HCIBench 2.8.2

HCIBench 2.8.2

md5sum HCIBench_2.8.2.ova
1cf234e6dcd6a68c082d8e0ab261899d

Version 2.8.2

Bug fixes for HCIBench
Bug fixes for Vdbench
Updated API call sample here: https://developer.vmware.com/web/dp/samples?id=6502

Version 2.8.1

Added multi ESXi credential support
Exposed compression and deduplication fields to both Vdbench and Fio generation page.
Optimized Easy-Run by adding compression/deduplication ratio while testing against vSAN datastore with dd/c enabled.
Updated the user manual to 2.8.1
Added storage policy recommendation for vSAN ESA in pre-validation
Bug fixes

Version 2.8.0

Updated fio to 3.30
Added latency target parameter for fio
Fixed CVE-2021-40438
Introduced vSAN support bundle graph for vSAN Debug mode
Enhanced resource utilization report
Introduced support for testing vSAN 8 ESA
Fixed issue for testing on VMC

Version 2.6.1

Bug fixes for graphite script when running vdbench
Enhanced pre-validation and ip allocation

Version 2.6.0

Upgraded tomcat to 8.5.68
Support ipv6 for both management and vm networks, with DHCPv6 or link-local mode
Support multi-writer disk deployment
Enhanced pre-validation by moving to govc
Support read/write io_limit specification for fio
Fixed issue of running on VMC
Enhanced vm support bundle collection in vSAN debug mode

Version 2.5.3

Fixed graphite permission issue which blocked vdbench/fio grafana display
Updated drop cache script to make it compatible with upcoming vSphere
md5sum: 622625cc7a551bd7bf07ff4f19a57a17 HCIBench_2.5.3.ova

Version 2.5.2

fixed testing issue for hybrid cluster
fixed testing issue for the version prior to vSphere 6.7
fixed easy-run issue with self-defined ip range
replaced icon
upgrade httpd to 2.4.46

Version 2.5.1 Update

Fixed non vSAN cluster testing issue
Fixed pre-validation storage policy issue
Added in-place upgrading capability, to do so, you can also upgrade HCIBench to the latest version by running the following command in HCIBench: tdnf install -y git && git clone https://github.com/cwei44/HCIBench.git && sh HCIBench/upgrade.sh
MD5 Checksum: 1d14426f92b353e90469a8623ade2bc1 HCIBench_2.5.1.ova

Version 2.5.0 Update

Added support vSAN HCI Mesh testing, now you can test both local and remote vSAN datastores at the same time
Added support local storage including VMFS and vSAN-Direct testing
Added vSAN Debug Mode, allow user to collect vm-support bundle and vmkstats automatically when running testing against vSAN
Changed guest VMs name convention to {vm_prefix}-{datastore_id}-batch_num-sequence_num
Enhanced testing report format
Allow user to specify customized IP addresses for guest VMs
Allow user to configure CPU and Memory for guest VMs
Added best practice and network troubleshooting guide in the user manual
Bug fixes
MD5 Checksum: 817c2c788364f252e728d4253b3b96da HCIBench_2.5.0.ova

Version 2.4.0 Update

Fixed tvm deployment bug when specifying host
enabled easy run to support stretched cluster
fixed timezone issue on pdf report, and added more vSAN info into PDF report
set testname and testcase as variables in grafana
added CPU workload into fio config page
updated rbvmomi to support vsphere 7.0+
enhanced fio and vdbench graphite dashboards
MD5 Checksum: 0cfd6cc852e33e5ce32022a66539b4c9 HCIBench_2.4.0.ova

Version 2.3.1 Update

Fixed static IP setting issue
Fixed reuse VMs on multi datastores issue
Fixed vm/tvm deployment issue
MD5 Checksum: 1b220f22575eacf62a965992a4c916e7 HCIBench_2.3.1.ova

Version 2.3.0 Update

Upgraded to Photon 3
Integrated vSAN performance monitoring
Tuned disk preparation
Added HCIBench test report
Added DNS exception handler
Upgraded fio to 3.16
Bug fixes
MD5 checksum: b43c29e146b8a7efa08028e7d6699a6e
If you need to automate HCIBench, please look at:
https://code.vmware.com/samples?id=6502 for python2.7
https://code.vmware.com/samples?id=6588 for python3

Version 2.2.1 Update

Fixed docker volume moving issue
MD5 checksum of HCIBench_2.2.1.ova: 1a39c9df7d1485bc06332ae0b9d92ca7

Version 2.2 Update

Moved docker volume to sdb to avoid blowing up OS disk
Added Fio spreadsheet generator
Added DRS warning checkup
Enhanced Grafana to keep all the historical data
Added DNS exception handler
Fixed RAM and PCPU reporting issue
Fixed Vdbench spreadsheet not reporting issue
MD5 checksum of HCIBench_2.2.ova: bb2a77dcf2ecc23b1ec2c30aee9945ec

Version 2.1 Update

Switched UI to dark theme
Redesigned VMDK preparation methodology, which can complete much faster using RANDOM on deduped storage
Added VMDK preparation process update
Added Graphite port check into prevalidation
Added vCenter/Host password obfuscation
Added "Delete Guest VM" button
Fixed Grafana display issue
Fixed FIO blank results issue
Bug fixes
MD5 checksum of HCIBench_2.1.ova: d37e6f164ed962a6e7ccbe104ba9eaec

Version 2.0 Update

Added fio as an alternative workload generator
Added Grafana for workload live monitoring
Switched UI to clarity
Allow user to select one to four cases while using easy-run
Bug fixes
MD5 checksum of HCIBench_2.0.ova: ba3c2b06b8c27fb41a1bb68baedb325f

Version 1.6.8.7 Update

Enhanced easy-run, put original 4k,70% read as the first test case, then 4k, 100% read and 256k, 100% write
Enhanced tvm deployment validation
Added Checksum into easy-run consideration
Updated guest VM template with increased ring_pages and disk scheduler
Added DNS configuration guidance into welcome message

Version 1.6.8.5 Update

Added 2 more test cases into easy-run, 4k 100% random read and 256k 100% sequential write
Batch deployment will be involved if deploying more than 8 VMs to speed up deployment process
Allow user to choose IP prefix when using static IP
Optimized UI to allow user to review the results by single click
Fixed regression issue when placing Datacenter/Cluster in the folder

Version 1.6.8.1 Update

Fixed regression when datastore is in the datastore folder
Avoid checking connection to host directly and use tvm deployment instead
Added Vdbench version check in summary script

Version 1.6.8 Update

Added resource pool and VM folder fields for VMC environment
Fixed easy-run disk size issue
Enhanced pre-validation error message handling
Changed the names of network interface from "Public Network" to "Management Network", and "Private Network" to "VM Network"

Version 1.6.7.2 Update

Enhanced write/read buffer/cache methodology
Fixed network ip-prefix selection issue
Fixed 95% percentile calculation issue

Version 1.6.7.1 Update

Fixed vSAN Performance Diagnostic API call
Fixed network validation message not clear issue
Fixed setting re-use VMs as default bug in 1.6.7

Version 1.6.7 Update

Enabled https instead of http
Added storage policy field, user can specify storage policy for the data disks. For this version, storage policy can't be assigned to existing client VMs
Enhanced deployment methodology
Enhanced vSAN Observer to avoid blow up the memory
Enhanced vSAN Performance Diagnostic API call with HCIBench workload configuration included
Added timestamp to the testing status
Bug fixes

Version 1.6.6. Update

Spectre & Meldown patch on both HCIBench VM and Client VM
Added client VM prefix field, allow running multiple HCIBench instances against single cluster
Attach testing log along with testing results
Enabled live vSAN Observer when running testing, using https://HCIBench_IP:8010
Updated the drop read/write cache script
Added more message info during the testing
Bug fixes

Version 1.6.5.2 Update

Added case comparisons by generating an XLS file for each test folder
Fixed bug when there's white space in datastore name or test name

Version 1.6.5.1 Update

Enhanced IP segment selection
Set open file limit to 4096
Updated vm-tools to the latest version
Bug fixes

Version 1.6.5 Update

Enhanced 95th percentile calculation.
Added Curve and Multi Run calculation.
Added SSH Service validation.
Replaced DHCP Service with Static IP Service.
Added IP conflict check.
Fixed bunch of bugs.
Change the default client VM RAM from 4GB to 8GB

Version Version 1.6.3 Update

Enhanced vSANPerformanceDiagnose function call
Enhanced port 443 validation
Enhanced results calculation
Added host maintenance mode validation
Added deployment validation

Version 1.6.2 Update

Integrated with vSAN Performance Diagnostic of vSphere_6.5U1/vSAN_6.6.1.
Added DHCP Service validation.
Added Vdbench workload profile validation.
Removed the root password expiration policy.
Changed results display to show full file names.
Changed easy-run calculation from host basis to disk-group basis.

Version 1.6.1 Update

Added network name uniqueness check
Changed the "disk warmup" to "Virtual disk preparation" to avoid confusion
Changed the pvscsi configuration, when there are more than 4 vmdks per pvscsi, more pvscsi controllers will be added and the vmdks will be evenly distributed
Bug fixes

Version 1.6.0.0 Update

Added Clear read/write cache option for vSAN.
Added Easy Run feature for vSAN, Easy Run can help vSAN user to determine the VMs/VMDKs/size/Disk_Init_Methods and run testing automatically.
Added Re-use VMs feature, user is able to re-use the existing client VMs for more tests.
Added the 95th percentile of calculation into the results.
Had special characters issue resolved and got other bug fixes.

Version 1.5.0.5 Update

Increased Timeout value of client VM disk from 30 seconds to 180 seconds.
Disabled client VM password expiration.
Disabled client VM OS disk fsck.
Set Observer interval to 60 seconds to shrink the size of observer data.
Fixed PCPU calculation.
Created link directory of /opt/automation/logs, user will be able to review the testing logs in http://HCIBENCH/hcibench_logs/
Increased the RAM of HCIBench from 4GB to 8GB to avoid running out-of-resource issue....