What's New in Release 7.10
Describes the new features in release 7.10 and provides links to more information.
Following are some new features and capabilities that distinguish release 7.10.0 from the previous release (7.9.0):
Data Fabric UI Improvements
The following table summarizes the new features in the Data Fabric UI available from release 7.10.0.
New Feature or Capability | See for more information . . . |
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Apply a patch | Applying a Patch |
Restart a fabric | Restarting a Fabric |
Restart a node | Restarting a Node |
Remove a node from a cloud-based fabric | Removing a Node from a Cloud-based Fabric |
Install EEP Packages while installing or creating a fabric | EEP Component Installation during Fabric Creation |
Import HPE Alletra MP X10000 object storage as an external S3 Storage | Importing an external S3 server |
Provision to connect to the Managed Control System from the Data Fabric UI to be able to restart EEP services. | Connecting to MCS from the Data Fabric UI |
Support for RHEL 9.4 | Operating System Support Matrix |
Support for HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 as an External S3 Storage
Data Fabric supports the import of HPE Alletra M XP10000 object storage as an external S3 server into a cluster group or global namespace by using the maprcli and the Data Fabric UI. For more information, see clustergroup addexternal. To import HPE Alletra M XP10000 from the Data Fabric UI, see Importing an external S3 server.
Enhancement to Insights
You can access the insight dashboards by using the Zeppelin UI. For more information, see Configuring Data Fabric to Track User Behavior.
Librdkafka Updated to Version 2.6.0
Beginning with release 7.10.0 and EEP 9.4.0, librdkafka is now updated to version 2.6.0.
The Data Fabric 7.10 release supports C API Librdkafka 2.6.0 for HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric Streams. See the following topics for details:
Important Features Introduced in the Previous 7.x Releases
The major features introduced in the earlier Data Fabric releases are listed below for your reference.
HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric release 7.6.0 introduced support for IPv6
addresses and support for clusters that have a mix of IPv6 and IPv4 addresses. A new
option in the configure.sh
script enables the configuration of IPv6 support. For more information, see IPv6 Support in Data Fabric and configure.sh
.
Release 7.6.0 introduced support for the Iceberg table format. You can use Apache Spark to query Iceberg tables stored in the Data Fabric and perform other operations to take advantage of Iceberg features. For more information, see Iceberg Support and Getting Started with Iceberg.
Support for Third-Party Storage SolutionsWith release 7.6.0, the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric offers global namespace support for NFS- and S3-protocol operations performed against WEKA, VAST Data, Scality, and other third-party, object-storage solutions.
For more information, see Third-Party Storage Solutions. External S3 SupportRelease 7.6.0 introduced support for mounting an external NFS server or an external S3 server (including third-party storage solutions) into a cluster group or global namespace. For more information, see clustergroup addexternal.
Release 7.6.0 introduced support for attaching multiple security policies to one, or more than one, volume in a cluster. For more information, see policy attach.
With release 7.6.0, the HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric offers global namespace support for NFS- and S3-protocol operations performed against WEKA, VAST Data, Scality, and other third-party, object-storage solutions.
For more information, see Third-Party Storage Solutions.mapr-collectd
mapr-elasticsearch
mapr-fluentd
mapr-grafana
mapr-kibana
mapr-opentsdb
https://package.ezmeral.hpe.com/releases/v7.8.0/redhat/
The RHEL
monitoring packages are not present in the repository for EEP 9.3.0 at:
https://package.ezmeral.hpe.com/releases/MEP/MEP-9.3.0/redhat/
The
same is true for the monitoring packages for Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, SLES, and Oracle
Enterprise Linux. /releases
directory of package.ezmeral.hpe.com
includes two suse
repositories: 
suse15.5
repository is new and enables support for NFS or NFS v4 for
installations on SLES 15 SP3 and SP5. To use the old and new suse
repositories, see this table:Repository | Use this respository to install | NFS Support |
---|---|---|
suse |
SLES 15 SP2 | NFS |
suse15.5 |
SLES 15 SP3 or SP4 or SP5 | NFS or NFS v4 |
.rpm
, .tar.gz
,
.zip
, and .tgz
files for the following Data Fabric products:- HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric core 7.6.1 and later
- HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric clients
- HPE Ezmeral Ecosystem Pack (EEP) 9.2.1 and later
- Installer 1.18.0.5 and later
Description | URL | Authentication Required? |
---|---|---|
New repository | https://package.ezmeral.hpe.com/ | Yes |
Old repositories | https://package.mapr.com/ | Yes1 |
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.
Release 7.8.0 requires EEP 9.3.0 or later. EEP 9.3.0 is new for this release and delivers updates to various ecosystem components but no new components. EEP 9.3.0 can only be used with release 7.8.0.
For more information about new features delivered as part of the Ecosystem Pack, see What's New in EEP 9.3.0. For reference information, see EEP 9.3.0 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 KeycloakHPE Ezmeral Data Fabric release 7.8.0 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
- 7.8.0 (DAG 6.3.0.1)
- 7.7.0 (DAG 6.3)
- 7.6.1 (DAG 6.2)
- 7.5.0 (DAG 6.2)
- 7.4.0 (DAG 6.1)
- 7.3.0 (DAG 6.0)
As indicated in the Java Support Matrix, release 7.8.0 can be used in JDK 11 or in JDK 17 installations. EEP 9.3.0 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.