Dell EMC: Unity PowerPack Release Notes, version 101

Version 101 of the "Dell EMC: Unity" PowerPack addresses an issue in which library version conflicts could cause Sciencelogic libraries in the PowerPack to become corrupted.

  • Minimum Required Skylar One (SL1) Version: 8.7.0

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 8.7.0 or later of Skylar One before installing the "Dell EMC: Unity" PowerPack.

For details on upgrading Skylar One, see the relevant Skylar One Platform Release Notes.

Installation Process

To install version 101 of the "Dell EMC: Unity" PowerPack, perform the following steps:

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack will overwrite all content in that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent the new version of the PowerPack from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields.

To install this PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page at the ScienceLogic Support Center (Skylar One > PowerPacks).

  2. In Skylar One (formerly SL1), go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).

  3. Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack modal appears.

  4. Click Browse and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.

  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.

  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPack Manager page.

Features

This release includes the following features:

  • Dynamic Applications to discover, model, and monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for Dell EMC Unity storage systems, including:
  • Dell EMC: Unity Array Capacity Stats
  • Dell EMC: Unity Array Config
  • Dell EMC: Unity Array Discovery
  • Dell EMC: Unity Components Config
  • Dell EMC: Unity LUN Config
  • Dell EMC: Unity LUN Discovery
  • Dell EMC: Unity Storage Pool Capacity Stats
  • Dell EMC: Unity Storage Pool Config
  • Dell EMC: Unity Storage Pool Discovery
  • Device Classes for each type of Unity device monitored
  • Event Policies that are triggered when Unity devices meet certain status criteria
  • An example credential that you can use as a template to create a SOAP/XML credential for connecting to Unity devices

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

The following enhancements and addressed issues are included in this release:

  • This version addresses an issue in which library version conflicts could cause the ScienceLogic libraries in this PowerPack to become corrupted. In this case, deployment of the PowerPack and subsequent collection would fail.

Known Issues

The following known issues affect version 101 of the "Dell EMC: Unity" PowerPack:

  • A "BulkStatsNotSupportedError" error might periodically display for the "EMC: VMAX Statistics Cache" Dynamic Application. If this occurs, "CacheDataIsEmpty" errors might also display for the "EMC: VMAX Array Stats", "EMC: VMAX LUN Stats", and "EMC: VMAX Storage Group Stats" Dynamic Applications.