirement for the provisioning module |
| * [VCL-51] - user groups that have a name that is a number cause problems on the privilege page |
| * [VCL-54] - disable LDAP referrals for all LDAP connections to handle firewalls |
| * [VCL-55] - processBulkComputerInput in computers.php not always setting startpripaddress, endpripaddress, startmac |
| * [VCL-61] - blockrequest and the reload state |
| * [VCL-62] - Calls to _rpower in Windows.pm cause reservation processes to die |
| * [VCL-64] - EmptyRecycleBin.exe utility causes problems during image capture |
| * [VCL-69] - Unknown column 'af.shibonly' in 'field list' |
| * [VCL-71] - Reservation processes being killed unexpectedly |
| * [VCL-73] - new.pm::computer_not_being_used hangs occasionally |
| * [VCL-74] - Reservation may fail if user's UID value is null |
| * [VCL-75] - Bug in Perl 5.8.0 causes exit status to be reported incorrectly |
| * [VCL-76] - form tags outside of td tags on Edit Image Profiles page |
| * [VCL-79] - error in how the end time for schedule times is computed |
| * [VCL-81] - Image retrieval does not verify if it was successful |
| * [VCL-85] - watchInFlight error appears if image description contains special characters |
| * [VCL-88] - vclreload account assumed to match the default affiliation |
| * [VCL-90] - Image reservation for sub-image with "nousercheckout" flag set |
| * [VCL-91] - edit reservation allows saving/updaing image for cluster reservations |
| * [VCL-96] - < and > in user's passwords not handled properly |
| * [VCL-101] - forimaging flag causes wrong user when imaging linux in reserved.pm |
| * [VCL-103] - vclreload account has invalid curiculumid |
| * [VCL-108] - apostrophe in image name causes AJAX updates to privilege page to break |
| * [VCL-109] - viewing requests from timetable not using continuations |
| * [VCL-111] - missing default values for vmtype table |
| * [VCL-119] - Reservations insert log.ending = EOR when they shouldn't |
| * [VCL-126] - get_new_dbh() doesn't return correct value if different database is specified |
| * [VCL-129] - LockerWrtUser doesn't work with usernames containing underscores |
| * [VCL-131] - utils getdynamicaddress routine - bad regex |
| * [VCL-136] - missing perlpackage for id 6 in module table |
| * [VCL-143] - need to drop allowing new reservations to take priority over reload reservations |
| * [VCL-151] - apostrophe in last name can cause an error when adding user to database |
| * [VCL-166] - Windows firewall subs not catching "Object already exists" in netsh.exe output |
| * [VCL-167] - run_ssh_command not catching host key differs warning messages |
| * [VCL-172] - xCAT21.pm - xcat database is locked at dbdimp.c error |
| * [VCL-186] - Windows images losing default gateway |
| * [VCL-187] - Ubuntu.pm - not completed |
| * [VCL-191] - path changes in vshpere SDK vmware perl toolkit |
| * [VCL-207] - Predictive reload modules not accounting for machines in block computers table |
| * [VCL-213] - Bug in retrieve_image sub in vmware.pm and xCAT.pm calls next instead of return |
| * [VCL-218] - vmware.pm may delete image being captured by cleanup process |
| * [VCL-226] - Windows reboot fails - processing another action error |
| * [VCL-238] - Linux.pm pre-capture routine not shuting down OS |
| * [VCL-240] - utils.pm - insert_reload_request |
| * [VCL-246] - READY flag check for VMware and xCAT is being thrown off by other processes running on machines |
| * [VCL-247] - computer with shortname only in database not being reloaded after being used |
| * [VCL-263] - Linux.pm - add default vcl user group |
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| ** Improvement |
| * [VCL-3] - clean up database |
| * [VCL-6] - update healthcheck.pl to use modularized code |
| * [VCL-15] - modify blockrequest module to use frontend API for scheduling |
| * [VCL-20] - Configuration of sshd port for image retrieval |
| * [VCL-23] - Modularize Windows OS code |
| * [VCL-63] - Remove critical notification if image is configured with a user group containing 0 members |
| * [VCL-65] - Remove pagefile from all drives during image capture |
| * [VCL-72] - die and warning signals are not handled by the backend code |
| * [VCL-84] - Prevent users from starting create image until computer is in inuse state |
| * [VCL-105] - an image cannot have itself as a subimage |
| * [VCL-106] - mail notifications notify routine |
| * [VCL-107] - User email notifications |
| * [VCL-110] - 2 second deley in vcld may cause problems with imaging |
| * [VCL-112] - Provide access to image affiliation data via DataStructure.pm |
| * [VCL-115] - allow user groups with the same name but different affiliations |
| * [VCL-118] - Add delay to run_ssh_command() & run_scp_command() retry attempts |
| * [VCL-120] - Add subroutine to set IE's runonce registry keys so user isn't presented with it |
| * [VCL-124] - locally affiliated users need a way to change their password |
| * [VCL-128] - Update reclaim.pm |
| * [VCL-132] - vcld check_time |
| * [VCL-156] - insert current_image.txt file on kickstart based nodes |
| * [VCL-157] - Add support for xCAT 2.1 partimage format |
| * [VCL-173] - add power_off,power_on,power_reset,power_status routines to xCAT21 module |
| * [VCL-175] - Set virtual switch 0 from database value for VMware GSX |
| * [VCL-176] - Prevent vmware.pm from looping 15 times before checking ssh during load |
| * [VCL-177] - Remove Windows OS post-load configuration tasks from vmware.pm |
| * [VCL-183] - DataStructure.pm contains duplicate subroutines: get_computer_private_ip and get_computer_private_ip_address |
| * [VCL-184] - Update database schema for 2.1 release |
| * [VCL-185] - Modularize Linux OS Code |
| * [VCL-188] - Document Windows tools dependencies |
| * [VCL-190] - Add time configuration and synchronization commands to Windows post_load |
| * [VCL-205] - allow esx provisioing module to set MAC addresses |
| * [VCL-212] - Add code to set SysprepStatus registry keys for Windows 6 |
| * [VCL-217] - xcat modules - Throttle control |
| * [VCL-228] - Windows image capture fails to delete user profiles because file is open |
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| ** New Feature |
| * [VCL-1] - xCAT 2.0 module |
| * [VCL-4] - add support for Shibboleth authentication |
| * [VCL-7] - modify healthcheck.pl to monitor vms |
| * [VCL-18] - allow dynamic change of predictive loading module |
| * [VCL-19] - add configuration of v2 fields for management nodes |
| * [VCL-21] - add check for existance of image libraries |
| * [VCL-29] - author an ESX and ESX 3i provisioning module (using netboot) |
| * [VCL-33] - add user group management to XML RPC API |
| * [VCL-78] - API for backend to allocate computers for block reservations via the frontend |
| * [VCL-123] - add Ubuntu Support using the new OS Module framework |
| * [VCL-209] - create a page that will test for required php modules and correct configuration |
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| ** Task |
| * [VCL-70] - Create a basic helloworld.pm provisioning module |
| * [VCL-95] - Set Subversion properties for files in repository |
| * [VCL-135] - remove all references to ncsu |
| * [VCL-198] - Release tasks |
| * [VCL-264] - VCL 2.1 RC2 todo items |
