What's New
The Vail application is updated to Vail 3.2.0, which brings with it the following new features:
BlackPearl Volume Pool Storage Improvements
When creating volume pool storage in the Vail management console, you now select an existing storage pool on the BlackPearl system, and the Vail application automatically creates the required volume and share with the necessary parameters required by the Vail application. Additionally, if you delete the volume pool storage endpoint, the volume and share are automatically deleted.
Virtual Path and Region Support for S3 Other Storage
The Vail application now supports specifying a region when configuring non-AWS, S3 Other cloud storage in the Vail management console. Additionally you can now select to use either virtual-path or host style addressing when creating S3 Other storage.
LifeCycle Filtering
The Vail lifecycle design is updated to allow for filtering of metadata in lifecycles. Metadata filters allow you to place or delete objects by schedule, by version, or by including or excluding objects based on name or object tag, allowing you to group objects based on metadata for more efficient storage.
VM Storage Creation Enhancements
The Vail application now allows you to configure VM storage by selecting a block device as a storage target. This allows you to configure a storage class and additional options when creating VM storage.
Enhanced Compatibility with Veeam Archive Software
The Vail application is updated to support additional VeeamTM S3 commands as well as a script that can be used to identify objects whose latest version is a delete marker.
Set Maximum Clone Processing Destinations using API Commands
The Vail application now supports both reading and setting the maximum number of clone processing destinations. These commands also provide a way to disable all secondary clone creation.
Limit Number of Storage Destinations Processing Clones
The Vail application now features a configurable limit to the number of storage destinations that are actively processing clones, which improves stability and performance under heavy load.
Limit Status Checks for GET Jobs
The Vail application now limits the number of GET job status checks with a 30 second delay between checks to avoid a burst of simultaneous requests.
Configurable Fetch Counts to Limit Stage Pack Creation
The Vail application now allows you to set the number of staging jobs created to prefetch packs. Contact Spectra Logic Technical Support for assistance in configuring this setting.
Edit BlackPearl Volume Storage Improvements
The Vail application now allows you to change the parameters of BlackPearl volume storage without requiring the application to restart.
Added Support for Paging Parameters in Bucket Listings
The Vail application now supports paging parameters when listing buckets in the API.
Added Support for GetObject Response Header Overrides
The Vail application now supports alternate headers included in the response for a GetObject or HeadObject request.
Enhanced Object Locking Controls
The Vail application now allows you to configure the type and maximum duration of an object lock.
Improved Throttling for Clone Retry Processing
The Vail application now processes the entire list of pending clones when resuming after a throttling limit is reached, instead of starting over at the beginning.
Volume Storage Quota Support
When creating or editing BlackPearl volume storage, you are now able to specify the percentage of disk space allowed for the volume.
IAM Group Reporting and Policy Permission Updates
The Vail application now allows you to view all users within a specific IAM group, as well as displaying and managing IAM group policies. Each IAM group can have one or more policies attached to it. Each one of those policies is managed individually.
Disable IAM Account
You are now able to disable an IAM account using the Vail management console.
New API Commands
The Vail application features new API commands that allow you to list the contents of a pack, and to delete or migrate a pack. You are now also able to add S3 keys, and AWS access and secret key pairs to a user using the API, as well as retrieving information about a specified IAM access key.
Vail Database Enhancements
The Vail application now uses the Vail database more efficiently to improve stability and performance under heavy load.
Vail Application Logging Improvements
The Vail application now processes logs more efficiently, allowing for faster log set creation.
Messaging Improvements
The Vail application is updated with new and improved error and informational messaging.