Dell DDOS, DDVE, DDMC, DD BoostFS, and DD Boost OpenStorage (OST) 7.13.1.x Release Notes
Summary: This article provides information about the patch release updates to the Dell PowerProtect Data Domain (DD) OS, PowerProtect DD Virtual Edition (DDVE), PowerProtect DD Management Center (DDMC), DD BoostFS, and DD Boost for OpenStorage Release 7.13.1.0, 7.13.1.05, 7.13.1.10, 7.13.1.20, 7.13.1.25, 7.13.1.30, 7.13.1.40, and 7.13.1.50. ...
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Known issues, environmental and system requirements, and installation or update considerations that are associated with these patch releases are the same as the parent release. For more information, see the Dell DDOS, PowerProtect DD Virtual Edition (DDVE), DD Management Center (DDMC), DD BoostFS, and DD Boost OpenStorage (OST) 7.13.1.0 to 7.13.1.40 Release Notes (Requires Dell Online Support login).
Release Revision History
| Release | Description |
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| 7.13.1.50 |
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| 7.13.1.40 |
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| 7.13.1.30 |
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| 7.13.1.25 |
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| 7.13.1.20 |
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| 7.13.1.10 |
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| 7.13.1.05 |
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| 7.13.1.0 |
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7.13.1.50 Release (November 2025)
Associated Build Versions
- DDOS Build: 7.13.1.50-1204380
- DDVE Build: 7.13.1.50-1204380
- DDMC Build: 7.13.1.50-1204380
DDOS Cloud
| Fixed Issue | Description |
| DDOSCFD-23184 | Fixed an issue where cloud garbage collection failed on upgraded DD systems due to inconsistent object formats. |
DDOS File system
| Fixed Issue | Description |
|---|---|
| DDOSCFD-26362 | Fixed an issue where a segmentation fault occurred in the dd_dprintf() function during the execution of dmbt_scm_validate_spillover_page_checksums(). |
| DDOSCFD-27532 | Fixed a PANIC alert issue caused by double-freeing an element in dd_cache, now with added logging to identify affected elements. |
DDOS General
| Fixed Issue | Description |
|---|---|
| CPE08D-1233 | Fixed an issue where attempting to re-image the DD with USB image 7.13.1.x failed due to the absence of a required RPM file. |
| PDD09B-611 | Fixed an issue where the DDMC scheduled reports were not being received properly after upgrade. |
DDOS Network
| Fixed Issue | Description |
| PDD05D-554 | Fixed an issue where the CIFS Server objects were being dropped from Active Directory due to prolonged inactivity. |
DDOS Security
| Fixed Issue | Description |
| DDOSCFD-27661 | Fixed an issue where Data Domain Boost precert logging exceeded configured limits by removing unnecessary ddboost_precert.ini file from NW server. |
| DDOSCFD-28047 | Fixed an issue where changing the passphrase would cause the GUI to restart and trigger an alert when using self-signed certificates. |
7.13.1.40 Release (August 2025)
Associated Build Versions
- DDOS Build: 7.13.1.40-1186473
- DDVE Build: 7.13.1.40-1186473
- DDMC Build: 7.13.1.40-1186473
- BoostFS Build: 7.13.1.40-1186210
- DDBoost Build: 7.13.1.20-1148611
DDOS
Unsupported Feature
| Feature | Description |
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| ConnectEMC |
ConnectEMC is no longer supported and has been replaced by SupportAssist. For more details on using the SupportAssist user interface, refer to the DD Operating System Administration Guide.
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DDOS Cloud
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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DDOSCFD-26146 |
Resolved an issue where the V1 cloud-profile API was logging credentials in plaintext in audit logs, by updating the API to mask sensitive information. |
DDOS File system
| Fixed Issue | Description |
|---|---|
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DDOSCFD-26333 |
Resolved an issue where a panic occurred due to a rare race condition. |
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PDD09I-386 |
Fixed an issue where FD leaks were detected. |
DDOS General
| Fixed Issue | Description |
|---|---|
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DDOS-276830 |
Updated the certificate import process using PKCS12 to use AES-256-CBC. |
DDOS Network
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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DDOSCFD-18788 |
Fixed an issue where the HA service port 3013 was vulnerable to ssl-static-key-cipher. |
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PDD05D-373 |
Fixed an issue where standby nodes lose their Active Directory connection when the Windows Machine Account password expires or renews on the active node. |
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PDD09I-448 |
Fixed an issue where SNMP traps stopped working after upgrade. |
DDOS Platform
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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Fixed multiple issues where there were kernel panics due to memory leaks. |
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CPE08E-274 |
Fixed an issue where vulcand crashes due to a missing esx-iso entry in /etc/hosts. |
DDOS Replication
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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DDOSCFD-19561 |
Fixed an issue where the source system encountered a panic with a "no match cookie" due to an inconsistency with the destination system. |
DDOS Security
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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DDOSCFD-25359 |
Fixed an issue where the value for the Subject-Alt-Name field was getting truncated due to character limit constraint. |
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DDOSCFD-26086 |
Resolved an issue where the Data Domain was recording PIN details while configuring SCG through UI. |
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DDOSCFD-26220 |
Fixed an issue where a panic occurred when running the reporting tool after an upgrade. |
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PDD05D-68 |
Fixed an issue where Kerberos authentication fails when joining Active Directory machines upgraded to Windows 2025 with PowerProtect DD. |
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PDD06B-424 |
Fixed an issue where vulnerabilities were discovered in REST API authentication calls. |
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PDD06D-447 |
Fixed an issue where a difference in response time was observed between valid and invalid username login attempts, resulting in a potential vulnerability. |
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PDD09I-453 |
Fixed an issue where the PIN used for SCG configuration was being logged when configuring SCG using the GUI. |
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PDD09I-289 |
Fixed an issue where the "autosupport" command allowed sending sensitive information to an external email address. |
DDMC
Unsupported Feature
| Feature | Description |
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| Smart Scale |
The Smart Scale feature is not supported in this release. To access this feature, upgrade to the latest LTS release. NOTE: The Smart Scale feature will be deprecated in future 7.13 LTS releases. |
7.13.1.30 Release (June 2025)
Associated Build Versions
- DDOS Build: 7.13.1.30-1175075
- DDVE Build: 7.13.1.30-1175075
- DDMC Build: 7.13.1.30-1175075
DDOS Cloud
| Fixed Issue | Description |
| DDOSCFD-24896 | Resolved an issue where data was deleted due to the timestamp being set to a garbage value. |
| PDD02C-124 | Fixed an issue where migration compatibility checks did not compare the source and destination cloud capacity. |
DDOS File system
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-21785 | Resolved an issue where there was a file system panic and restart. |
| DDOSCFD-24404 | Fixed an issue where the total number of used streams is over the DD total streams. |
| DDOS-265515 | Fixed an issue where the system encountered a PANIC when reading the encryption metadata page. |
DDOS General
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-23307 | Fixed an issue where the TPM status showed 'TPM device not available'. |
| DDOSCFD-23619 | Fixed an issue where the '@' character was not supported in the UI. |
| DDOSCFD-24378 | Resolved an issue where the FC card was dumped each time there was a DD reboot. |
| DDOSCFD-24941 | Resolved an issue where there were multiple kernel panics due to low memory conditions. |
| DDOSCFD-25226 | Resolved an issue where there was a kernel panic due to slow disk. |
| DDOS-288108 | Resolved an issue where the "date" field was missing in mails. |
| DDOS-288423 | Resolved an issue where SupportAssist was not getting enabled. |
| DDOS-288728 | Resolved an issue where the notification method was set to connectemc after upgrade. |
| DDOS-289341 | Resolved an issue where SupportAssist registration was failing due to Direct Dell Backend URL not being accessible. |
| DDOS-290018 | Fixed an issue where there was a wrong URL link in Configure SupportAssist. |
| DDOS-290314 | Resolved an issue where the notification method was set to mail after upgrade. |
| DDOS-290378 | Fixed an issue where remote support was disabled after upgrade. |
DDOS Network
| Fixed Issue | Description |
| DDOSCFD-24480 | Resolved an issue wherein user could not disable ddboost using REST API limited-admin user token. |
| DDOSCFD-25302 | Fixed an issue where the External LAN Heartbeat status on HA appliances was showing "not ok". |
| DDOS-211593 | Fixed an issue where VTL responded with a truncated serial number. |
| DDOS-240298 | Fixed an issue where the serial number format was incompatible. |
DDOS Platform
| Fixed Issue | Description |
| DDOSCFD-21154 | Fixed an issue where the disk was set to pending and waiting for copy for reconstruction. |
| DDOSCFD-21772 | Resolved an issue where there was a firmware alert showing up. |
| DDOS-235079 | Fixed an issue where dialhomes were not generated on a failed disk. |
| DDOS-264983 | Resolved an issue where temperature alerts were not displayed. |
| DDOS-277711 | Resolved an issue where the health check was showing wrong information for "fan". |
| DDOS-277812 | Resolved an issue where the health check was not reporting the right status. |
| DDOS-280338 | Resolved an issue where the health check was not reporting the right status. |
| DDOS-290263 | Resolved an issue where disk failure alerts were not sent to CloudIQ. |
DDOS Replication
| Fixed Issue | Description |
| DDOSCFD-22521 | Fixed an issue where the migration precheck failed to validate if the destination storage in less than the source storage. |
DDOS Security
| Fixed Issue | Description |
| CPE08G-233 | Fixed an issue where a vulnerable port was discovered. |
| DDOSCFD-24775 | Fixed an issue where after upgrading the DDOS, the value of the server port was reset to the default value. |
| DDOSCFD-25454 | Fixed an issue where there was a DDOS upgrade failure from 8.1.0.011 to 8.3.0.15 due to missing /ddvar/certificates. |
7.13.1.25 Release (April 2025)
Associated Build Versions
- DDOS Build: 7.13.1.25-1161300
- DDVE Build: 7.13.1.25-1161300
- DDMC Build: 7.13.1.25-1161300
Changed features
| Issue | Description | Workaround or Resolution |
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| DDOS-289508 |
NFS export /ddvar is replaced with five new exports: /ddvar/core, /ddvar/log, /ddvar/traces, /ddvar/releases, and /ddvar/support.
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The client information for these exports must be added again after the upgrade. These clients must unmount and then remount the new exports. |
| DDOS-289508 | If a share is created with /ddvar/<x>, it changes to /ddvar during the upgrade. With the new changes, mounting subdirectories of /ddvar does not work with CIFS. | Use the /ddvar share to access its sub folders. |
7.13.1.20 Release (January 2025)
Associated Build Versions
- DDOS Build: 7.13.1.20-1148611
- DDVE Build: 7.13.1.20-1148611
- DDMC: 7.13.1.20-1148611
DDOS File system
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-20984 | Fixed an issue where the cmc_dump -L command did not allow specifying an optional directory path with sufficient space for container dumps. |
| DDOSCFD-20198 | Fixed an issue that was causing PANIC when mrepl was syncing in the Cyber Recovery Environment. |
| DDOS-273396 | Resolved an issue where users with the ‘None’ role could bypass authorization on certain endpoints, such as enabling or disabling CIFS, which they should not be able to access. |
DDOS Platform
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-21387 | Fixed an issue where the system was not recognizing the NIC card when it was inserted into the same slot that an FC card was inserted. |
| DDOSCFD-20857 | Fixed an issue where the HA implementation was delayed with multiple errors after the DD upgrade. |
| DDOSCFD-20399 | Identified that the security scan report generates a false vulnerability message: ‘HTTP OPTIONS Method Enabled’ that has no impact on DD. |
DDOS Security
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-22818 | Fixed an issue that was encountered when adding a new Data Domain to Avamar. |
| DDOSCFD-22813 | Fixed an issue where the DDOS was displaying the wrong valid until date for root certificates. |
| DDOSCFD-21535 | Resolved an issue where, after a DDOS upgrade, the DDGUI was slow and displayed ‘incorrect username or password’ upon login, despite using the same sysadmin credentials working on PuTTY/CLI. |
| DDOS-274103 | Fixed an issue where the LDAP users created with a hyphen in the name could not log in to DD through SSH, user interface, or Telnet. |
| DDOS-265512 | Resolved an issue where there was an unplanned downtime of protection storage in IDPA and DM5500 due to a memory leak within SMS consuming available memory on DD. |
| DDOS-264372 | Resolved an issue where the FIPS was resetting the hash password to MD5 instead of the new default, SHA512. |
DDVE
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-23291 | Resolved a poor performance issue from DDVE in Azure and PowerProtect Data Manager in AVS. |
7.13.1.10 Release (November 2024)
Associated Build Versions
- DDOS Build: 7.13.1.10-1136647
- DDVE Build: 7.13.1.10-1136647
- DDMC: 7.13.1.10-1136647
- DD BoostFS: 7.13.1.10-1135379
DDOS General
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-21289 | Resolved the issue in the Update tab, where the new registry entries were added in addition to existing AD entries creating inconsistencies. |
| DDOSCFD-20740 | Resolved the truncation issue in the DD REST API response for hostnames exceeding 49 characters. |
| DDOSCFD-20158 | Resolved an issue where the DD Boost library could not connect to DD in Smart Scale on port 2053 due to a ddboost API timeout. |
| DDOSCFD-19841 | Fixed an issue with the Report filter where it was set for a few systems, but the generated report included information for all systems. |
| DDOSCFD-19435 | Resolved an issue where redundant user information lookups on AD for both local and AD users were causing slowness in login and degrading the user experience in the user interface. |
| DDOSCFD-19390 | Fixed an issue where the vtl show stats CLI output was incorrect when devices were added to another VTL group. |
| DDOSCFD-17190 | Added an option in cmck to check and reset the value of cms_type after corruption. |
DDOS Filesystem
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-21087 | Fixed an issue where the file system restart with no panic string after the system upgrade. |
| DDOSCFD-20874 | Fixed the migration issue and updated metadata for a cloud unit that was inactive from long time. |
| DDOSCFD-20841 | Resolved the Active Directory issue that was preventing non-admin users from accessing certain features. |
| DDOSCFD-20578 | Fixed an issue where error handling indicated 'Full Index Growth Failure' despite 'Partial Success'. |
| DDOSCFD-20350 | Resolved an issue causing frequent file system restarts and system slowdowns following the upgrade. |
| DDOSCFD-20347 | Implemented retry functionality for CIFS restart on the standby node to ensure that the HA standby node maintains connectivity to AD. |
| DDOSCFD-15854 | Resolved a problem causing the DDFS to restart unexpectedly because of an unstable file system. |
DDOS Platform
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-20776 | Fixed an issue where the system goes to HA degraded state for more than 90 minutes after the firmware upgrade. |
| DDOSCFD-20565 | Fixed the issue where DDMC reports were showing inaccurate utilization figures for certain managed systems. |
| DDOSCFD-20541 | Resolved the problem causing the DD system to reboot with a Kernel Panic message following the disk replacement |
| DDOSCFD-20236 | Resolved an issue where the system failed to detect protection storage, preventing backups and restores in the production environment. |
| DDOSCFD-19965 | Resolved an issue where realigned disks were appearing as failed instead of spare following the DDOS 7.13 upgrade. |
| DDOSCFD-18795 | Resolved the booting issue experienced by the customer following the upgrade to DDOS 7.7.5.25. |
| DDOS-255280 | Fixed an issue involving memory duplication created during the delayed deletion. |
| DDOS-254012 | Fixed an issue with inconsistent firmware updates following the 7.13.1.0 upgrade. |
DDOS Security
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOS-265148 | Enabled TLS 1.3 and ECDHE cipher support with KMIP. |
| DDOSCFD-21459 | Resolved the multifactor authentication issue that caused the file system to crash while running a few commands. |
| DDOSCFD-18451 | Introduced new privileges for a secure access. |
| DDOS-241314 | Implemented customized PAM that prompts the customer to reset the password when the customer tries to log in three times with an incorrect password. |
DDOS Replication
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-20059 | Resolved the unique ingest issue identified in Avamar Replication Directories when transferring from one mtree to another on the same DD host. |
7.13.1.05 Release (September 2024)
Associated Build Versions
- DDOS Build: 7.13.1.05-1126976
- DDVE Build: 7.13.1.05-1126976
- DDMC: 7.13.1.05-1126976
DDOS Platform
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-21451 | Resolved an issue where the High Availability (HA) remained in a degraded status for an extended period after an upgrade due to the locking issues with the socket memory. |
7.13.1.0 Release (June 2024)
Associated Build Versions
- DDOS Build: 7.13.1.0-1107703
- DDVE Build: 7.13.1.0-1107703
- DDMC: 7.13.1.0-1107703
- DD BoostFS Build: 7.13.1.0-1097516
- OST Build: 7.13.1.0-1098937
DDOS File System
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-19311 | The HSTS protocol is missing from the HTTPS server (RFC-6797). |
| DDOSCFD-18403 | Fix for the customer-imported certificates in DDSM Smart Scale, where the externally signed certificates are stored in the HTTPS certificate root folder. |
| DDOS-207653 | Fix to display an error message when an invalid command is run using the autosupport send command. |
DDOS General
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-19046 | The static routes are missing after upgrading to DDOS 7.10.1.15. |
| DDOSCFD-18708 | The DD VTL system stops working after upgrading to 7.13.0.20. |
| DDOSCFD-18683 | The scsitarget enable and scsitarget disable command times out until the DD appliance is restarted. |
| DDOSCFD-18428 | The DD UI does not display the VTL tapes from the Cloud Tier. |
| DDOSCFD-18267 | The HA DD system is running in a degraded state and restarts intermittently due to a bad SAS connection. |
| DDOSCFD-18206 | The DD Boost OST plug-in corrects the DD hostname truncation, but resulted in a memory allocation error. |
| DDOSCFD-17780 | When the Cyber Recovery server runs the net config veth0 up command, the command fails with error code 61. |
| DDOS-229120 | When the export file overwrites the system file, a denial of service occurs. |
DDOS Platform
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-20098 | Fix for an issue where the DD system does not restart after the Storage Processor is replaced. |
| DDOSCFD-19978 | When upgrading to 7.13, the DDNVM reverts to its old hostname after re-deploying with a new hostname. |
| DDOSCFD-19467 | Fix the issue of active/cache/cloud tier unavailable alert appearing after headswap failure. |
| DDOSCFD-18760 | A file system panic is observed when you run the dd_sptool --resync command. |
| DDOSCFD-18567 | The DDMC is unable to connect to DDNVM as the hostname of the DDNVM was changed after DDNVM was restarted after the upgrade to DDOS 7.13. |
| DDOSCFD-18485 | When you upgrade from DDOS 6.1.2.50 to DDOS 7.7, a panic is observed with the following error: PANIC: ddr/gc/gc_select.c: gc_is_pre_selected: 1445: !(!GC_DATA_CHECK(gc_data->gc_flag, RECOMPRESS) || (c->gc_ctx_select_flags & GC_SELECT_FLAG_FORCE_RECOMPRESSION)). |
| DDOSCFD-18418 | When you upgrade from DDOS 7.12 to 7.13, a panic is observed with the following error: PANIC: ddr/sl/sl_blkset.c: sl_blkset_load_metadata: 5226: Blkset type 1608319493 is configured too small (4866048 vs. 4831838); ensure there is enough memory for disk capacity. |
| DDOSCFD-17999 | The alias interfaces may not come up after an upgrade, reboot, or HA failover (manual or panic) due to a race condition in the kernel. |
DDOS Replication
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-19287 | The CyberSense scan time is high as the recipe file is unavailable in the DD vault. |
| DDOSCFD-18348 | Fix to handle fanout error when running replication. |
DD System Manager
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOS-216358 | Fix to remove unvalidated redirects and forwards when DDSM accepts untrusted inputs. |
DDVE
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOS-230065 | In DDVE on premises DDOS 7.9.0.10, the cloud units are not displayed with the following error: both blkset stable copies are bad. |
DD Boost
| Fixed Issue | Description |
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| DDOSCFD-18644 | Fix for the virtual machine restore issue with the following error message: "Unable to move data for 'Hard disk 2'. Reading data not successful. Unable to read at 39387660288: [5040] calling system(), returns nonzero (500)." |