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Table of Contents Contacting Spectra Logic 3 Table of Contents 4 Helpful Information 5 Intended Audience 5 User Interface Screens 5 Typographical Conventions 5 Related Publications 6 7 API Documentation User Feedback 7 StorCycle Solution Updates 8 Package History 8 StorCycle 3.7.1 8 StorCycle 3.7.0 9 StorCycle 3.6.1 10 StorCycle 3.6.0 10 StorCycle 3.5.0 11 StorCycle 3.4.0 14 StorCycle 3.3.0 17 StorCycle 3.2.0 20 StorCycle 3.1.
Helpful Information These release notes give you the latest information available about the Spectra® StorCycle® application. Intended Audience This guide is intended for data center administrators and operators who maintain and operate file storage systems. The information in this guide assumes a familiarity with computing terminology. You also need to be familiar with installing, configuring, and using data file storage and archival software.
Helpful Information Related Publications Related Publications The latest revision of the following documents related to the Spectra Spectra StorCycle Solution are available as PDF files on the Spectra Logic website at: support.spectralogic.com/documentations/user-guides. • The Spectra StorCycle Solution Getting Started Guide provides a quick reference for installing and configuring the Spectra StorCycle solution.
Helpful Information User Feedback API Documentation To access the documentation for the REST API, after StorCycle is installed, go to https://localhost/apidocs/. For additional API documentation and examples, go to https://github.com/SpectraLogic/storcycle_api/. User Feedback Contact us at (800) 833-1132 to give us suggestions or feedback on our products and documentation.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History StorCycle Solution Updates This section provides an overview of the features and changes for each released software version. Package History The following sections list the released Spectra StorCycle Solution update packages, and provide information about new features and updates that affect the application and its components. StorCycle 3.7.1 You can only upgrade to StorCycle 3.7.1 from StorCycle 3.7.0 or StorCycle 3.6.2.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History StorCycle 3.7.0 You can only upgrade to StorCycle 3.7.0 from StorCycle 3.6.1, StorCycle 3.6.0, or StorCycle 3.5.0. If you are upgrading from a version of the StorCycle solution other IMPORTANT than these, contact Spectra Logic Technical Support (see Contacting Spectra Logic on page 3). If you have a Spectra NAS or BlackPearl storage location that is running BlackPearl 5.4.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History Resolved Issues Issue Resolution If a Delete Project job fails, for example, because a job using an overlapping storage location is already in progress, then it cannot be run a second time even when the reason for the original failure is resolved. This issue no longer occurs. No notification is provided to the user when a license key is deleted, or a new license key is applied over an existing license key.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History Enhancements This release improves OpenAPI documentation. improves the user interface, and adds the new features listed in the table below. Feature Description Single Key Encryption S3, Amazon S3 Glacier, MS Azure, and MS Azure Archive targets can now be configured to have all files encrypted before they are migrated / stored to the target.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History Enhancements This release adds the new features listed in the table below. Feature Description Single Key Encryption Spectra NAS, Non-Spectra NAS, and BlackPearl targets can be configured to have all files encrypted before they are migrated / stored to the target. Linked Instances A StorCycle instance can link to other StorCycle instances to allow searching for data managed by other StorCycle solution installations.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History Resolved Issues Issue Resolution Restore jobs from a BlackPearl storage location that are larger than the BlackPearl cache fail. Restore jobs from a BlackPearl storage location that are larger than the BlackPearl cache are now broken into several smaller jobs so that they do not fail. The Mark All As Read button only marks visible messages as read. The Mark All As Read button now marks all messages as read.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History Known Issues Issue Workaround Restores may generate a security ID warning after a successful restore if the original user who was recorded as the owner of the files no longer has ownership permissions. The warning does not impact the restoration of, or access to, the data. There is no workaround for this issue. StorCycle 3.4.0 You can only upgrade to StorCycle 3.4.0 from StorCycle 3.3.x or StorCycle 3.2.0.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History Feature Description HTML Link Enhancements • You can now select to whether to remove HTML links when files are restored to the original location from which a migrate / store with the option to replace files with HTML links was done. • You can now configure a Hostname Override to use instead of a hostname lookup in HTML links created to replace migrated / stored files.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History Issue Resolution "If you attempt to run a database backup job while a retention delete job is in progress, the database backup fails and you get the error message,"default not allowing RetentionDelete with BackupDb". This issue no longer occurs. Attempting to delete a project archived to an S3 target which was not configured with an S3 Region, fails. This issue no longer occurs.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History StorCycle 3.3.0 You can only upgrade to StorCycle 3.3.0 from StorCycle 3.2.0 or StorCycle 3.1.0. If IMPORTANT you are upgrading from a version of the StorCycle solution other than these, contact Spectra Logic Technical Support (see Contacting Spectra Logic on page 3). When upgrading from StorCycle 3.1.0, the database is upgraded to an indexed database to increase search speeds. The time required for the upgrade depends on the size of the database.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History Feature Description Tag Matches Displayed for Reuse Tags added to projects for searching now display potential matches to aid in reuse. Full Support for OpenLDAP on Linux Servers OpenLDAP is used to provide Simple Authentication, Security Layer, and Transport Layer Security. Restore Files Tiered to Amazon Glacier Files migrated / stored to a standard S3 bucket with tiering to Glacier and Glacier Deep Archive can be restored after the file is tiered.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History Issue Resolution Messages are never deleted. Messages older than two years are deleted. MacOS 10.15 and later may reject the StorCycle SSL certificate. The number of days the SSL certificate is valid was updated to meet the new requirements in MacOS 10.15. StorCycle waits until objects are persisted to storage domains before considering migrates / stores to BlackPearl systems complete. This can slow further migrates / stores.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History StorCycle 3.2.0 You can only upgrade to StorCycle 3.2.0 from StorCycle 3.0.2 or StorCycle 3.1.0. If IMPORTANT you are upgrading from a version of the StorCycle solution other than these, contact Spectra Logic Technical Support (see Contacting Spectra Logic on page 3). When upgrading to StorCycle 3.2.0, the database is upgraded to an indexed database to increase search speeds. The time required for the upgrade depends on the size of the database.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History Feature Description Delete Migrate / Store Projects The Delete Files screen provides a way to delete all migrated / stored files associated with a migrate / store project to reclaim storage space. Rerun Now Button for Migrate / Store and Database Backup Jobs On the Migrate Store and Database Backup dashboards, next to each project icon to click to rerun the project with a Start Now schedule.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History Known Issues Issue Workaround If a migrate / store job with the Replacement Option Remove Source File: create Symbolic link or Remove Source File: create HTML link fails during post processing, an inconsistent state of deleted source files and created links may be present. Delete the remaining source files and link files from the source manually, and then regenerate HTML links by creating a restore project and selecting Restore HTML Links Only.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History Feature Description Improved User Interface This release includes many new usability improvements, such as a wizard to clone a previous migrate / store project, allowing the reuse of a storage location name or path that was never used in a project, and the ability to create a storage location within the Scan or Migrate / Store wizards.
StorCycle Solution Updates Package History Issue Resolution If a file is migrated / stored to a BlackPearl system, and then restored to a directory containing a file with the same name but different metadata, the StorCycle solution does not replace the file in the restore directory, but incorrectly changes the metadata to match the file that was migrated / stored. The StorCycle solution no longer changes the metadata on a file with the same name but different metadata in a restore target.
