What's New in Release 7.6.1
Describes the new features in release 7.6.1 and provides links to more information.
New Features
New Feature or Capability | Supported on | See for more information . . . | |
---|---|---|---|
DF SaaS? | Customer Managed? | ||
Support for Spark to query Iceberg tables stored in the Data Fabric | Yes | Yes | Iceberg Support and Getting Started with Iceberg |
Unified management of security policies for files | Yes | Yes* | Administering Security Policies** |
Support for attaching multiple security policies to one or more volumes | Yes | Yes | policy attach and Assigning Multiple Security Policies to One or More Volumes** |
Binary table replication | Yes | Yes* | Managing Table Replication** |
Global namespace support for NFS- and S3-protocol operations performed against WEKA, VAST Data, and Scality | Yes | Yes | Third-Party Storage Solutions |
IPv6 support | Yes | Yes | IPv6 Support in Data Fabric and
configure.sh |
Data Fabric UI enhancement: Exposing object endpoints for Data Fabric volumes | Yes | Yes* | Viewing Object Endpoint Info to Remotely Access Files as Objects** |
Data Fabric UI enhancement: Support for downloading endpoint information for selected volumes | Yes | Yes* | Downloading Volume Endpoint Information** |
Data Fabric UI enhancement: Support for reinitiating fabric creation following an error | Yes | Yes* | Steps for Creating a Fabric** and Troubleshooting Upgrade Issues** |
Data Fabric UI enhancement: Searchable, full-page listing of Keycloak users with access to the Data Fabric UI | Yes | Yes* | Viewing a List of Users** |
External S3 support with generic vendor details | Yes | Yes | Importing an External S3 Object Store** and clustergroup addexternal |
*Requires using the Data Fabric UI. With release 7.3.0 and later, you can use the Data Fabric UI on customer-managed clusters. To understand the limitations and benefits of doing so, see Data Fabric UI.
**Indicates a link to the Data Fabric as-a-service documentation.
New Key for Signature Verification for Data Fabric Files
.rpm
, .tar.gz
,
.zip
, and .tgz
files for the following Data Fabric products:- HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric core 7.6.1
- HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric clients
- HPE Ezmeral Ecosystem Pack (EEP) 9.2.1
- Installer 1.18.0.5
For more information, see HPE GPG Public Keys for GPG or RPM Signature Verification.
Product Name Change: HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric – Customer Managed
With release 7.3.0, the user-managed version of the platform changed its name to HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric – Customer Managed. "HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric" now refers to the as-a-service version of the platform, described later on this page. Documentation for the customer-managed platform remains on the website you are currently using.
New SaaS-Based HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric
Release 7.3.0 introduced a new HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric that can be used "as-a-service" and provides consumption-based pricing. Documentation for the new platform has its own website. For more information, see:
HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric Documentation
Feature | HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric | HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric – Customer Managed |
---|---|---|
Distributed File System | Yes | Yes |
Global Namespace (GNS) | Yes | No |
Object Support | Yes | Yes |
Event Stream Support | Yes | Yes |
NFSv4 Support* | Yes | Yes |
Container Storage Interface (CSI) Support | Yes | Yes |
Database Support | Yes | Yes |
Client Support | Yes | Yes |
Single Sign-On (SSO) Support | Yes | Yes |
Platform Management | Managed by HPE | User managed |
Billing and Licensing | Consumption-only and some form of term (term-only not supported) | Consumption and Term |
Air-Gap Support | Yes | Yes |
Graphical User Interface | Data Fabric UI or Control System | Data Fabric UI or Control System |
maprcli Command Line |
Yes | Yes |
Scale (number of nodes per fabric / cluster) | See note ** | Thousands of nodes |
EEP (HPE Ezmeral Ecosystem Pack) | No | Yes |
OpenTelemetry (OTel) | Yes | Yes |
**For cloud deployments, the nodes and instances are predetermined based on the storage tier that you select during installation. For on-premises deployments, you determine the number of nodes at create time. While new fabrics can be added at any time, adding nodes after fabric creation is not currently supported.
New Repository for Data Fabric Software
Description | URL | Authentication Required? |
---|---|---|
New repository | https://package.ezmeral.hpe.com/ | Yes |
Old repositories | https://package.mapr.com/ | Yes1 |
1Beginning October 2023, the old repositories are redirected to the new repository URL, which requires authentication.
The new repository requires you to provide the email and token for your HPE Passport account. Software that points to the old repositories must be updated to include your HPE Passport email and token. For more information about using the new repository, see Using the HPE Ezmeral Token-Authenticated Internet Repository.
If you plan to use the Data Fabric Installer, you must update the Installer to the most current 1.18.0.3 version or later. Earlier versions of the Installer will not work with the new repository. See Updating the Installer.
HPE Ezmeral Ecosystem Pack (EEP) Support
- 7.6.1
- 7.5.0
- 7.4.0
- 7.3.0*
- 7.2.0*
For more information about new features delivered as part of the Ecosystem Pack, see What's New in EEP 9.2.1. For reference information, see EEP 9.2.1 Reference Information.
For information about the EEPs that can be used with different versions of core releases, see EEP Support and Lifecycle Status.
SSO Support for Keycloak
HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric release 7.6.1 supports SSO when configured with the Keycloak identity and access management (IAM) solution. Other IAM solutions are not currently supported.
Configuring SSO is optional. If you do not configure SSO, you must use Data Fabric user names and passwords for access to the fabric. While SSO is supported for Data Fabric core, it is not currently supported for ecosystem components or the Installer.
- Install the
mapr-keycloak
package as part of cluster creation - Specify the
-keycloak
option when you run the configure.sh script
For more information, see Configuring SSO.
Data Access Gateway 6.2 Support
For more information, see Understanding the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric Data Access Gateway and the Data Access Gateway 6.2 Release Notes.
JDK 17 Support
As indicated in the Java Support Matrix, release 7.6.1 can be used in JDK 11 or in JDK 17 installations. EEP 9.2.1 can also be used in JDK 11 or JDK 17 installations. However, the Installer is supported only on JDK 11, and if new cluster nodes require a JDK at installation time, the Installer can only install JDK 11.