ASF VCL 2.2 Dependency changes: Web frontend: No dependency changes database: - none backend vcld: No dependency changes Release Notes - VCL - Version 2.2 ** Bug * [VCL-121] - special characters in API passwords not handled correctly * [VCL-150] - Pages do not display correctly with IE8 * [VCL-154] - run_scp_command() is not catching permission denied errors * [VCL-158] - utils.pm setstaticaddress() does not work correctly for Windows * [VCL-159] - xCAT.pm is not always waiting long enough for ssh to respond on load * [VCL-160] - Sysprep is overwriting DevicePath key after spdrvscn.exe runs * [VCL-165] - Fix syntax bugs cause reservation processes to die * [VCL-181] - VCL desktop request tool - use API to make reservations * [VCL-189] - cannot add a computer in maintenance state * [VCL-193] - IP address field not large enough for 15-characters * [VCL-194] - Marking new computer to be "maintenance" status causes indexing error * [VCL-197] - _is_user_added routine * [VCL-210] - getdynamicaddress returns 127.0.01 for missing public adapter * [VCL-214] - Windows modules don't always disable autoadminlogon * [VCL-215] - reservation_failed sub in State.pm may change state of computer currently in maintenance * [VCL-220] - VMs in the available state which aren't assigned to a VM host may be reserved * [VCL-221] - Add check to make sure post_load tasks have run before reserving a computer * [VCL-227] - deleting user group that owns a resource group * [VCL-233] - all calls to simpleAddRequest need to check for all return codes * [VCL-241] - detailed loading summary does not compute times correctly for future reservations that are preloaded * [VCL-242] - currentimage.txt permissions incorrect set * [VCL-245] - esx.pm - always reloads * [VCL-250] - authentication for XML RPC X-User doesn't properly check to see if no authtype was found * [VCL-258] - cluster loads - cluster_info file * [VCL-260] - Problems occur if root is not the owner of /home/root for Windows images * [VCL-261] - Windows.pm filesystem_entry_exists() subroutine may return true even if output contains "file not found" * [VCL-262] - Windows capture may remove "Log on as a service" right for existing accounts * [VCL-265] - Linux adduser cmd - remove uid parameter if uid not defined in user table * [VCL-266] - New process detects another reload process being complete before it should * [VCL-267] - cluster loads listing wrong parent and child addresses cluster_info file * [VCL-269] - Windows.pm logoff_users() does not detect disconnected users * [VCL-273] - Single quotes in image pretty name can cause image capture to fail * [VCL-299] - shib users may have incorrect full name and email address. * [VCL-300] - shib users always have email notices turned off * [VCL-303] - tomaintenance reservations inserting wrong image revision * [VCL-306] - Web GUI code has hard coded Eastern Time Zone information - breaks in other time zones * [VCL-307] - add empty post_reserve routine UnixLab.pm OS module * [VCL-317] - scheduler doesn't take imagerevision into account * [VCL-318] - API error if invalid affiliation is used * [VCL-325] - removing a subimage from a cluster can result in all subimages getting removed * [VCL-327] - set_computer_name.vbs causes Sysprep to hang if certain applications are installed * [VCL-329] - DataStructure.pm get_computer_private_ip_address() not handling all valid formats in /etc/hosts * [VCL-331] - Windows code does not handle special characters in Scheduled Task names when changing passwords * [VCL-332] - cannot delete block requests once the start date has passed * [VCL-333] - DataStructure %ENV hash not get detected in _initialize routine * [VCL-334] - numeric userids are not handled correctly * [VCL-337] - Windows.pm delete_files_by_pattern may delete unintended files if an environment variable isn't defined * [VCL-338] - vmprofiles that are in use can be deleted * [VCL-340] - cannot change name of vmprofile * [VCL-346] - getdynamicaddress routine regex issue * [VCL-347] - cluster connect page rdp file * [VCL-349] - sql insert queries for image and imagerevision tables * [VCL-353] - vmware.pm inserting new images - if original name is not in proper format $oldname does not get set correctly. * [VCL-356] - vmware esx pm - vmware image directories * [VCL-362] - vmware.pm power command output not detected under ESX 3.5 * [VCL-363] - Passwords for existing Linux accounts are reset when the root password is set * [VCL-364] - vmhostid removed when vm put in maintenance state * [VCL-368] - pre-capture and post load linux steps correct sed cmd line options * [VCL-370] - Reservation ID not defined errors occur for cluster reservations * [VCL-371] - Private IP address is not being found in /etc/hosts under some circumstances * [VCL-377] - multiple clicks on Create Reservation button gives multiple reservations * [VCL-378] - reservation can be extended into a block allocation for user not in block group * [VCL-382] - vmware.pm incorrectly handles free server with network datastores * [VCL-386] - older vmware.pm module not removing vmhostid from vm ** Improvement * [VCL-2] - migrate preferredimage to nextimage * [VCL-9] - Update reclaim.pm to use DataStructure methods * [VCL-11] - Update blockrequest.pm to use database subroutines * [VCL-31] - rename conf.php and secrets.php to include -default in the name * [VCL-32] - modify XMLRPCaddRequest to allow an end time to be specified * [VCL-93] - LDAP part of a login to fail silently on errors when Shibboleth authentication is used * [VCL-94] - Rework image capture flow * [VCL-98] - upgrade all of dojo-0.4.0 code to recent version of dojo * [VCL-125] - Add ability to control whether or not users have root/administrator access * [VCL-137] - Update vmware.pm to use provisioning module interface subroutine names * [VCL-145] - Store product keys in the database * [VCL-148] - Add management node to current reservations view for ADMIN_DEVELOPER * [VCL-149] - Prevent multiple vcld processes * [VCL-153] - Update interface subroutines in xCAT21.pm to match xCAT.pm * [VCL-155] - Decrease initial Current Reservation page refresh interval * [VCL-161] - remove xmlrpcKey table from vcl.sql * [VCL-162] - create structure to add throttling to provisioning modules * [VCL-163] - move throttle variable from vcld.conf to managment node table * [VCL-164] - Make installation and configuration easier * [VCL-200] - add edit node name option in Privilege tree * [VCL-204] - remove private ssh identity keys from known locations- post load / pre-capture routines * [VCL-206] - Alphabetize list of virtual hosts * [VCL-211] - image creation mode - administrator timeout * [VCL-223] - Remove information user should not be able to access on post_load * [VCL-224] - Move settings from vcld.conf to database except for database connection settings * [VCL-244] - Staticics page - show number of failed loads per image * [VCL-248] - Update provisioning modules' node_status to return READY if SSH works but ping doesn't * [VCL-251] - Make "Later" reservation time default to a time in the future. * [VCL-252] - XMLHttpTransport Error * [VCL-254] - block request improvements * [VCL-255] - xmlrpc_call routine add better error control * [VCL-271] - clean out unused routines * [VCL-272] - block request form * [VCL-275] - Predictive reloading level_1 module * [VCL-284] - vmware.pm power_reset sub does not catch error if VMware tools are not running * [VCL-286] - post_linux load operation - set hostname that matches public IP address * [VCL-288] - Add Global affiliation to schema * [VCL-293] - check for remote ldap server being up before connecting to it * [VCL-295] - Combine normal new reservation and imaging new reservation code * [VCL-302] - provide feedback to users about block reservation status * [VCL-305] - update code to work with php 5.3 * [VCL-314] - change Documentation link to have links to ASF docs * [VCL-320] - random selection of computer for reservations * [VCL-326] - Shutdown Event Tracker causes autologin to fail * [VCL-335] - max allowed ram for computers needs to be increased * [VCL-357] - create update sql script to upgrade to the latest schema * [VCL-359] - Remove DHCP and static IP configuration sections from provisioning modules ** New Feature * [VCL-134] - Add ability to control whether or not users have root/administrator access * [VCL-142] - Add KMS activation server configuration per affiliation * [VCL-146] - add linux support for all VMWare modules * [VCL-180] - add power_X(off,on,reset,status) routines to provisioning modules * [VCL-182] - Linux virtual machine support * [VCL-195] - Add support for Windows Server 2008 * [VCL-196] - Add support for 64-bit Windows * [VCL-201] - Add support for Windows Vista VMware images * [VCL-208] - Ability to easily put the VCL site into a maintenance state to prevent user access * [VCL-239] - xcat 2.X module * [VCL-268] - OS table - create additional OS ids * [VCL-278] - Add setup mechanism to vcld * [VCL-279] - Add post_load_custom script functionality for Linux images * [VCL-292] - option to save selected authentication method in cookie * [VCL-294] - create a login log * [VCL-298] - Add support for VMware Server 2.x and ESXi 4.x * [VCL-301] - Add support for Windows 7 * [VCL-351] - extend vm profile to have more virtualswitches * [VCL-352] - Add additional pre-capture steps for Linux OS * [VCL-365] - change select box for environment on new reservation page to dojo filteringselect ** Task * [VCL-138] - remove antiquated vcldquery support * [VCL-139] - make users' names optional * [VCL-274] - check for SQL injection / XSS ==================================================================================================== ASF VCL 2.1 Dependency changes: web frontend: -no testing with PHP 4 was done. VCL may work under PHP 4, but PHP 5 was assumed during development. database: none backend: Perl modules - Class-Data-Inheritable-0.08 - Devel-StackTrace-1.20 - Exception-Class-1.26 - Object-InsideOut-3.52 - Module-Build-0.30 - XML-Stream-1.22 - YAML-0.68 - RPC-XML-0.64 - XML-Parser-2.36 - Crypt-SSLeay-0.57 - Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.020 - IO-Compress-2.020 - libwww-perl-5.827 - HTTP-Headers Bug/Feature issues exported from JIRA ** Sub-task * [VCL-67] - Allow OS, provisioning engine, and other module objects to access each other ** Bug * [VCL-14] - xCAT.pm's capture_monitor output always displays "attempt 1/80" * [VCL-26] - get_reservation_remote_ip subroutine redefined warning * [VCL-34] - When adding computers, missing requirement for the provisioning module * [VCL-51] - user groups that have a name that is a number cause problems on the privilege page * [VCL-54] - disable LDAP referrals for all LDAP connections to handle firewalls * [VCL-55] - processBulkComputerInput in computers.php not always setting startpripaddress, endpripaddress, startmac * [VCL-61] - blockrequest and the reload state * [VCL-62] - Calls to _rpower in Windows.pm cause reservation processes to die * [VCL-64] - EmptyRecycleBin.exe utility causes problems during image capture * [VCL-69] - Unknown column 'af.shibonly' in 'field list' * [VCL-71] - Reservation processes being killed unexpectedly * [VCL-73] - new.pm::computer_not_being_used hangs occasionally * [VCL-74] - Reservation may fail if user's UID value is null * [VCL-75] - Bug in Perl 5.8.0 causes exit status to be reported incorrectly * [VCL-76] - form tags outside of td tags on Edit Image Profiles page * [VCL-79] - error in how the end time for schedule times is computed * [VCL-81] - Image retrieval does not verify if it was successful * [VCL-85] - watchInFlight error appears if image description contains special characters * [VCL-88] - vclreload account assumed to match the default affiliation * [VCL-90] - Image reservation for sub-image with "nousercheckout" flag set * [VCL-91] - edit reservation allows saving/updaing image for cluster reservations * [VCL-96] - < and > in user's passwords not handled properly * [VCL-101] - forimaging flag causes wrong user when imaging linux in reserved.pm * [VCL-103] - vclreload account has invalid curiculumid * [VCL-108] - apostrophe in image name causes AJAX updates to privilege page to break * [VCL-109] - viewing requests from timetable not using continuations * [VCL-111] - missing default values for vmtype table * [VCL-119] - Reservations insert log.ending = EOR when they shouldn't * [VCL-126] - get_new_dbh() doesn't return correct value if different database is specified * [VCL-129] - LockerWrtUser doesn't work with usernames containing underscores * [VCL-131] - utils getdynamicaddress routine - bad regex * [VCL-136] - missing perlpackage for id 6 in module table * [VCL-143] - need to drop allowing new reservations to take priority over reload reservations * [VCL-151] - apostrophe in last name can cause an error when adding user to database * [VCL-166] - Windows firewall subs not catching "Object already exists" in netsh.exe output * [VCL-167] - run_ssh_command not catching host key differs warning messages * [VCL-172] - xCAT21.pm - xcat database is locked at dbdimp.c error * [VCL-186] - Windows images losing default gateway * [VCL-187] - Ubuntu.pm - not completed * [VCL-191] - path changes in vshpere SDK vmware perl toolkit * [VCL-207] - Predictive reload modules not accounting for machines in block computers table * [VCL-213] - Bug in retrieve_image sub in vmware.pm and xCAT.pm calls next instead of return * [VCL-218] - vmware.pm may delete image being captured by cleanup process * [VCL-226] - Windows reboot fails - processing another action error * [VCL-238] - Linux.pm pre-capture routine not shuting down OS * [VCL-240] - utils.pm - insert_reload_request * [VCL-246] - READY flag check for VMware and xCAT is being thrown off by other processes running on machines * [VCL-247] - computer with shortname only in database not being reloaded after being used * [VCL-263] - Linux.pm - add default vcl user group ** Improvement * [VCL-3] - clean up database * [VCL-6] - update healthcheck.pl to use modularized code * [VCL-15] - modify blockrequest module to use frontend API for scheduling * [VCL-20] - Configuration of sshd port for image retrieval * [VCL-23] - Modularize Windows OS code * [VCL-63] - Remove critical notification if image is configured with a user group containing 0 members * [VCL-65] - Remove pagefile from all drives during image capture * [VCL-72] - die and warning signals are not handled by the backend code * [VCL-84] - Prevent users from starting create image until computer is in inuse state * [VCL-105] - an image cannot have itself as a subimage * [VCL-106] - mail notifications notify routine * [VCL-107] - User email notifications * [VCL-110] - 2 second deley in vcld may cause problems with imaging * [VCL-112] - Provide access to image affiliation data via DataStructure.pm * [VCL-115] - allow user groups with the same name but different affiliations * [VCL-118] - Add delay to run_ssh_command() & run_scp_command() retry attempts * [VCL-120] - Add subroutine to set IE's runonce registry keys so user isn't presented with it * [VCL-124] - locally affiliated users need a way to change their password * [VCL-128] - Update reclaim.pm * [VCL-132] - vcld check_time * [VCL-156] - insert current_image.txt file on kickstart based nodes * [VCL-157] - Add support for xCAT 2.1 partimage format * [VCL-173] - add power_off,power_on,power_reset,power_status routines to xCAT21 module * [VCL-175] - Set virtual switch 0 from database value for VMware GSX * [VCL-176] - Prevent vmware.pm from looping 15 times before checking ssh during load * [VCL-177] - Remove Windows OS post-load configuration tasks from vmware.pm * [VCL-183] - DataStructure.pm contains duplicate subroutines: get_computer_private_ip and get_computer_private_ip_address * [VCL-184] - Update database schema for 2.1 release * [VCL-185] - Modularize Linux OS Code * [VCL-188] - Document Windows tools dependencies * [VCL-190] - Add time configuration and synchronization commands to Windows post_load * [VCL-205] - allow esx provisioing module to set MAC addresses * [VCL-212] - Add code to set SysprepStatus registry keys for Windows 6 * [VCL-217] - xcat modules - Throttle control * [VCL-228] - Windows image capture fails to delete user profiles because file is open ** New Feature * [VCL-1] - xCAT 2.0 module * [VCL-4] - add support for Shibboleth authentication * [VCL-7] - modify healthcheck.pl to monitor vms * [VCL-18] - allow dynamic change of predictive loading module * [VCL-19] - add configuration of v2 fields for management nodes * [VCL-21] - add check for existance of image libraries * [VCL-29] - author an ESX and ESX 3i provisioning module (using netboot) * [VCL-33] - add user group management to XML RPC API * [VCL-78] - API for backend to allocate computers for block reservations via the frontend * [VCL-123] - add Ubuntu Support using the new OS Module framework * [VCL-209] - create a page that will test for required php modules and correct configuration ** Task * [VCL-70] - Create a basic helloworld.pm provisioning module * [VCL-95] - Set Subversion properties for files in repository * [VCL-135] - remove all references to ncsu * [VCL-198] - Release tasks * [VCL-264] - VCL 2.1 RC2 todo items