Dell EMC: Unity PowerPack Release Notes, version 103

Version 103 of the "Dell EMC: Unity" PowerPack updates the PowerPack for Python 3.6-compatibility using Snippet Framework, adds a universal example credential, and removes several Dynamic Application collection objects.

  • Minimum Required Skylar One (SL1) Version: 12.1.1

Before You Install or Upgrade

Before you install the "Dell EMC: Unity" PowerPack, ensure that you are running version 12.1.1 or later of Skylar One.

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

Installation Process

To install version 103 of the "Dell EMC: Unity" PowerPack, perform the following steps:

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

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 PowerPacksPowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).

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

  4. Click Browse and go 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 appears on 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:
  • 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
  • Sample credentials that you can use as a template to connect to Unity devices

Enhancements and Issues Addressed

This release includes the following enhancements and addressed issues:

  • Updated the PowerPack for Python 3.6-compatibility using Snippet Framework.
  • Added the "Dell EMC: Unity Example SF" universal example credential.
  • Removed the following "Dell EMC: Unity LUN Discovery" Dynamic Application collection objects, as the "Dell EMC: Unity LUN Config" Dynamic Application collects the same information:
    • Current Owner
    • Default Owner
    • Health State
    • LUN Size
    • LUN Type
    • Thin
    • Tiering Policy
  • Updated the Collector Affinity to assigned collector in all Dynamic Applications.
  • Updated the "Dell EMC: Unity Classify Root Device Class" run book action so that it no longer uses the "EM7 Central Database" credential.

After you update the PowerPack to version 103, ScienceLogic recommends that you edit the "Dell EMC: Unity Classify Root Device Class" run book action to change the Snippet Credential field to None.

  • Updated the poll frequency to 15 minutes for the "Dell EMC: Unity Storage Pool Discovery" and "Dell EMC: Unity LUN Discovery" Dynamic Applications.
  • Added a custom step to the PowerPack to support Retries in HTTP API calls. For more information see HTTP Retries in Monitoring Dell EMC: Unity.

Known Issues

This release has no known issues.