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AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Earlier Updates
Change Description Date Changed
Support for 16 TiB
storage volumes
for stored volumes
gateway setups
Support for system
resource checks on
the AWS Storage
Gateway local
console
Support for the Red
Hat Enterprise Linux
6 iSCSI initiator
AWS Storage Gateway now supports 16 TiB storage
volumes for stored volumes gateway setups. You can now
create 12 16 TiB storage volumes for a maximum of 192
TiB of storage. For more information, see Stored Volumes
Architecture (p. 5).
You can now determine whether your system resources
(virtual CPU cores, root volume size, and RAM) are
sufficient for your gateway to function properly. For more
information, see Viewing Your Gateway System Resource
Status (p. 263) or Viewing Your Gateway System Resource
Status (p. 263).
AWS Storage Gateway now supports the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 iSCSI initiator. For more information,
see Requirements (p. 10).
This release includes the following AWS Storage Gateway
improvements and updates:
• From the AWS Storage Gateway console, you can now
see the date and time the last successful software
update was applied to your gateway. For more
information, see Managing Gateway Updates Using the
AWS Storage Gateway Console (p. 228).
• AWS Storage Gateway now provides an API you
can use to list iSCSI initiators connected to your
storage volumes. For more information, see
ListVolumeInitiators in the API reference.
June 3, 2015
Support for
Microsoft Hyper-V
hypervisor versions
2012 and 2012 R2
AWS Storage Gateway now supports Microsoft Hyper-V
hypervisor versions 2012 and 2012 R2. This is in addition
to support for Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor version 2008
R2. For more information, see Supported Hypervisors and
Host Requirements (p. 20).
April 30, 2015
Compatibility with
Symantec Backup
Exec 15
Tape gateway is now compatible with Symantec Backup
Exec 15. You can now use Symantec Backup Exec 15 to
back up your data to Amazon S3 and archive directly to
offline storage (GLACIER or DEEP_ARCHIVE). For more
information, see Testing Your Setup by Using Veritas
Backup Exec (p. 118).
April 6, 2015
CHAP
authentication
support for storage
volumes
AWS Storage Gateway now supports configuring
CHAP authentication for storage volumes. For more
information, see Creating a Volume (p. 63).
April 2, 2015
Support for VMware
ESXi Hypervisor
version 5.1 and 5.5
AWS Storage Gateway now supports VMware ESXi
Hypervisor versions 5.1 and 5.5. This is in addition to
support for VMware ESXi Hypervisor versions 4.1 and 5.0.
For more information, see Supported Hypervisors and
Host Requirements (p. 20).
March 30, 2015
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