IBM: SVC PowerPack Release Notes, version 100

Version 100 of the IBM: SVC PowerPack monitors IBM storage arrays that use the IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) software, including Storwize V5000 and V7000 systems. ScienceLogic uses SMI-S to communicate with IBM storage and requires the storage system to use SMI-S version 1.6.0 or higher.

  • Minimum Required SL1 Version: 8.7.0

Before You Install

Ensure that you are running version 8.7.0 or later of SL1 before installing "IBM: SVC" PowerPack version 100.

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

Installation Process

To install version 100 of the IBM: SVC 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:

  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 8.7.0 or later release.
  3. Download the "IBM: SVC" version 100PowerPack 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 "IBM: SVC" version 100.
  5. Click the Install button. For details on installing PowerPacks, see the chapter on Installing a PowerPack in the PowerPacks manual.

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 8.7.0 or later release.
  3. Download the "IBM: SVC" version 100PowerPack 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 "IBM: SVC" version 100.
  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 IBM SVC systems, including:
  • IBM: SVC/Storwize Array Capacity Stats
  • IBM: SVC/Storwize Array Discovery
  • IBM: SVC/Storwize Array Stats
  • IBM: SVC/Storwize Components Config
  • IBM: SVC/Storwize Statistics Cache
  • IBM: SVC/Storwize Storage Pool Capacity Stats
  • IBM: SVC/Storwize Storage Pool Discovery
  • IBM: SVC/Storwize Storage Pool LUN Config
  • Device Classes for each type of IBM SVC device monitored
  • Event Policies that are triggered when SVC devices meet certain status criteria
  • An example Credential that you can use as a template to create a Basic/Snippet credential for connecting to IBM SVC devices
  • ScienceLogic Libraries that are utilized by this PowerPack:
  • content
  • content_cache
  • recordreplay
  • silo_collections
  • smis

Known Issues

The following known issues affect version 100 of the IBM: SVC PowerPack:

  • A "CacheDataIsEmpty" error may be displayed for the "IBM: SVC/Storwize Array Stats" Dynamic Application if a collection executes before the "IBM: SVC/Storwize Statistics Cache" Dynamic Application collects data.
  • A "NameError: name 'stats_cache' is not defined" error may be displayed for the "IBM: SVC/Storwize Array Stats" Dynamic Application if a collection executes before the "IBM: SVC/Storwize Statistics Cache" Dynamic Application collects data.