Recent changes in BlueXP
Learn about the most recent changes to the cloud services that are part of the BlueXP platform. For a complete release history, go to the full set of release notes for each individual service.
Administrative features
This section describes new features related to BlueXP administration features: Accounts, Connectors, cloud provider credentials, and more.
10 October 2024
Connector 3.9.45 patch
This patch includes bug fixes.
7 October 2024
BlueXP identity and access management
BlueXP identity and access management (IAM) is a new resource and access management model that replaces and enhances the previous functionality provided by BlueXP accounts when using BlueXP in standard mode.
BlueXP IAM provides more granular management of resources and permissions:
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A top-level organization enables you to manage access across your various projects.
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Folders enable you to group related projects together.
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Enhanced resource management enables you to associate a resource with one or more folders or projects.
For example, you can associate a Cloud Volumes ONTAP system with multiple projects.
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Enhanced access management enables you to assign a role to members at different levels of the organization hierarchy.
These enhancements provide better control over the actions that users can perform and the resources that they can access.
How BlueXP IAM affects your existing account
When you log in to BlueXP, you'll notice these changes:
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Your account is now called an organization
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Your workspaces are now called projects
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The names of user roles have changed:
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Account admin is now Organization admin
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Workspace admin is now Folder or project admin
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Compliance viewer is now Classification viewer
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Under Settings, you can access BlueXP identity and access management to take advantage of these enhancements
Note the following:
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There are no changes to your existing users or working environments.
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While the names of the roles have changed, there are no differences from a permissions perspective. Users will continue to have access to the same working environments as before.
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There are no changes to how you log in to BlueXP. BlueXP IAM works with NetApp cloud logins, NetApp Support Site credentials, and federated connections just like BlueXP accounts did.
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If you had multiple BlueXP accounts, you now have multiple BlueXP organizations.
API for BlueXP IAM
This change introduces a new API for BlueXP IAM, but it is backwards compatible with the previous tenancy API. Learn about the API for BlueXP IAM
Supported deployment modes
BlueXP IAM is supported when using BlueXP in standard mode. If you're using BlueXP in restricted mode or private mode, then you'll continue using a BlueXP account to manage workspaces, users, and resources.
Where to go next
Connector 3.9.45
This release includes expanded operating system support and bug fixes.
The 3.9.45 release is available for standard mode and restricted mode.
Support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Starting with the 3.9.45 release, BlueXP now supports new installations of the Connector on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS hosts when using BlueXP in standard mode or restricted mode.
Support for SELinux with RHEL hosts
BlueXP now supports the Connector with Red Hat Enterprise Linux hosts that have SELinux enabled in either enforcing mode or permissive mode.
Support for SELinux starts with the 3.9.40 release for standard mode and restricted mode and with the 3.9.42 release for private mode.
Note the following limitations:
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BlueXP does not support SELinux with Ubuntu hosts.
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Management of Cloud Volumes ONTAP systems it not supported by Connectors that have SELinux enabled on the operating system.
30 September 2024
Private mode release (3.9.44)
A new private mode release is now available to download from the NetApp Support Site.
This release includes the following versions of the BlueXP components and services that are supported with private mode.
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Connector |
3.9.44 |
Backup and recovery |
27 September 2024 |
Classification |
15 May 2024 (version 1.31) |
Cloud Volumes ONTAP management |
9 September 2024 |
Digital wallet |
30 July 2023 |
On-premises ONTAP cluster management |
22 April 2024 |
Replication |
18 Sept 2022 |
For the Connector, the 3.9.44 private mode release includes the updates introduced in the August 2024 and September 2024 releases. Most notably, support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4.
To learn more about what's included in the versions of these BlueXP components and services, refer to the release notes for each BlueXP service:
For more details about private mode, including how to upgrade, refer to the following:
Alerts
7 October 2024
This initial release of BlueXP alerts includes the following features:
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BlueXP alerts list page: You can quickly identify ONTAP clusters that have low capacity or low performance, gauge the extent of availability, and identify security risks. You can view alerts related to capacity, performance, protection, availability, security, and configuration.
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Alerts details: You can drill into alert details and find recommendations.
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View cluster details linked to System Manager: With BlueXP alerts, you can view alerts associated with your ONTAP storage environment and drill into the details that are linked to ONTAP System Manager.
Amazon FSx for ONTAP
30 July 2023
Support for three additional regions
Customers can now create Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP file systems in three new AWS Regions: Europe (Zurich), Europe (Spain), and Asia Pacific (Hyderabad).
Refer to Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP is now available in three additional regions for full details.
02 July 2023
Add a storage VM
You can now add a storage VM to the Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP file system using BlueXP.
My Opportunities tab is now My estate
The My Opportunities tab is now My estate. The documentation is updated to reflect the new name.
04 June 2023
Maintenance window start time
When creating a working environment, you can specify the start time for the weekly 30-minute maintenance window to ensure maintenance does not conflict with critical business activities.
Distribute volume data using FlexGroups
When creating a volume, you can enable data optimization by creating a FlexGroup to distribute data across volumes.
Amazon S3 storage
5 March 2023
Ability to add new buckets from BlueXP
You have had the ability to view Amazon S3 buckets on the BlueXP Canvas for quite a while. Now you can add new buckets and change properties for existing buckets directly from BlueXP. See how to add new Amazon S3 buckets.
Azure Blob storage
5 June 2023
Ability to add new storage accounts from BlueXP
You have had the ability to view Azure Blob Storage on the BlueXP Canvas for quite a while. Now you can add new storage accounts and change properties for existing storage accounts directly from BlueXP. See how to add new Azure Blob storage accounts.
Azure NetApp Files
12 June 2024
New permission required
The following permission is now required to manage Azure NetApp Files volumes from BlueXP:
Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/read
This permission is required to read a virtual network subnet.
If you're currently managing Azure NetApp Files from BlueXP, you need to add this permission to the custom role that's associated with the Microsoft Entra application that you previously created.
22 April 2024
Volume templates no longer supported
You can no longer create a volume from a template. This action was associated with the BlueXP remediation service, which is no longer available.
11 April 2021
Support for volume templates
A new Application Templates service enables you to set up a volume template for Azure NetApp Files. The template should make your job easier because certain volume parameters will already be defined in the template, such as capacity pool, size, protocol, VNet and subnet where the volume should reside, and more. When a parameter is already predefined, you can just skip to the next volume parameter.
Backup and recovery
27 September 2024
Podman support on RHEL 8 or 9 with Browse and Restore
BlueXP backup and recovery now supports file and folder restores on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) versions 8 and 9 using the Podman engine. This applies to the BlueXP backup and recovery Browse and Restore method.
BlueXP Connector version 3.9.40 supports certain versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 8 and 9 for any manual installation of the Connector software on a RHEL 8 or 9 host, regardless of the location in addition to the operating systems mentioned in the host requirements. These newer RHEL versions require the Podman engine instead of the Docker engine. Previously, BlueXP backup and recovery had two limitations when using the Podman engine. These limitations have been removed.
Faster catalog indexing improves Search and Restore
This release includes an improved catalog index that completes the baseline indexing much faster. Faster indexing enables you to use the Search and Restore feature more quickly.
22 July 2024
Restore volumes less than 1 GB
With this release, you can now restore volumes that you created in ONTAP that are less than 1 GB. The minimum volume size that you can create using ONTAP is 20 MB.
Tips on how to mitigate DataLock costs
The DataLock feature protects your backup files from being modified or deleted for a specified period of time. This is helpful to protect your files against ransomware attacks.
For details about DataLock and tips on how to mitigate the associated costs, refer to Backup-to-object policy settings.
AWS IAM Roles Anywhere integration
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Identity and Access Management (IAM) Roles Anywhere service enables you to use IAM roles and short-term credentials for your workloads outside of AWS to access AWS APIs securely, the same way that you use IAM roles for workloads on AWS. When you use IAM Roles Anywhere private key infrastructure and AWS tokens, you don't need long-term AWS access keys and secret keys. This enables you to rotate credentials more frequently, improving security.
With this release, support for AWS IAM Roles Anywhere service is a technology preview.
FlexGroup folder or directory restore now available
Previously, FlexVol volumes could be restored, but you couldn't restore FlexGroup folders or directories. With ONTAP 9.15.1 p2, you can restore FlexGroup folders using the Browse and restore option.
With this release, support for FlexGroup folder restore is a technology preview.
For details, refer to Restore folders and files using Browse & Restore.
For details to enable it manually, refer to BlueXP backup and recovery July 2024 release blog.
17 May 2024
Limitations when using RHEL 8 and RHEL 9 for your on-premises Connector
BlueXP Connector version 3.9.40 supports certain versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 8 and 9 for any manual installation of the Connector software on a RHEL 8 or 9 host, regardless of the location in addition to the operating systems mentioned in the host requirements. These newer RHEL versions require the Podman engine instead of the Docker engine. At this time, BlueXP backup and recovery has two limitations when using the Podman engine.
See Backup and Restore limitations for details.
The following procedures include new Podman instructions:
Classification
10 October 2024 (Version 1.36)
This BlueXP classification release includes the following updates.
Support for RHEL 9.4
This release provides support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux v9.4 in addition to previously supported versions. This is applicable to any manual on-premises installation of BlueXP classification, including dark site deployments.
The following operating systems require using the Podman container engine, and they require BlueXP classification version 1.30 or greater: Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 8.8, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, and 9.4.
Learn more about BlueXP classification deployments overview.
Improved scan performance
This release provides improved scan performance.
2 September 2024 (Version 1.35)
This BlueXP classification release includes the following update.
Scan StorageGRID data
BlueXP classification can now scan data in StorageGRID.
For details, refer to Scan StorageGRID data.
5 August 2024 (Version 1.34)
This BlueXP classification release includes the following update.
Change from CentOS to Ubuntu
BlueXP classification has updated its Linux operating system for Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) from CentOS 7.9 to Ubuntu 22.04.
For deployment details, refer to Install on a Linux host with internet access and prepare the Linux host system.
1 July 2024 (Version 1.33)
This release includes the following updates.
Ubuntu supported
This release supports the Ubuntu 24.04 Linux platform.
Mapping scans gather metadata
The following metadata is extracted from files during mapping scans and is displayed on the Governance, Compliance, and Investigation dashboards:
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Working environment
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Working environment type
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Storage repository
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File type
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Used capacity
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Number of files
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File size
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File creation
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File last access
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File last modified
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File discovered time
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Permissions extraction
Additional data in dashboards
This release updates which data appears in the Governance, Compliance, and Investigation dashboards during mapping scans.
For details, see What's the difference between mapping and classification scans
Cloud Volumes ONTAP
25 October 2024
n1 series machines unavailable for selection on BlueXP
The n1 series machines are no longer available for selection on BlueXP when deploying new instances of Cloud Volumes ONTAP in Google Cloud. The n1 series machines will be retained and supported only in older, existing systems. New deployments of Cloud Volumes ONTAP are supported in Google Cloud only from the 9.8 release. We recommend that you switch to the n2 series machine types that are compatible with Cloud Volumes ONTAP 9.8 and later. The n1 series machines, however, will be available for new deployments performed through the API.
Local Zones support for Amazon Web Services in private mode
BlueXP now supports AWS Local Zones for Cloud Volumes ONTAP high availability (HA) deployments in private mode. The support that was earlier limited to only standard mode has now been extended to include private mode.
AWS Local Zones are not supported when using BlueXP in restricted mode. |
For more information on AWS Local Zones with HA Deployments, refer to AWS Local Zones.
7 October 2024
Enhanced user experience in version selection for upgrade
Beginning with this release, when you try to upgrade Cloud Volumes ONTAP using the BlueXP notification, you will receive guidance on the default, latest, and compatible versions to use. Also, now you can select the latest patch or major version compatible with your Cloud Volumes ONTAP instance, or manually enter a version for upgrade.
9 September 2024
WORM and ARP functionalities are no longer chargeable
The built-in data protection and security features of WORM (Write Once Read Many) and ARP (Autonomous Ransomware Protection) will be offered with Cloud Volumes ONTAP licenses at no extra cost. The new pricing model applies to both new and existing BYOL and PAYGO/marketplace subscriptions of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Both capacity-based and node-based licenses will contain ARP and WORM for all configurations, including single node and high-availability (HA) pairs, at no additional cost.
The simplified pricing brings you these benefits:
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Accounts that currently include WORM and ARP will no longer incur charges for these features. Going forward, your billing will only have charges for capacity usage, as it was before this change. WORM and ARP will no longer be included in your future bills.
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If your current accounts do not include these features, you can now opt for WORM and ARP at no additional cost.
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All Cloud Volumes ONTAP offerings for any new accounts will exclude charges for WORM and ARP.
Learn more about these features:
Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud
9 September 2020
Support for Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud
You can now manage Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud directly from BlueXP:
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Set up and create a working environment
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Create and manage NFSv3 and NFSv4.1 volumes for Linux and UNIX clients
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Create and manage SMB 3.x volumes for Windows clients
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Create, delete, and restore volume snapshots
Cloud ops
7 December 2020
Navigation between Cloud Manager and Spot
It's now easier to navigate between Cloud Manager and Spot.
A new Storage Operations section in Spot enables you to navigate directly to Cloud Manager. After you're done, you can get back to Spot from the Compute tab in Cloud Manager.
18 October 2020
Introducing the Compute service
By leveraging Spot's Cloud Analyzer, Cloud Manager can now provide a high-level cost analysis of your cloud compute spending and identify potential savings. This information is available from the Compute service in Cloud Manager.
Copy and sync
16 September 2024
We updated the BlueXP copy and sync service and the data broker to fix a few bugs. The new data broker version is 1.0.55.
11 August 2024
We updated the BlueXP copy and sync service and the data broker to fix a few bugs. The new data broker version is 1.0.54.
14 July 2024
We updated the BlueXP copy and sync service and the data broker to fix a few bugs. The new data broker version is 1.0.53.
Digital advisor
23 September 2024
Support Offerings
NetApp SupportEdge Basic service offering now includes all Digital Advisor features available in SupportEdge Advisor and SupportEdge Expert, except for Full-Stack Topology (VMware), which does not provide visibility into VMware full-stack monitoring, even if enabled.
21 August 2024
Reports
The 7-Mode Upgrade Advisor Plans report is no longer available as 7-Mode systems have reached the end of limited support. For more information, see Software Version Support. Learn more about upgrading the Data ONTAP storage systems operating in 7-Mode.
04 July 2024
Sustainability dashboard
Environmental indicators that provide insights into the environmental health of your storage systems now provide more precise values for projected power usage, direct carbon usage, and heat emission based on an advanced predictive model. To learn more, refer to Sustainability dashboard overview.
15 May 2024
Sustainability dashboard
Sustainability is now supported on E-Series and StorageGRID systems. You can view a list of recommended actions and environmental indicators that display projections for power, direct carbon usage, and heat from the Sustainability dashboard for these systems. To learn more, refer to Sustainability dashboard overview.
28 March 2024
Upgrade Advisor
The older version of Upgrade Advisor is now deprecated. You can use the enhanced version of Upgrade Advisor to generate upgrade plans for a single cluster and multiple clusters. Learn how to view upgrade recommendations and generate an upgrade plan.
Digital wallet
5 March 2024
BlueXP disaster recovery
The BlueXP digital wallet now enables you to manage licenses for BlueXP disaster recovery. You can add licenses, update licenses, and view details about licensed capacity.
30 July 2023
Usage reports enhancements
Several improvements to the Cloud Volumes ONTAP usage reports are now available:
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The TiB unit is now included in the name of columns.
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A new node(s) field for serial numbers is now included.
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A new Workload Type column is now included under the Storage VMs usage report.
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Working environment names are now included in the Storage VMs and Volume usage reports.
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The volume type file is now labeled Primary (Read/Write).
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The volume type secondary is now labeled Secondary (DP).
For more information about the usage reports, refer to Download usage reports.
7 May 2023
Google Cloud private offers
The BlueXP digital wallet now identifies Google Cloud Marketplace subscriptions that are associated with a private offer and shows the end date and term of the subscription. This enhancement enables you to verify that you've successfully accepted the private offer and to validate its terms.
Charging usage breakdown
Now you can find out what you're being charged for when you're subscribed to capacity-based licenses. The following types of usage reports are available for download from the BlueXP digital wallet. The usage reports provide capacity details of your subscriptions and tell you how you're being charged for the resources in your Cloud Volumes ONTAP subscriptions. The downloadable reports can be easily shared with others.
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Cloud Volumes ONTAP package usage
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High-level usage
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Storage VMs usage
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Volumes usage
For more information about the usage reports, refer to Download usage reports.
3 April 2023
Email notifications
Email notifications are now supported with the BlueXP digital wallet.
If you configure your notification settings, you can receive email notifications when your BYOL licenses are about to expire (a "Warning" notification) or if they have already expired (an "Error" notification).
Licensed capacity for marketplace subscriptions
When viewing capacity-based licensing for Cloud Volumes ONTAP, the BlueXP digital wallet now shows the licensed capacity that you purchased with marketplace private offers.
Disaster recovery
20 September 2024
This BlueXP disaster recovery release includes the following update.
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Support for on-premises to on-premises VMware VMFS datastores: This release includes support for VMs mounted on VMware vSphere virtual machine file system (VMFS) datastores for iSCSI and FC protected to on-premises storage. Previously, the service provided a technology preview supporting VMFS datastores for iSCSI and FC.
Here are some additional considerations regarding both iSCSI and FC protocols:
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FC support is for client front-end protocols, not for replication.
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BlueXP disaster recovery supports only a single LUN per ONTAP volume. The volume should not have multiple LUNs.
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For any replication plan, the destination ONTAP volume should use the same protocols as the source ONTAP volume hosting the protected VMs. For example, if the source uses an FC protocol, the destination should also use FC.
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2 August 2024
This BlueXP disaster recovery release includes the following updates:
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Support for on-premises to on-premises VMware VMFS datastores for FC: This release includes a technology preview of support for VMs mounted on VMware vSphere virtual machine file system (VMFS) datastores for FC protected to on-premises storage. Previously, the service provided a technology preview supporting VMFS datastores for iSCSI.
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Job cancel: With this release, you can now cancel a job in the Job Monitor UI.
Refer to Monitor jobs.
17 July 2024
This BlueXP disaster recovery release includes the following updates:
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Failover test schedules: This release includes updates to the failover test schedule structure, which was needed to support daily and weekly schedules. This update requires that you disable and re-enable all existing replication plans so that you will be able to use the new daily and weekly failover test schedules. This is a one-time requirement.
Here's how:
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From the top menu, select Replication plans.
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Select a plan and select the Actions icon to show the drop-down menu.
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Select Disable.
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After a few minutes, select Enable.
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Replication plan updates: This release includes updates to replication plan data, which resolves a "snapshot not found" issue. This requires that you change the retention count in all replication plans to 1 and initiate an on-demand snapshot. This process creates a new backup and removes all older backups.
Here's how:
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From the top menu, select Replication plans.
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Select the replication plan, click the Failover mapping tab, and click the Edit pencil icon.
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Click the Datastores arrow to expand it.
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Note the value of the retention count in the replication plan. You will need to reinstate this original value when you're finished with these steps.
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Reduce the count to 1.
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Initiate an on-demand snapshot. To do so, on the Replication plan page, select the plan, click the Actions icon, and select Take snapshot now.
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After the snapshot job completes successfully, increase the count in the replication plan back to its original value that you noted in the first step.
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Repeat these steps for all existing replication plans.
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5 July 2024
This BlueXP disaster recovery release includes the following updates:
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Support for AFF A-series: This release supports the NetApp AFF A-series hardware platforms.
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Support for on-premises to on-premises VMware VMFS datastores: This release includes a technology preview of support for VMs mounted on VMware vSphere virtual machine file system (VMFS) datastores protected to on-premises storage. With this release, disaster recovery is supported in a technology preview for on-premises VMware workloads to on-premises VMware environment with VMFS datastores.
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Replication plan updates: You can add a replication plan more easily by filtering VMs by datastore on the Applications page and by selecti//Refer to Create a replication plan.
Refer to Create a replication plan.
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Edit replication plans: With this release, the Failover mappings page has been enhanced for better clarity.
Refer to Manage plans.
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Edit VMs: With this release, the process for editing VMs in the plan included some minor UI improvements.
Refer to Manage VMs.
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Fail over updates: Before you initiate a failover, you can now determine the status of VMs and whether they are powered on or off. The failover process now enables you to take a snapshot now or choose the snapshots.
Refer to Fail over applications to a remote site.
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Failover test schedules: You can now edit the failover tests and set daily, weekly, and monthly schedules for the failover test.
Refer to Manage plans.
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Updates to prerequisite information: BlueXP disaster recovery prerequisites information has been updated.
Refer to BlueXP disaster recovery prerequisites.
15 May 2024
This BlueXP disaster recovery release includes the following updates:
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Replicating VMware workloads from on-premises to on-premises is now released as a general availability feature. Previously, it was a technology preview with limited functionality.
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Licensing updates: With BlueXP disaster recovery, you can sign up for a 90-day free trial, purchase a pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) subscription with Amazon Marketplace, or Bring Your Own License (BYOL), which is a NetApp License File (NLF) that you obtain from your NetApp Sales Rep or from the NetApp Support Site (NSS).
For details about setting up licensing for BlueXP disaster recovery, refer to Set up licensing.
E-Series systems
18 September 2022
Support for E-Series
You can now discover your E-Series systems directly from BlueXP. Discovering E-Series systems provides you with a complete view of data across your hybrid multicloud.
Economic efficiency
15 May 2024
Some BlueXP economic efficiency features have been temporarily disabled:
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Technology refresh
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Add capacity
14 March 2024
If you have existing assets in place and want to determine whether a technology needs to be updated, you can use the BlueXP economic efficiency technology refresh options. You can either review a short assessment of your current workloads and get recommendations, or if you sent AutoSupport logs to NetApp within the past 90 days, the service can now provide a workload simulation to see how your workloads perform on new hardware.
You can also add a workload and exclude existing workloads from the simulation.
Previously, you could only take an assessment of your assets and identify whether a technology refresh is recommended.
The feature is now part of the Tech refresh option in the left navigation.
Learn more about the Evaluate a technology refresh.
08 November 2023
This release of BlueXP economic efficiency includes a new option to take an assessment of your assets and identify whether a technology refresh is recommended. The service includes a new Tech refresh option in the left navigation, new pages where you can take an assessment of your current workloads and assets, and a report that provides recommendations to you.
02 April 2023
The new BlueXP economic efficiency service identifies storage assets with current or forecasted low capacity and provides recommendations on data tiering or additional capacity for on-premises AFF systems.
Edge caching
The BlueXP edge caching service was removed on August 7, 2024.
Google Cloud Storage
10 July 2023
Ability to add new buckets and manage existing buckets from BlueXP
You have had the ability to view Google Cloud Storage buckets on the BlueXP Canvas for quite a while. Now you can add new buckets and change properties for existing buckets directly from BlueXP. See how to add new Google Cloud Storage buckets.
Kubernetes
Support for discovering and managing Kubernetes clusters was removed on August 7, 2024.
Migration reports
The BlueXP migration reports service was removed on August 7, 2024.
On-prem ONTAP clusters
7 October 2024
Support for ASA r2 systems
You can now discover NetApp ASA r2 systems in BlueXP when using BlueXP in standard mode or restricted mode. After you discover a NetApp ASA r2 system and open the working environment, you're brought directly to System Manager.
No other management options are available with ASA r2 systems. You can't use the Standard view and you can't enable BlueXP services.
Discovery of ASA r2 systems is not supported when using BlueXP in private mode.
22 April 2024
Volume templates no longer supported
You can no longer create a volume from a template. This action was associated with the BlueXP remediation service, which is no longer available.
30 July 2023
Create FlexGroup volumes
If you're managing a cluster with a Connector, you can now create FlexGroup volumes using the BlueXP API.
2 July 2023
Cluster discovery from My estate
You can now discover on-premises ONTAP clusters from Canvas > My estate by selecting a cluster that BlueXP pre-discovered based on the ONTAP clusters that are associated with the email address for your BlueXP login.
Operational resiliency
02 April 2023
Using the new BlueXP operational resiliency service and its automated IT operational risk remediation suggestions, you can implement suggested remediations before an outage or failure occurs.
Operational resiliency is a service that helps you analyze alerts and events to maintain the health, uptime, and performance of services and solutions.
Ransomware protection
30 September 2024
This release of BlueXP ransomware protection includes the following update.
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Custom grouping of file share workloads: With this release, you can now group file shares into groups to make it easier for you to protect your data estate. The service can protect all volumes in a group at the same time. Previously, you needed to protect each volume separately.
Learn more about grouping file share workloads in ransomware protection strategies.
2 September 2024
This release of BlueXP ransomware protection includes the following updates.
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Security risk assessment from Digital Advisor: BlueXP ransomware protection now gathers information about high and critical security risks related to a cluster from NetApp Digital Advisor. If any risk is found, BlueXP ransomware protection provides a recommendation in the Dashboard's Recommended actions pane: "Fix a known security vulnerability on the cluster <name>." From the recommendation on the Dashboard, clicking Review and fix suggests to review Digital Advisor and a Common Vulnerability & Exposure (CVE) article to resolve the security risk. If there are multiple security risks, review information in Digital Advisor.
Refer to Digital Advisor documentation.
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Back up to Google Cloud Platform: With this release, you can set a backup destination to a Google Cloud Platform bucket. Previously, you could add backup destinations only to NetApp StorageGRID, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure.
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Support for Google Cloud Platform: The service now supports Cloud Volumes ONTAP for Google Cloud Platform for storage protection. Previously, the service supported only Cloud Volumes ONTAP for Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure along with on-premises NAS.
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Role-based access control: You can now limit access to specific activities with role-based access control (RBAC). BlueXP ransomware protection uses two roles from BlueXP: BlueXP Account Admin and Non-Account Admin (Viewer).
For details about the actions that each role can perform, see Role-based access control privileges.
5 August 2024
This release of BlueXP ransomware protection includes the following update.
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Threat detection with Splunk Cloud: You can automatically send data to your security and event management system (SIEM) for threat analysis and detection. With previous releases, you could select only the AWS Security Hub as your SIEM. With this release, you can select the AWS Security Hub or Splunk Cloud as your SIEM.
1 July 2024
This release of BlueXP ransomware protection includes the following updates:
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Bring your own license (BYOL): With this release, you can use a BYOL license, which is a NetApp License File (NLF) that you obtain from your NetApp Sales Rep.
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Restore application workload at the file level: Before you restore an application workload at the file level, you can now view a list of files that might have been impacted by an attack and identify those you want to restore. You can let BlueXP ransomware protection choose the files to restore, you can upload a CSV file that lists all the files impacted by an alert, or you can manually identify which files you want to restore.
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Download a list of impacted files before restoring an application workload at the file level. You can now access the Alerts page to download a list of impacted files in a CSV file and then use the Recovery page to upload the CSV file.
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Delete protection plan: With this release, you can now delete a ransomware protection strategy.
Remediation
The BlueXP remediation service was removed on April 22, 2024.
Replication
18 Sept 2022
FSx for ONTAP to Cloud Volumes ONTAP
You can now replicate data from an Amazon FSx for ONTAP file system to Cloud Volumes ONTAP.
31 July 2022
FSx for ONTAP as the data source
You can now replicate data from an Amazon FSx for ONTAP file system to the following destinations:
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Amazon FSx for ONTAP
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On-premises ONTAP cluster
2 September 2021
Support for Amazon FSx for ONTAP
You can now replicate data from a Cloud Volumes ONTAP system or an on-premises ONTAP cluster to an Amazon FSx for ONTAP file system.
Software updates
07 August 2024
ONTAP update
The BlueXP software updates service provides a seamless update experience to users by mitigating risks, and ensuring customers can fully leverage ONTAP features.
Learn more about BlueXP software updates.
StorageGRID
7 August 2024
New advanced view
Starting with StorageGRID 11.8, you can use the familiar Grid Manager interface to manage your StorageGRID system from BlueXP.
Ability to review and approve StorageGRID management interface certificate
You now have the ability to review and approve a StorageGRID management interface certificate when discovering the StorageGRID system from BlueXP. You can also review and approve the latest StorageGRID management interface certificate on a discovered grid.
18 September 2022
Support for StorageGRID
You can now discover your StorageGRID systems directly from BlueXP. Discovering StorageGRID provides you with a complete view of data across your hybrid multicloud.
Tiering
9 August 2023
Use a custom prefix for the bucket name
In the past you needed to use the default "fabric-pool" prefix when defining the bucket name, for example, fabric-pool-bucket1. Now you can use a custom prefix when naming your bucket. This functionality is available only when tiering data to Amazon S3. Learn more.
Search for a cluster across all BlueXP Connectors
If you are using multiple Connectors to manage all the storage systems in your environment, some clusters on which you want to implement tiering may be in different Connectors. If you are not sure which Connector is managing a certain cluster, you can search across all Connectors using BlueXP tiering. Learn more.
4 July 2023
Adjust the bandwidth to transfer inactive data
When you activate BlueXP tiering, ONTAP can use an unlimited amount of network bandwidth to transfer the inactive data from volumes in the cluster to object storage. If you notice that tiering traffic is affecting normal user workloads, you can throttle the amount of bandwidth that can be used during the transfer. Learn more.
Tiering event displayed in the Notification Center
The tiering event "Tier additional data from cluster <name> to object storage to increase your storage efficiency" now appears as a notification when a cluster is tiering less than 20% of its cold data - including clusters that are tiering no data.
This notification is a "Recommendation" to help make your systems more efficient and to save on storage costs. It provides a link to the BlueXP tiering total cost of ownership and savings calculator to help you calculate your cost savings.
3 April 2023
Licensing tab has been removed
The Licensing tab has been removed from the BlueXP tiering interface. All licensing for Pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) subscriptions are accessed from the BlueXP tiering On-Premises Dashboard now. There is also a link from that page to the BlueXP digital wallet so that you can view and manage any BlueXP tiering bring-your-own-licenses (BYOL).
Tiering tabs have been renamed and updated
The "Clusters Dashboard" tab has been renamed to "Clusters", and the "On-Prem Overview" tab has been renamed to "On-Premises Dashboard". These pages have added some information that will help you evaluate if you can optimize your storage space with additional tiering configuration.
Volume caching
04 June 2023
Volume caching, a feature of ONTAP 9 software, is a remote caching capability that simplifies file distribution, reduces WAN latency by bringing resources closer to where your users and compute resources are, and lowers WAN bandwidth costs. Volume caching provides a persistent, writable volume in a remote place. You can use BlueXP volume caching to speed up access to data or to offload traffic from heavily accessed volumes. Cache volumes are ideal for read-intensive workloads, especially where clients need to access the same data repeatedly.
With BlueXP volume caching, you have caching capabilities for the cloud, specifically for Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, Cloud Volumes ONTAP, and on-premises as working environments.