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 SL1 Version: 12.1.1

Before You Install or Upgrade

Ensure that you are running version 12.1.1 or later of SL1 before installing "Dell EMC: Unity" PowerPack version 103.

For details on upgrading SL1, see the relevant SL1 Platform Release Notes.

Installation Process

To install version 103 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. Familiarize yourself with the Known Issues for this release.
  2. See the Before You Install or Upgrade section. If you have not done so already, upgrade your system to the 12.1.1 or later release.
  3. Download the "Dell EMC: Unity" version 103 PowerPack from the Support Site to a local computer.
  4. Go to the PowerPack Manager page (System > Manage > PowerPacks). Click the Actions menu and choose Import PowerPack. When prompted, import "Dell EMC: Unity" version 103.
  5. Click the Install 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:
  • 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

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

  • 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.