VTrak® A-Class Mac OS X or macOS SAN Client VTrak Mac OS X Client Package 1.4.2 (build 54047) Release Notes. (Mac OS X/macOS Clients only) This Mac Client Package Requires VTrak A-Class firmware SR3.3 Version 1.16.0000.00 or later R1.00 10/25/2017 This document is applicable for SAN Clients of the following PROMISE A-Class models: Model Description VTrak A3800fSL 4U/24 FC, single controller with 2 FS Support VTrak A3800fDM 4U/24 FC, dual controller with 4 FS support VTrak A3600fSL 3U/16 FC, single controller with 2 FS Support VTrak A3600fDM 3U/16 FC, dual controller with 4 FS support The Client Operating Systems supported by this release include: Vendor Platform Type macOS 10.13 x64 macOS 10.12 (10.12.4, x64 Apple 10.12.5, 10.12.6) OS X 10.11 (10.11.6) x64 VTrak Client Package version 1.4.2 (54047) This release includes the macOS (High Sierra) 10.13 Support Notes: . Includes Extended ACL support for SAN client . Includes Spotlight support - Command line command “mdutil -i on” to enable Spotlight on VTrakFS (network) volume . Supports for English language only. The option to switch language is not implemented. R1.00 10/25/2017 Important Note on upgrading the VTrak Client in macOS 10.13: Sometimes after upgrading to macOS 10.13 and installing the new VTrakFS Client, you won’t be able to mount the file system. This is likely due to complications from the new requirements for User Approved Kernel Extension loading in macOS 10.13. Refer to this link: All third party drivers installed require consent from the end-user in macOS 10.13. Frequently stale entries from previous drivers from vendors, such as Promise, remain even after uninstalling them and block the ability of the user to Allow the new client to be loaded in the Security & Privacy Dialogue box. If this happens, the new VTrakFS Client can successfully be installed after resetting the NVRAM and installing the VTrak client again. This can be done by following the steps below. Then the VTrakFS client can mount file system. The steps are: 1. Uninstall VTrakFS client 2. Reset NVRAM. Click on this link to Apple's KB for information on how to do this. 3. Boot Mac 4. Install VTrakFS client 5. Go to Security & Privacy. Now you should be able to click button “Allow” to unblock VTrakFS client. Mac OS X Client Specific Fixes The following changes were made since the Mac VTrak Client 1.4.2-51616 Release. Ref # Description 221110 Fixed auto mount issue on 10.9 client R1.00 10/25/2017 225099 Fixed host restart issue on Max OSX 10.11.1 that could happen when AClass storage was discovered or rediscovered. 228712 Fixed issue where defrag sometimes would hang following a Filesystem expansion 228927 on VTrak A-Class setup. Additional Information Note on running OS X 10.11.1 or later with a Promise SANLink 2 Use the SANLink 2 OS X Driver version 2.0.7 or later on the OS X Client. The previous 1.2.2 driver won’t allow the user to refresh the LUN Mapping and Masking (LMM) Table on the client. Notes on Mac SMB Re-share with Directory Server Extended ACL works with SMB reshare with directory server . Mac OS X 10.11,10.12 and 10.13 have been qualified . Directory server supports both Mac OD and Windows AD . Mac OD can be installed on the same server as SMB or on a different server . Mac Server app version 4 and 5 are supported . Windows 2008 AD has been tested . Windows 2012 AD has been tested Note: 1. Windows 2012 SMB client cannot see content when the AClass volume ROOT folder is reshared on Mac SMB server 2. Issue only happens when root folder is reshared. Sub folders don't have such a problem. 3. Issue only happens on Windows 2012. This problem doesn’t happen on Windows 10 or Windows 2008 Support Extended ACL for both folders and files Support Extended ACL for multiple Users and Groups . Local Users and Groups . Mac Open Directory network users and groups Permissions are passed from folders to their descendants R1.00 10/25/2017 Notes on Support for Extended ACL Support is included for all extended ACL permissions included in the Table below: Table 1 – Extended ACL Permissions List Permission name Type Description Change Administration User can change standard permissions. Permissions Take Ownership Administration User can change the file’s or folder’s ownership to himself or herself. Read Attributes Read User can view the file’s or folder’s attributes (for example, name, date, and size). Read Extended Read User can view the file’s or folder’s attributes added Attributes by third-party developers. List Folder Contents Read User can list folder contents and read files. (Read Data) Traverse Folder Read User can open subfolders and run a program. (Execute File) Read Permissions Read User can view the file’s or folder’s standard permissions using the Get Info or Terminal commands. Write Attributes Write User can change the file’s or folder’s standard attributes. R1.00 10/25/2017 Write Extended Write User can change the file’s or folder’s other Attributes attributes. Create Files (Write Write User can create files and change files. Data) Create Folder Write User can create subfolders and add data to files. (Append Data) Delete Write User can delete file or folder. Delete Subfolders Write User can delete subfolders and files. and Files General notes on SMB File Sharing in OS X 10.11 (not Promise specific). [RB-226783] Using SMB File Sharing in configurations using Open Directory (OD): If the OD server and the SMB server on not on the same machine, it will be necessary for the SMB server to be “auth- bound” to the OD server system in order to mount a File System on a Mac SMB client. This issue does not occur if the File Sharing and Open Directory are running on the same Mac Server. [RB-227269] SMB Reshare_Read security permissions on a Mac SMB client [RB-227269]: Even after setting Deny to view the permissions of folders/files created on the FS on Mac SMB server, the Mac SMB client is still allowed to view the permissions. [RB-227271] SMB Reshare_Write security permissions_Linux SMB client R1.00 10/25/2017 Even after setting Allow to Modfiy the permissions of folders/files created on the FS on Mac SMB server, the Linux SMB client is unable to change/write the permissions [RB-227399] SMB Reshare_WriteAttr_Mac SMB client Even after setting Allow write attr permissions on folders/files created on the FS on Mac SMB server, the Mac SMB client is still unable to modify/change the attributes. [RB-227255] Unable to Append a File created on the A-Class File System mounted via SMB Reshare on a Linux SMB client. [RB-227433] Even after setting “Deny” to read the attributes of folders/files, the Mac SMB client still allows to read the attributes [RB-227180] The user was unable to list the contents on a mounted File System via both Terminal & Finder on a Mac SMB client. Additional Mac OS X Client Requirements or Limitations Mac OS X SAN File System Information N/A If a filesystem is mounted on a Mac OS 10.7 or This problem was addressed and is working 10.8 Mac client, the new volume cannot be shared for later Mac OS releases such as part of through AFP/SMB "File Sharing" for other Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) or Mac OS X machines to access remotely through the network. 10.10 (Yosemite). 222615 SMB share: Text Files created in a Mac SAN client Other text readers, such as available in aren’t readable by all text readers, like Notepad, Wordpad, don’t have a problem from a Windows client. 218319 Mounting a new VTrak Filesystem on a Mac OSX Restart the host after mounting the VTrak will require that the host be restarted for the filesystem filesystem to be seen. It will displaying Error Message (Make sure all the storage devices are R1.00 10/25/2017 connected) when trying to mount a FS on VTrak FS client. N/A In OS X, when a file is opened, the time stamp for Only changes to the file will cause the time when it is opened is not updated stamp to be updated. N/A The Mac OS X Finder might not initially list all of Either copy or create a small file in the the files copied or created by one Mac Client when directory or use the Promise “Finder Refresh viewed by a second Mac Client. Tool” to refresh the directory data in Finder. In order for the second Mac Client to see all of the files with Finder, it will need to refresh the directory. This can be done by copying some file or with the “Finder Refresh Tool” available on the Promise website. N/A It is currently not possible to save a System Report Contact Promise support for assistance in for a Mac SAN Client. If a report needs to be generation a Report from a Mac SAN Client. generated and sent to Promise for review, it will need to be generated from the Mac Client itself. N/A When permissions are set for a file by an Open Directory user, they don't get saved in a Mac OS X environment.