Abiquo 5.1
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We publish feature descriptions in the New in Abiquo 5.1 section. Key Summary Notes 13391 Improve Hardware Profile User experience 13166 Quality of Service for Public IPs 12934 Veeam + Snapshot VMs in ESX/vCenter. Also standalone VMware snapshot 12339 Create a VM from anywhere shortcuts 11315 Add the concept of Fee x VM in the pricing model Key Summary Notes 13799 UI - New ordering properties for hardware profiles in Infrastructure view 13783 Improve ARM daily billing execution time 13781 Deprecate Veeam 9.5 13769 Allow admin to remove a physical machine with protected VMs - (vCenter cluster migration tool should ignore protected VMs) 13753 Veeam + Snapshot VMs in ESX/vCenter - Review invalid backup results 13751 Create VM popup - Automatically open Create VApp form when VDC is created 13746 Backup plugins should inform if Replication will take effect 13677 Azure: Tag VM with Abiquo name during synchronization 13643 UI - Disable Remote Access Button on unmanaged VMs 13621 Azure ARM - Configure VM: improve error message if public IP does not exist 13564 Improve virtual machine template terms API documentation 13552 Review record reader, it could fail if there is an empty record file 13551 Billing in public cloud - better process zip result file 13522 UI - Add Custom address ranges 13507 Create events for backup 13473 Only keep X snapshots for each VM 13472 Tool to perform snapshot consolidation. Please contact Abiquo Support for more details 13461 Filter VDC list by public cloud regions or private cloud 13410 Some invalid Mediatypes in requests produce incorrect error codes 13407 Custom network (VDC) for Azure and Amazon 13365 Review delete license message 13314 Create Virtual machine from every section of the UI 13241 Improve All virtual datacenters by adding separate Locations section for resources at PCR or DC level 13237 Azure - Improve error message when reconfigure action fails (invalid size or hardware profile)) 13210 Use same version for all Azure management API endpoints 13133 OpenID - HTTP Error message with external scopes 13081 User interface - Auto-select suitable parent scope 13054 Add the entity name to Edit popups 13045 Remove or disable options menu for unmanaged virtual machines 12975 Add credentials: improve message error if credentials are not valid (also) for pricing 12592 Add filter by Availability zone to private networks 12335 ARM - Deploy operations force too many unneeded calls 12257 Look up virtual machines using internalProviderId 11321 UI - Allow filtering of VDCs by provider 10514 Filter VDCs by provider/endpoint 9714 Improve logging when Tomcat user cannot access configuration file path set in abiquo.properties Key Summary Notes 13801 HP name > 64 characters causes billing using DBMS connector to crash. Names truncated 13798 Assign load balancer to virtual datacenter - dialog text is wrongly displayed 13796 Cannot undeploy and delete VM in public cloud if the enterprise does not have credentials 13794 Infrastructure - Hardware profiles - ordering by some parameters does not work 13767 Usability improvements for Customer integration and various in Firefox 68. When creating a VM, enter the label after you select the template 13750 Events - Executing action plan with Webhook returns data truncation error 13741 Billing - DBMS mode with row per usage, cost codes are not displayed. Use Billing v5.0.2 13739 User interface - Cannot add vCloud credentials without switching to the same enterprise 13716 Wrong IP range for Azure and Amazon private networks - IP no. 4 is available to use 13690 Adapt layout of customer integration to Abiquo v5 13685 Azure - VM not attached to load balancer after synchronize 13684 Incorrect links and English errors on API docs home page 13680 Typo in dnsmasq default configuration 13676 Azure: onboard VM could fail sometimes because Azure request does not return disks list 13665 dnsmasq - Cannot add lease after restarting Tomcat 13664 Azure ARM - Not able to sync private network address 13662 Tooltip label for disabled physical machine says Disable physical machine 13657 The dates in Date and Expiration columns are not visible in Backup results Customer ticket: 6636 13655 Bug on Enterprise home screen Customer ticket: 6700 13618 Add address range to VDCs created by functional tests 13610 vcenter-tags tool support for vcenter linked mode. Add option to not delete unused tags Customer ticket: 6695 13601 Azure - For power off and deallocate, the confirmation messages are for shutdown/power off 13596 WebMKS console fills fully the browser tab overlapping the 'send CAD' button Customer ticket: 6652 13590 Azure - Cannot list template with Unrecognized OS type nor get template with null hyperVGeneration 13568 When the API is down, the login error page displays the 2FA form 13540 UI - Recommended datastore tier selector disabled in VM creation prompt when PRICING_MANAGE privilege is not present Customer ticket: 6665 13535 Date format mismatch between different areas in the UI Customer ticket: 6660 13520 List virtual datacenters ordered by ascending ID doesn't work 13517 Azure - It's possible to import the same template more than once 13498 Button to show Default credentials does not display on VM details panel 13480 Default template icons for OS types do not display 13474 UI generating incorrect request on Edit virtual machine storage tab 13468 Ordering by volume parameters fails in Infrastructure for Availability zone, Bootable, or Enterprise 13466 Pricing tab in Enterprise doesn't display more than 25 pricing templates 13459 User interface - Create PCR form is autofilled 13454 Unavailable instance template has regular template options menu items 13437 Networker - Finish Backup with replication event is missing 13430 NAT rules are not correctly displayed Customer ticket: 6610 13404 Locked spinner for VM in scaling group displays in middle of panel 13397 In Virtual datacenters on the Volumes tab, ordering by some parameters fails 13322 Veeam - FAILED backups are retrieved as Backup results for the VM 13242 Add availability set to logical delete of VDC (delete it in the platform only) 12994 External networks not imported when adding a public cloud region. Use the API to retrieve external networks with source=REMOTE or onboard/synchronize a VDC after creating a PCR (and optionally a VDC) 12832 Logical delete of volumes (in PCR with or without credentials) 12804 Backup - Restore action does not refresh last_restore_result_check field 12623 English errors in scheduler log messages 12468 Threshold labels for autoscaling action are difficult to understand. Change from "Threshold: XXX - XXX units" to "Scale in below XXX units" and "Scale out above XXX units" 12280 Unauthenticated requests return wrong HTTP status code 11971 Editing a running VM in AWS, monitoring level drop down blank with no options 11387 After creating one role or scope it is necessary to select user's enterprise to find it. Now after creating a role, automatically select the enterprise 10653 Inconsistent use of template variables in virtual machines. Now the user cannot add empty variables to a template or VM. User cannot deploy VMs with empty variables. If a VM is already deployed, the user cannot modify the variables and the platform will return an error New features
Improvements
Resolved issues
The following feature guides describe new features in Abiquo 5.1.1: Key Summary 13953 Allow Azure credentials without app_id to enable customers of Azure partners for billing only. 14029 Enable WebMKS by disabling VNC remote access. 13810 Some popups have an excessive width 13809 Apps library template name is always cropped Key Summary 14081 Cannot delete a disk/ISO if it is in Sequence 0 14077 Networker fails creating backup with size in KB bigger than Integer range 14067 Scaling group composite metrics not syncing correctly 14053 Problems finding ISO disks on controller when modifying disks 14047 Billing issue: the list of available providers shows more entries than those allowed by the license 14015 Errors while creating an Azure account 14002 Unexpected error after saving Azure credentials. Administrator should check that the credentials are from the correct subscription 14001 My cloud VDC → Locations, public IPs do not display on load 13996 Azure billing - No estimated values if no bills have been generated 13987 Edit ISO controller in template disk and review ''Select an ISO disk'' edit 13958 Deploy failure when NFS template repository is added on some of the hosts in a cluster. 13808 VM backup Events tab doesn't display event details 13807 VM backup tab crops "Backup now" button 12154 Support SATA disks / Cannot remove default client DVD (disconnected passthrough at SATA 0:0). Used NAT IPs should not be selectable as default NAT IP when creating a new VDCNew feature guides
Features and improvements
Category 14179 Backup Use VMware snapshot with Veeam 10.
To upgrade the Veeam+Snapshot integration, first upgrade to Veeam 10. See Configure Abiquo Veeam Backup PluginAzure
See Add credentials of reseller customers for billing onlyAlso in 5.0.3 13904 Backup Create backup manager with Veeam 10 vCenter
See Enable WebMKS for vCenterCustomer integration Also in 5.0.3 Customer integration Also in 5.0.3 13789 Backup Create Veeam 10 plugins Resolved issues
Category 14082 Backup Veeam cache fails to load when Veeam server uses hypervisor not used with Abiquo.
Add new Veeam property to specify hypervisors used with Abiquo. See Configure Abiquo Veeam Backup PluginTicket: 6785 Private cloud Ticket: 6723
Also in 5.0.1Backup Metrics Private cloud Billing Ticket: 6777
Also in 5.0.4Customer integration Ticket: 6775 Azure Ticket: 6768
Also in 5.0.4Public cloud Azure Also in 5.0.3 User interface vCenter cluster
See Add VMware vCenter clusters as serversAlso in 4.7.7
and 5.0.3User interface Also in 5.0.3 User interface Also in 5.0.3 Private cloud
See Support for SATA disks10347 NSX
The following feature guides describe new features in Abiquo 5.1.2:
Key | Category | Summary | Notes |
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14327 | Backup | In Veeam+VMware snapshot plugins and VMware snapshot plugins, allow duplicate VM names. In Remote Services properties or in the Backup manager, the vCenter endpoint must be exactly the same as the Manager IP of the Abiquo physical machine, even including the protocol. ![]() For example, ''vcenter01.example.com'' will not match ''https://vcenter01.example.com'' | |
14122 | vCenter | Support for vCenter 7. Deprecation of vCenter 5.x | |
14039 | Monitoring | Metrics support for VMs with duplicate names | |
13961 | Backup | Veeam - Allow the same backup manager in different datacenters and allow duplicate VM names in different datacenters with backup. All Abiquo job names on the Veeam server must be changed to the new format: ABQ vm_name:internal_provider_id [Schedule] ([DISABLED]) Run tool to modify Veeam job name as part of the upgrade process. | |
13814 | Private cloud | Allow administrator to capture VMs with the same names in different datacenters. Add new property to enable this functionality. Run tool to modify internal VM identifiers as part of the upgrade process. |
Key | Category | Summary | Notes |
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14325 | KVM | VNC access through the UI is disabled | |
14314 | Private cloud | Cannot attach SATA volume to deployed VM | |
14283 | vCenter | Error when retrieving VMs - and duplicated VM name in another hypervisor (duplicate VM retrieved but not captured) | |
14245 | vCenter cluster | Cannot deploy thin disk if the 'first' host which mounts the datastore is in maintenance mode | Ticket: 6826 Also in 4.7.9 |
14229 | NSX | NSX NAT - Cannot delete NAT rules that do not exist in the NSX | |
14226 | Private cloud | Error deleting public IP | |
14218 | vCenter | User interface: cannot relocate a VM | Ticket: 6819 |
14197 | Customer integration | Account creation error when trying to add a subscription to the customer | Ticket: 6775 Also in 5.0.5 |
14195 | Backup | User interface: User with the appropriate privileges can't assign backup policies | Ticket: 6816 |
14109 | Public cloud | Error while synchronizing public hardware profiles after the provider introduced new hardware profiles. Error: Hardware profile name must be unique for each datacenter | |
13806 | OpenID | Cookie is not sent on login with OpenID. Add new property to define the SameSite flag | Ticket: 6706 |
13770 | Private cloud | Enable administrator to capture VMs with volumes. Add new property to import and capture VMs with volumes. Note that the capture process will not register the volumes in the platform. |