4.13 Release Notes

Series Information

• Initial Release: November 2024 (4.13.0)
• Latest Version: 4.13.1 (November 2024)
• Status: Latest
• End-of-Life: TBD

Major Features & Themes

Hardware Virtualization & Resource Management

Resource Management

• Comprehensive hardware passthrough capabilities (USB/PCI/SRIOV)
• Experimental vGPU live migration support
• Enhanced GPU support with latest NVIDIA GRID drivers
• Increased resource limits (1024 CPUs, 256TB disks)
• Advanced SRIOV and device management

Storage & Data Management

Storage Enhancements

• Improved VM Export functionality
• Enhanced cloud snapshot capabilities
• Advanced vSAN management features
• Multipath and multichannel support
• Volume tier throttling
• Improved backup integration
• Ability to emulate USB storage devices

Network Infrastructure

Network Improvements

• Enhanced bonding capabilities
• Split brain detection for external networks
• Improved high-speed network utilization
• Advanced network container features

System Administration

Management Features

• Enhanced two-factor authentication
• Improved update process with parallel updates
• Advanced maintenance mode capabilities
• Enhanced VMware integration
• Improved tenant management
• Comprehensive HA improvements

4.13.2 (December 2024)

Features & Improvements

Virtual Machine Management

• Enhanced VM recipe functionality:
  • Added automatic recipe detachment when guest agent connects
  • Improved provisioning continuity during unexpected reboots
• Added API support:
  • PUT support for machine power state
  • Cloud-init file creation via API
• Fixed deprecated QEMU log for VMs with console password
• Improved auto-start capabilities:
  • Added power-on flagging for networks, VMs, tenant nodes, and VMware services when resources become available

VMware Integration

• Fixed downloading of VMware files:
  • Improved handling of vmx, nvram, and vmxf files/assets

System Administration

• Enhanced maintenance mode:
  • Added support for single problematic node maintenance (failed drive scenarios)
• Improved UI/UX:
  • Fixed node drive temperature dashboard display
  • Enhanced vSAN dashboard walk progress display
  • Changed full walk progress visibility
  • Improved form dropdowns with default text sorting
  • Fixed long history graphs display for 0 bytes
  • Fixed VNET list poweroff popup for online machines
• Modified backend package installation process

Storage & vSAN

• Enhanced vSAN functionality:
  • Improved controller votes during startup for better split-brain detection
  • Fixed dashboard walk progress display during idle state
• Fixed bonded interface handling for External networks requiring restart

OS & Installation

System Infrastructure

• Enhanced storage support:
  • Added NVMe multipath support
  • Fixed fiberchannel device lists
  • Improved boot partition flashing with FC cards
• System improvements:
  • Changed grub boot title to "VergeOS"
  • Accelerated boot partition flashing during shutdown
  • Fixed potential memory issue during vSAN sync

System Management

• Enhanced framework handling:
  • Improved controller handoff from node2 to node1
  • Fixed rare lockup during node connection phase
• Improved physical access:
  • Fixed login issues
  • Removed false-positive error logs

4.13.1 (November 2024)

Virtual Machine Management

UI Improvements

• Fixed core checkbox persistence on VM dashboard refresh
• Enhanced core checkbox behavior on statistics graph
• Improved cluster-based node filtering for VM migration
• Enhanced vGPU profile sorting by name
• Updated audit logs for hard reset/restart actions

Functionality

• Added download completion check for Marketplace recipe VMs requiring ISOs
• Enhanced ISO management:
  • Fixed renaming attached ISOs when VM is offline
  • Improved media handling

System Administration

Resource Management

• Enhanced resource group functionality:
  • Added resource group specification for machine devices
  • Fixed resource group deletion with attached devices
  • Improved device management
• Added vGPU profile display improvements:
  • Added framerate information
  • Added VRAM details
• Implemented automatic node resource cleanup on startup

System Tools

• Enhanced system diagnostics:
  • Implemented 256K chunk uploads
  • Improved performance and reliability
• Improved scheduled tasks:
  • Removed legacy 2019 default date
  • Enhanced scheduling functionality

VMware Integration

• Enhanced backup job management:
  • Added pause/resume/stop controls to list view
  • Added backup mode display
  • Removed kernel warning for container service startup

Storage & Infrastructure

VSAN Improvements

• Fixed critical scenarios:
  • Resolved same-tier data movement triggering trans snap
  • Fixed drive listing with FC card present
  • Enhanced integrity check for large repair counts (>500 repairs)

System Services

• Enhanced appserver functionality:
  • Added proxy source IP support from URL
  • Improved cache settings (private to public) for files
  • Added general proxy source IP support
• Updated Samba configuration:
  • Optimized ACL handling
  • Removed automatic DFS enabling when AD is not joined

OS & Installation

• Upgraded to Kernel 6.6.60
• Fixed various stability issues
• Enhanced service configuration
• Updated system endpoints to vergeos.com
• Removed unnecessary debug logging

4.13.0 (November 2024)

Major Features & Themes

Hardware & Resource Management

• Added resource passthrough capabilities:
  • Support for USB, PCI, and SRIOV NICs passthrough to VMs and tenant nodes
  • New dashboard for system resource visibility
  • Added SRIOV eswitch support for mlx5
• Implemented experimental vGPU live migration (cluster setting)
• Added support for NVIDIA GRID versions:
  • 16.6, 16.7, 16.8
  • 17.2, 17.3, 17.4
• Removed NVIDIA GRID driver support prior to 16.6 (kernel incompatibility)

Virtual Machine Enhancements

• Increased capabilities:
  • Maximum file size for virtual disks now 256TB
  • Increased max CPU per tenant node to 1024
  • All machine types using 9.0 or newer automatically include USB controller
• Added SMBIOS improvements:
  • Product vendor and serial number provided to VMs
• Enhanced VM Management:
  • New graceful reboot option (most reliable with guest agent)
  • Changed Reset to "Hard Reset" and Reboot to "Restart"
  • Hot-pluggable virtual USB controller for drive interfaces
  • Optimized VM drive quiescing
  • New machine types for QEMU 9.0

Networking & Infrastructure

• Enhanced bonding capabilities:
  • Support for multiple core physical interfaces into VLAN
  • Changed default bond settings to prevent misconfiguration
  • Support for bonded core physical NICs with tagged VLAN
  • Added ability to change physical network to bonded after install
• Improved network management:
  • Added split brain detection for external networks with static IPs
  • Added a Allow Ping rule on the External network that is created with new system deployments (where you access the UI). This rule is disabled by default.
  • Support for IP aliases in proxy-enabled networks

Storage & Backup

• Enhanced VM Export functionality:
  • Increased max Volume VM Exports to 100 (from 20)
  • Added NFSv4 and extended attribute support
  • Added read-write support for backup vendors
  • Faster VM importing (no disk copy/conversion needed)
  • API support for name override and VM list
• Improved cloud snapshot capabilities:
  • Increased maximum from 1000 to 2048
  • Now includes node and tier directories from sys directory
  • Added vSAN config copying
  • Support for multiple selections in tenant/VM recovery

Functionality Improvements

VMware Integration

• Enhanced backup functionality:
  • Removed 50 VM limit on pre-import list
  • Fixed handling of VMs with <256M RAM
  • Added setting for backup jobs without full refresh
  • Fixed CPU usage reporting for VMware Backup Service
• Improved VM import:
  • Support for interface overrides (drives and NICs)
  • Option to ignore optical drives

Authentication & Security

• Enhanced two factor authentication:
  • Added verification requirement before enabling
  • Added type to user dashboard, list, and profile
  • Fixed OpenSSL Cipher URL
• Fixed issues with:
  • Administrator permission management
  • Invalid auth source icon handling
  • OIDC login with long usernames

System & Cluster Management

• Enhanced update process:
  • Added new settings:
    • Warm Reboot: Faster node reboot during updates (bypasses BIOS/EFI)
    • Multi-Cluster Update: Simultaneous updates across clusters
  • Process improvements:
    • Updates pause if users manually reboot servers
    • Status/logs only update after successful maintenance mode
    • Removed redundant storage redundancy requirement
    • Parallel updates possible (one node per cluster after node1)
    • Enhanced status logging during controller failover
• Improved maintenance mode:
  • Support for multiple simultaneous nodes (respecting vSAN redundancy)
  • API support for forced maintenance mode
  • Enhanced VM migration during maintenance:
    • 4 VMs for >40Gbps networks
    • 2 VMs for >10Gbps networks
    • Configurable via Advanced Settings

Storage & vSAN

• Enhanced vSAN management:
  • Improved cluster tier dashboard with comprehensive node listing
  • Added manual drive addition via vSAN Diagnostics
  • Added Get Tier Status to diagnostics
  • Better tracking of vSAN connectivity
  • Drives set to initializing during scale-up
  • Changed default timeout for IO from 30 to 7 seconds
  • Implemented multipath for fiber channel and DAS storage (active/passive)
  • Implemented multichannel communication between nodes
  • Added volume tier throttling for tenant usage control
• Storage improvements:
  • Removed offline requirement for VM drive tier changes
  • Fixed volume sync deletion issues
  • Enhanced snapshot management in backup clusters

Tenant Management

• Enhanced tenant features:
  • Support for all media image types (not just ISOs)
  • Added machine device counts to dashboards
  • Automatic sites and syncs disable on clone
  • Fixed certificate visibility in cloned tenants
  • Better handling of tenant default routes
  • Improved device offline status during cloning
• Added HA Group improvements:
  • New '+' prefix feature for co-location preferences
  • Enhanced VM placement optimization

Network & Connectivity

• Improved network operations:
  • Virtual wire connection delayed until migration completion
  • Enhanced wireguard peer creation
  • Better IP address ownership visibility
  • Improved bonded network configuration
• Added "My DMZ" back in network rules for Route/Translate
• Fixed Layer2 type change issues with physical interfaces

System Administration

Configuration & Management

• SMTP improvements:
  • Changed NTP restart behavior
  • Removed default From Address in fresh installs
  • Added warning for missing From Address
  • Enhanced mail file handling
• UI/UX updates:
  • Changed "Refresh PCI Devices" to "Refresh Devices"
  • Added preferred tier space check notification
  • Enhanced license management and marketplace interaction
  • Improved share status visibility for CIFS/NFS

File Management & Upload

• Enhanced file upload capabilities:
  • Added on-the-fly decompression for xz/gz formats via API
  • Improved upload status monitoring
  • Enhanced public link handling
• Added ISO generation capabilities:
  • Support for zip files and other ISOs via API
  • Automatic guest driver ISO creation for vGPU setups

OS & Installation

Installation Process

• Enhanced network configuration:
  • Improved core network NIC scanning for conflict detection
  • Better MTU problem detection and messaging
  • Removed physical switch configuration prompt
  • Enhanced auto-network detection
  • Support for single node without physical core network
• Added system classification prompt (POC/Trial/Homelab or Production)
• Improved drive management:
  • Better multipath drive handling
  • Enhanced vSAN device selection
  • Option for remaining disk boot partition flashing
  • Improved drive formatting during scale-out/node replacement

System Infrastructure

• Kernel and Core Updates:
  • Upgraded to kernel 6.6.56
  • Upgraded base QEMU to 9.0.3
  • Added RPKI package for frr
  • Enhanced TCP and network buffer settings
• Hardware Support:
  • Added Xilinx and USB Network drivers
  • Disabled hardware offloading for certain Broadcom NICs
  • Added code for buggy NVMe drive handling
  • Enhanced mlx5 driver support
  • Added ability to relax RMRR with IOMMU

Boot & System Management

• Enhanced boot process:
  • Added quick reboot using kexec
  • Improved EFI handling
  • Better bonded NIC detection after PCI slot changes
  • Faster boot with unlinked NICs
• Security improvements:
  • Added SSH password disable option
  • Enhanced physical access login tracking
  • Improved login brute-force handling
  • Better multiple SSH session management

Bug Fixes

• Fixed various issues with:
  • Cloud snapshot recovery scenarios
  • Guest agent functionality after VM reset
  • Volume export share FSID stability
  • Tenant snapshot timing scenarios
  • Database question handling in tenant recipes
  • Node CPU usage reporting
  • IPSec Phase1 pre-shared-key visibility
  • Site sync statistics display
  • VM export quiescing
  • Boot partition updates via API
  • NTP leap second handling
  • Syslog regex filter reloading