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 SL1 Version: 8.7.0
Before You Install or Upgrade
Ensure that you are running version 8.7.0 or later of SL1 before installing "Dell EMC: Unity" PowerPack version 101.
For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 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.
If you are currently using the Dynamic Applications in this PowerPack to monitor devices, collection errors might occur for one or two polling cycles during the installation of a new version. To prevent collection errors during an upgrade, you can optionally disable collection for monitored devices before performing the following steps and re-enable collection after the upgrade.
To install this PowerPack:
- Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
- See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 8.7.0 or later release.
- Download the "Dell EMC: Unity" version 101PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
- Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import "Dell EMC: Unity" version 101.
- Click the button. For details on installing PowerPacks, see the chapter on Installing a PowerPack in the PowerPacks manual.
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 this release of the "Dell EMC: Unity" PowerPack:
- 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.