2024.1 Series Release Notes

24.0.0

New Features

• The new cinder::backend::gpfs::volume_backend_name parameter has been added.

• The new cinder::healthcheck::allowed_source_ranges parameter has been added.

• The new cinder::healthcheck::ignore_proxied_requests parameter has been added.

• Support for the image volume cache options has been added.

• The cinder::backend::iscsi::lvm_type parameter has been added.

• The max_over_subscription_ratio parameter has been added to the following defined resource types.

  • cinder::backend::dellemc_powermax

  • cinder::backend::dellemc_powerstore

  • cinder::backend::dellemc_unity

  • cinder::backend::dellemc_xtremio

  • cinder::backend::emc_vnx

  • cinder::backend::hpe3par_iscsi

  • cinder::backend::ibm_svf

  • cinder::backend::iscsi

  • cinder::backend::netapp

  • cinder::backend::nvmeof

  • cinder::backend::nfs

  • cinder::backend::pure

  • cinder::backend::rbd

  • cinder::backend::solidfire

• The cinder::backend::nvmeof::reserved_percentage parameter has been added.

• The new cinder::reports class has been added.

• The following parameters have been added to the cinder::backend::dellemc_powerflex defined resource type.

  • rest_api_connect_timeout

  • rest_api_read_timeout

• The following parameters have been added to the cinder::backend::dellemc_powermax defined resource type.

  • rest_api_connect_timeout

  • rest_api_read_timeout

• The new cinder::rabbit_transient_quorum_queue parameter has been added.

• The cinder::backends::rbd defined resource type now supports options used by the deferred deletion feature.

• The new cinder::backends::rbd::rbd_concurrent_flatten_operations option has been added.

• The reserved_percentage parameter has been added. Note that the parameter is available in the defined resource types for the volume drivers which actually uses the option.

Upgrade Notes

• The following resource types no longer attempts to load user credentials from the [keystone_authtoken] section in cinder.conf.

  • cinder_type

  • cinder_qos

Deprecation Notes

• The following defined resource types have been deprecated and will be removed in a future release. These support options for the storage drivers which are no longer supported because of product EOL.

  • cinder::backends::delemc_sc

  • cinder::backends::delemc_xtremio

  • cinder::backends::emc_vnx

• The following implementations have been deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

  • cinder::vmware class

  • cinder::backend::vmdk defined resource type

Bug Fixes

• The following defined resource types now create volume types according to the volume_backend_name parameter, instead of resource names.

  • cinder::backend::dellemc_powerflex

  • cinder::backend::netapp