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Content Platform v8.3.2 Release Notes - Customer

This document contains the release notes for Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) Version 8.3.2. The document supplements the HCP Version 8.3 Release Notes and HCP Version 8.3.1 Release Notes.

See also the HCP 8.3 Release Notes and HCP 8.3.1 Release Notes.

Product version

HCP Software Version 8.3.2.5
HCP Operating System Version 8.3.2.500

Intended audience

This document is intended for customers and Hitachi Vantara partners who license and use Hitachi Content Platform.

Accessing product downloads

Product software, drivers, and firmware downloads are available on Hitachi Vantara Support Connect:  https://support.hitachivantara.com/.

Issues resolved in this release

The following table lists the issues resolved in HCP v8.3.2. The issues are listed in ascending order by reference number.

Reference number SR number Description
HCP-35196 01570377

Linux tzdata packages are updated to the latest version, which corrects time zones in Brazil.

Note: Online upgrades are not supported in regions where time zone rules have changed. To work around this scenario, either change the HCP System to UTC time, or perform an offline upgrade.

HCP-35764 01535226 Resolved an issue that caused file operations for files greater than 512 MB over CIFS protocol to fail.
HCP-35952 01432556

Resolved an issue that prevented a replication link from resuming after it automatically paused due to duplicate namespaces on each side of the link.

Note: You might need to click the Resume Link button twice to fully repair the replication link.

HCP-35985 01523962 Resolved an issue where HCP incorrectly required the x-amz-date header on V2 authorization presigned URL requests when using the Hitachi API for Amazon S3.

Known issues

The next table lists known issues in HCP v8.3.2. The issues are listed in ascending order by reference number. Where applicable, the service request number is also listed.

Reference number SR number Description
HCP-35616   After upgrading to HCP v8.2 or later, high CPU utilization is reported. This issue does not impact system performance.
HCP-35966
HCP-36067
01560538
01579992
01643497
Virtual and management networks that are configured for a different subnet than the hcp_system network do not work because they do not create the proper routing tables. Contact Support to resolve this issue.
HCP-35975 01535745 Starting in HCP v8.2, the X-Forwarded-Host header is not handled properly. Workaround is to exclude the X-Forwarded-Host header in requests.

Compatibility issues introduced in HCP v8.2 or later

The following table lists the compatibility issues introduced in HCP v8.2 or later. The issues are listed in ascending order by reference number.

Reference number Description Version introduced in
HCP-33074
HCP-35329

HCP upgraded to Jetty v9. The upgrade introduces a number of security enhancements that might impact some deployments. 

  • HCP no longer supports SSL v1, SSL v2, and SSL v3 protocols.
  • HCP now conforms more closely to RFC 7230 and no longer allows header folding.
HCP v8.2
HCP-33583 HCP now requires that the x-amz-date header value is within 15 minutes of when HCP receives the Hitachi API for Amazon S3 request. HCP v8.2
HCP-33672 HCP now validates x-amz-date headers on appropriate Hitachi API for Amazon S3 requests. HCP v8.2

Documentation updates and corrections

The following updates were identified for the documentation after its publication date.

HCP Version 8.3 Release Notes updates

In the HCP Version 8.3 Release Notes, Specifications section, Supported limits subsection, the supported limits described in the following tables were omitted.

Data storage
Description Limit

Minimum erasure coding topology size

3 (2+1) sites

Maximum erasure coding topology size

6 (5+1) sites

Maximum active erasure coding topologies

1

Maximum total erasure coding topologies

5

Maximum number of replication links

20 inbound, 5 outbound

User/group accounts
Description Limit

Maximum number of SSO-enabled namespaces

~1200 (SPN limit in Active Directory)

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