Following are the new features in this release:

vCPU:pCore metric added in the VM Summary tab

A new vCPU:pCore metric has been added to the VM Summary tab.

The following issues are resolved in this release:

• Resolved an issue with the vCenter collection where the IOPS data is missing.
• Resolved an issue where the collection fails in Hyper-V due to hosts with missing fields.
• Resolved an issue in the computation of Median, Average, and the 95th percentile values of the VM Summary Performance Chart.

The following features are introduced in this release:

Nutanix Collector for ONTAP CIFS shares (Beta)

The Collector Desktop Application now provides you the option to collect data for NetApp ONTAP (8.3 or above) File Shares, CIFS. You can gather a valuable set of information that can be extremely helpful in sizing your File Share requirements accurately. Collector allows you to collect data directly from the native storage boxes. You can see the following cluster, node, share, volume, and QoS level details in the output generated by Collector.

• Cluster details - Capacity, Storage Efficiency, number of CIFS Shares and number of Volumes.
• Node details - Node Health, Model, Vendor, Location, ONTAP version, CPU and Memory information.
• Share details - Share Path, Access Control Levels, and Max Connections.
• Volume details - Capacity, Storage Efficiency, Snapshot Capacity, Performance Level, and Backup Details.
• QoS details - Policy Group, Max Throughput and Workload Count.

For detailed information, see the Collector User Guide.

Collector Portal Invite and Share

Collector Portal 3.5 introduces the Invite & Share option that allows you to share your projects with users who are not registered users of Collector Portal. You can add their email address and invite them to share your project for collaborations or other discussions.

For detailed information, see the Collector Portal User Guide.

Following are the feature updates made in this release:

Loading screen messages added

Messages added to provide status during the loading processes while transitioning from one screen to another.

Public page for third-party software notices and info

A dedicated public page for third-party software notices and information which can be viewed from the link in the About Collector menu.

The following issues are resolved in this release:

• Guest OS details can now be seen with Prism on the "VM Summary" page. You will also find the detailed information about the Guest OS for each VM in the output sheets generated by Collector.
• Rectified inconsistent values in CPU and Memory dials of Prism and AHV collections.
• Resolved an issue in the CPU and Memory charts of vCenter where in some cases the data points had above 100% values.

This section describes issues found in this or recent releases that you might encounter:

• The Collector UI might stall for Prism and vCenter with the following message due to a missing variable required for the Guest OS support functionality that is added in this release.

  notSupported is not defined

• CIFS Shares count equal or greater than 20 are displayed as 20+ CIFS Shares.

This Collector version includes the new features and updates from Collector version 3.5. For more information, see the Collector 3.5 Release Notes.

The following issue is resolved in this release:

• Resolved an issue where the Collector UI stalls for Prism and vCenter with the following message:

  notSupported is not defined

This section describes the issues found in this or recent releases that you might encounter:

• CIFS Shares count equal or greater than 20 are displayed as 20+ CIFS Shares.

Following are the new features in this release:

Collector Portal Bulk Change

The Collector Portal Application now provides you an option to edit the properties of multiple VMs at one go. The Bulk Change button is added to VM List tab that allows you to edit the properties such as power On/Off, Target Cluster, vCPUs, Memory (MiB), Thin Provisioned, Capacity (MiB), and Consumed (MiB) as needed.

Collector Portal Login Page Modifications

The Collector Portal login page now has the hyperlink that allows you to download the Collector Desktop Application package.

Collector Portal Sizing Details

Collector Portal 4.0 introduces the Sizing Details option that allows you to view the Sizer scenarios associated with the Collector projects.

Collector Portal Export checks for undersizing

If any of the powered OFF VM reports CPU utilization when the Collector data is being exported to Sizer or imported from Sizer, a warning message appears with the potential issue and recommendations.

Following are the feature updates made in this release:

ONTAP CIFS Shares

The ONTAP CIFS Shares are now generally available.

ONTAP CIFS shares - Home Directory column added

The Collector output exported as an XLSX includes a new column "Home Directory" within the CIFS Share Info tab. This column shows whether the shares are configured as part of the CIFS home directory.

Prism, Hyper-V, and v-Center - VM Sizing column added

The Collector output (except for ONTAP CIFS shares) exported as an XLSX includes a new column "VM Sizing" to the vInfo and vmList tabs. This column shows whether the VM is considered for sizing.

Mask Sensitive Information

Collector Desktop application introduces a new option "Mask Sensitive Information" when saving the output as .XLSX. This allows you to mask or hide the sensitive information gathered by the Collector.

User interface enhancement

In the Nutanix Collector output screen, UX has been updated to drive users towards the Collector Portal via Show Collection file (.ZIP) over the .XLSX file.

The following issue is resolved in this release:

• The memory consumption is now optimized to collect the data from larger Prism environments. This prevents the application from crashing due to low memory.
• For Prism, Collector now supports data collection from different kinds of cluster environments.
• The data collection mechanism is improved for Hyper-V instances. Collector can now generate the output in the Excel (.xlsx) format, even when any of the attributes for VMs, Cluster Name, and Disk Name are missing.

This section describes the issues found in this or recent releases that you might encounter:

• The Nutanix Collector fails to connect to windows when the executable files are flagged or deleted by firewall or anti-virus setting.
• VM Summary values appear as NaN in the collection file.

Following are the feature updates made in this release:

A new tab volumeGroups is added

The Collector output exported as an XLSX includes an additional tab for Volume Groups List. This allows you to look at the individual volume groups in case of AHV and their properties when the data is gathered via Prism.

ONTAP CIFS shares - Search Path column added

The Collector output exported as an XLSX includes a new column "Search Path" within the CIFS Share Info tab. This column shows the search paths that are configured for the home directory share.

Prism, Hyper-V, and v-Center - New columns added in vDisk tab

The following new columns are added in the vDisk tab:

• Volume Group Name - This column shows the name of Volume Group if the disk belongs to it.
• Volume Group Disk - This column shows whether the disk is part of the volume group.
• Volume Group Shared - This column shows whether the volume group is shared across VMs
• Disk UUID - This column shows the unique identifier of the disk.
• Volume Group UUID - This column shows the unique identifier of the volume group.

Prism, Hyper-V, and v-Center - New columns added in vmList tab

The following new columns are added in vmList tab:

• Volume Group Attached - This column shows whether the VMs has volume groups attached to it.
• Volume Group Capacity (MiB) - This column shows the number of vDisks capacities that are part of the volume group.
• Volume Group Consumed (MiB) - This column shows the number of vPartition capacities that are part of the volume group.

Prism, Hyper-V, and v-Center - New column added in vPartition tab

The following new column is added in the vPartition tab:

• Volume Group Partition - This column shows whether the partition is part of the volume group.

Multiple NIC support for Prism Element

If a VM supports multiple Network Interface Cards (NICs), the Collector output (except for ONTAP CIFS shares) exported as an XLSX shows all the supported NICs in the vNetwork tab.

Provisioned Capacity

The provisioned capacity has been made to a default storage while exporting the compute workload through Prism, vCenter, Hyper-V and ONTAP CIFS shares.

Enhancements

The following features are available in the release:

• In the project view screen of ONTAP projects, the user interface has been updated to let the users know that the option Export to Sizer is available only from Collector 4.1 and later versions.
• In case of powered off VMs, the Prism now shows the performance data value as 'null' instead of 0 and the histogram chart is updated accordingly in the VMs Summary.
• A specific error message is displayed in cases when someone registered to Collector but not to Sizer, tries to export the collected data to Sizer.
• In the Collector Portal, optimized the process of fetching VM information for larger projects.

The following issues are resolved in this release:

• The data center name is now correctly identified by the Collector for the Prism Element clusters.
• Improved the time taken to collect the information via Prism when Collector is unable to collect the Guest OS information.
• For Prism instances, Collector can now collect the cluster performance data even if there are intermittent errors when gathering the performance metrics.
• Resolved an issue in collecting the vNetwork data for AOS 5.20.2.1 (AHV - 20201105.2244) and higher versions.
• Collector can now collect the data for multiple network interface cards that are associated with a single VM.
• Resolved an issue where the Collector Portal was unable to generate XLSX file when NetApp ONTAP Volume did not report Consumed Capacity and Snapshot Reserved Capacity.
• Resolved the cluster connection issue when trying to collect the data via Prism version AOS 5.15.4.
• Resolved an issue where the data collection for Prism clusters get stuck while retrying the failed APIs.
• Resolved an issue where the thin provisioning status shows inconsistent values in vDisk and vmList tabs.

This section describes the issues found in this or recent releases that you might encounter:

• In case of vPartition entries, the datastores are not considered.
• The Nutanix Collector fails to run when the executable files are flagged or deleted by firewall or anti-virus setting.
• VM Summary values appear as NaN in the collection file.
• Collector fails to gather the information when there is only one Prism Element cluster under the Prism Central.