Veritas InfoScale™ Operations Manager 7.3 Release Notes

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (7.3)
Platform: AIX,Linux,Solaris,Windows
  1. Overview of this release
    1.  
      About Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
    2. New features and changes in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager 7.3
      1.  
        Application Migration add-on: Support for VVR replication
      2.  
        Support for CFS HA
      3.  
        Not supported in this release
  2. System requirements
    1.  
      Operating system requirements
    2. Third-party required libraries
      1.  
        32-bit SNIA Common HBA API required on Windows hosts
    3. System resource requirements
      1.  
        About space estimation for data logs
      2.  
        About the frequency of managed host, enclosure and switch information discovery
    4.  
      Supported hardware
    5.  
      Web browser requirements
    6. Network and firewall requirements
      1.  
        Internet Protocol version requirements
    7.  
      About the consumption of the managed host components
  3. Software limitations
    1.  
      Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager 7.3 managed host not supported on AIX in Network Installation Manager
    2.  
      No coexistence of managed host and CommandCentral Storage Management Server
    3.  
      Live statistics for initiators are not supported on HP-UX
    4.  
      Volume layout not discovered for LDM-managed volumes mounted without a drive letter
    5.  
      Backup and restore limitations in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager 7.3
    6.  
      Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager does not support the discovery of LDoms and Zones together on the same host
    7.  
      Deployment-related limitations
    8.  
      Windows Management Server high availability configuration limitations
    9.  
      Solaris Zones virtualization support limitations
    10.  
      Discovery limitations for virtualization support
    11.  
      VCS configuration check reports violations only if at least one node in the cluster is running Cluster Server
    12.  
      Limitations related to the correlation between the disks and the disk groups
    13.  
      CIFS shares from NetApp and Celerra arrays that are mapped to a Windows host are not discovered
    14.  
      Limitations on SF operations on Windows CVM cluster
    15.  
      Add host operation fails for RHEL 7 managed hosts
    16.  
      ESX servers not able to access an RDM disk associated with a shared datastore might cause failed discovery of RDM disk by Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
    17.  
      Sometimes Internet Explorer displays a security warning when you navigate between pages in the console
    18.  
      Cannot configure an EMC CLARiiON enclosure on a Windows control host using a security file
    19.  
      Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager does not validate if the cluster node is managed by the Management Server during the VBS start operation
  4. Known issues
    1. Management Server issues
      1.  
        Manual upgrade of a VRTS package fails if publisher is set to Symantec (3869503)
      2.  
        Delayed discovery of VMware VirtualCenter server by Control Hosts in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (2342314)
      3.  
        Authentication broker crashes while performing LDAP authentication (2017319)
      4.  
        XPRTLD daemon fails when Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager starts because of the corrupt AT pem files in the VRTSsfmh package (2145925)
      5.  
        Uninstalling Management Server removes the managed host package from a Storage Foundation for Windows host
      6.  
        Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager displays stale application status (2564572)
      7.  
        Manual refresh of HMC Server and VMware vCenter Server required after migration of virtual machines (2605533)
      8.  
        Performance metering of a VMware ESX server may not work properly after failover (2814844)
      9.  
        For VMware virtual machine, the virtual storage correlation is not functional if a SCSI controller of non-default type is used (3056561)
      10.  
        Erroneous managed host status reported in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager high availability (HA) environment (2780631)
      11.  
        Information on running tasks is accurate only for managed hosts 6.0 and later (3077899)
      12.  
        Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager does not discover virtual machines with same BIOS GUID on a Hyper-V Server (3509138)
      13.  
        Disk information for the cluster does not display correct data for host (3532746)
      14.  
        Disk correlation does not happen for LDOM storage container after enabling MPxIO on the SAN disks (3370824)
      15.  
        Qualsys scan may at times fail for port 5634 (2903776)
      16.  
        Remote switch operation fails because of group operator privileges (3899833)
      17.  
        Adding managed host version 7.0 to VIOM 7.3 CS fails (3902108)
      18.  
        Service group status is not displayed correctly (3915580)
      19.  
        Windows: Unable to set up or reconfigure CMS HA (3916993)
    2. Managed host issues
      1.  
        Quick I/O cache value is not enabled after performing the storage provisioning operation on AIX managed hosts (2131183)
      2.  
        Thin LUNs on the hosts that run Storage Foundation for Windows 5.1 SP1 are not discovered as thin (2513466)
      3.  
        Remote switch operation fails between secure clusters (2530605 )
      4.  
        Add host operation fails for HP-UX managed hosts (2601265)
      5.  
        Unable to view performance graphs for VxVM disk and volume on Windows platform (3054870)
      6.  
        Cannot add a managed host to Management Server using the IPv6 address of the host (2816487)
      7.  
        Incorrect statistics returned by DMP if Storage Foundation version is prior to 5.0 MP3 (2796418)
      8.  
        Create disk group operation fails when triggered from slave node in a clustered configuration (3196104)
      9.  
        On HP-UX managed hosts, the path initiator and array port information is not displayed for some disks (3073128)
      10.  
        Network File System on Solaris cannot be discovered if the Fully Qualified Host Name is used in vfstab file but not used for mounting the file system (2747735)
      11.  
        Bandwidth tab displays incorrect data for a UNIX host (3484788)
      12.  
        CVR operations may not work correctly in case of managed host versions lower than 7.0(3745404)
      13.  
        Adding managed host versions lower than 7.0 to an upgraded 7.0 Management results in error
      14.  
        Management Server console displays incorrect version for ApplicationHA guests (3873640)
      15.  
        Unable to add older managed hosts to freshly installed Management Server 7.0 or 7.1
      16.  
        Management Server console displays incorrect version for ApplicationHA guests (3873640)
      17.  
        Unable to complete 'add secondary' workflow in some cases (3874690)
      18.  
        VRTSsfmh 7.1 and VxVM 7.0 co-existence issue on AIX (3870438)
      19.  
        Unable to add older version managed host to VIOM CS 7.3 (3915530)
      20.  
        Windows CS: Unable to configure arrays discovered through SSH (3915564)
      21.  
        Unable to upgrade AIX MH to 7.3 through VIOM GUI (3914690)
    3. Agentless discovery issues
      1.  
        Agentless configuration of hosts using IPv6 addresses fails (2414252)
    4. Storage Insight Add-on issues
      1.  
        After the first discovery of IBM SVC array, manual refresh of putty cache may be required (3114164)
      2.  
        For locally replicated EMC Symmetrix LUNs, last synchronization time is available only for SYMCLI version 7.4 or later (3249430)
      3.  
        Manual discovery of Symmetrix enclosure is required when SYMCLI version is upgraded on the Storage Insight add-on discovery host (3289628)
      4.  
        Performance metering of enclosures may not work properly after failover (2814844)
      5.  
        Information on FAST managed storage groups for EMC Symmetrix VMAX enclosures is not discovered periodically (2842124)
      6.  
        Password file option does not work while configuring HP EVA enclosures on Windows hosts (2757601)
      7.  
        EMC Celerra enclosure details are not discovered for users with read-only access rights, and Imported Administrator or Operator role
      8.  
        Tier information is not displayed for some devices in a FAST managed storage group (2795204)
      9.  
        IBM System Storage DS enclosure discovery is not supported through HiCommand Server 7 in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (2708346)
    5. Virtual Business Service issues
      1.  
        Virtual Business Service start operation does not validate the service group's resource criticality (2169223)
      2.  
        Virtual Business Services (VBS) does not discover cluster(s) and service group(s) (3913474)
    6. Storage Insight SDK Add-on issues
      1.  
        Edit and Test operations on Storage Insight Plug-in are not supported using Internet Explorer on 64-bit Windows hosts (2826079)
      2.  
        Storage Insight Plug-in upload operation sometimes fails on Internet Explorer Web browser (3485662)
    7. Fabric Insight Add-on issues
      1.  
        SAN switch discovery fails when Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager Management Server, configured in high availability mode, is used as a discovery host (3513295)
    8. Application Migration Add-on issues
      1.  
        Application migration plan execution fails if the web server goes down
      2.  
        Error displayed during executing vxlist utility (3870438)
      3.  
        DiskGroup or CVMVolDg type resources may not be displayed in the Target Disk Information panel
      4.  
        Recurrent failure of either the Setup Storage operation during mirror creation or Rehearse/Migrate operation during mirror detach
      5.  
        Unable to install the Application Migration add-on on slave node (3915236)
    9. Other issues
      1.  
        Duplicate entries for the disks that are part of a virtual machine (2481982)
      2.  
        Unable to configure Management Server with a user name in Russian language using Firefox browser
      3.  
        Coexistence of ApplicationHA Console 6.0 and Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager 7.3 not supported (2739241)
      4.  
        Resource attributes not discovered for RVGPrimary Resource
      5.  
        Discovery of VMware VirtualCenter server or ESX server is not case - sensitive (2567318)
      6.  
        Offline instances not displayed in instance tab for MSSQL HA configuration (3516063)
      7.  
        Only one virtual machine configured as resource gets discovered (3488469)
      8.  
        A single host may have two entries on the host tab in certain conditions(3724295)
      9.  
        Incorrect virtual machine count in case of duplicate biosuuid (3782776)
      10.  
        Need to refresh the array for Datastore to NFS correlation
      11.  
        Special characters not allowed in the password while configuring the array (3677693)
      12.  
        Creating Atleast Dependency of resources for VCS 7.0 on windows is allowed
      13.  
        Resource dependency for VCS 7.0 on Windows cannot be viewed
      14.  
        Applicable hosts pane disappears if you filter hot fixes by platform (3874690)
      15.  
        vxlicrep (license reporting) utility fails to execute if Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Runtime is not installed (3902028)
      16.  
        Service group state not showing properly in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager for a single node cluster
  5. Appendix A. Getting help
    1.  
      Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager on the Web
    2.  
      Getting help
    3.  
      Using the product documentation

System resource requirements

The amount of CPU cores, memory, and disk space that Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager requires are listed in this section. These requirements are in addition to any resources used by other software applications running on the same server.

For Management Server:

Environment Size

CPU cores

Memory

Disk space

Small (up to 300 managed hosts)

4

4GB

5GB

Medium (up to 1500 managed hosts)

8

16GB

20GB

Large (up to 3500 managed hosts)

16

32GB

40GB

  • Add 4GB of memory and 5GB disk space if Management Server is used for the deep discovery of enclosures using Storage Insight Add-on.

  • Add 4GB of memory and 5GB disk space if Management Server is used for the discovery of virtualization infrastructure.

Additional considerations for system resource requirements for Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager:

  • It is recommended to have a swap space that is at least twice the size of RAM.

  • It is recommended to upgrade the managed hosts to the latest version for the best performance of the product.

  • The system resource requirements may vary based on the actual environment in which the product is deployed.

For a managed host:

  • CPU cores: 1

  • Memory: 1GB

  • Disk space: 2GB

  • Add 4GB of memory and 5GB disk space if being used as discovery host for the deep discovery of enclosures using Storage Insight Add-on.

For Control Host (host that has Control Host Add-on):

  • CPU: Dual processor for agentless discovery of every 1000 managed hosts.

  • Memory: 4GB for agentless discovery of every 1000 managed hosts. Add 4GB of memory if Control Host is used for the discovery of virtualization infrastructure.

  • Disk space: 15GB of disk space for agentless discovery of every 1000 managed hosts.

Note:

If any of the above is running on a virtual environment, it is recommended to have resources such as CPU cores and memory dedicated to the virtual machine for the best performance of the product.