Installation Notes

Update Instructions

Please read the release notes carefully before proceeding with the next steps.

Important information

Update note: Important information for Collax V-Cube 6.9.12 or earlier Please note the release notes Collax V-Cube 7.5.0 if the nodes have a version 6.9.12 or earlier and have not yet been updated.

Upgrade for Collax V-Cube+ and V-Bien will follow It is not yet possible to upgrade a cluster to version 7.5.4. The upgrade for Collax V-Cube+ and Collax V-Bien will follow.

Procedure

To install this update, please carry out the following steps:

1. It is highly recommended to backup of all server data with the Collax backup system before proceeding. Check that the backup was successful before proceeding with the update (this can be done within the backup information email).
2. In the administration interface go to Menu → Software → System Update and press Get Package List. This will download the listed update packages. If successful the message Done! will be displayed on the screen.
3. Click Get Packages to download the update packages.
4. Click Install. This installs the update. The end of this process is indicated by the message Done!.
5. A new kernel will now be installed. The system will reboot automatically after installing the update. An appropriate note will be shown if the update process is completed.

New in this version

System Management: Linux Kernel 6.6.52

This update installs the Linux kernel 6.6.52.

GUI: Number of virtual CPUs

A VM can now be set up with up to 128 virtual processors instead of 64.

Security: Security-related and general updates

Various software packages have been updated in this release. In addition to security-related updates, general maintenance and care updates have also been carried out.

The updates and bug fixes affect the following packages<p

• DNS server BIND 9.18.29
• Encryption library OpenSSL 1.1.1l
• Web server Apache 2.4.62
• Programming language PHP 7.4.33
• Microcode for Intel processors 20240813

Issues fixed in this version

System Management: Network UPS Tools

With some APC UPSs (Smart-UPS) it could happen that the server was shut down immediately in the event of a power failure instead of bridging some time with the help of the UPS battery. This has been fixed with this update.

GUI: Troubleshooting when creating LVs on secondary VG

If there was not enough space available on a volume group for a new virtual hard disk, the administration interface did not allow it to be created on another volume group. It was also incorrectly reported that there was not enough space available. This has been fixed with this update.