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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