Release Notes

Open Issues Related to the Data Collector

The following open issues are related to the Data Collector.

Issue Description

DSM-28366 Storage Manager does not allow custom SSL certicates with CN names that do not match the

hostname of the server hosting the Data Collector.

Workaround: Ensure that the CN name matches the hostname of the Data Collector server.

DSM-27877 Storage Manager does not change the time to account for Data Collectors in dierent time zones.

Workaround: None

DSM-14882 Storage Manager retains reporting data in a Data Collector MySQL database for longer than the

limit allows. This can use excessive space on the server.

Workaround: Manually delete the data in the MySQL database.

DSM-9482 When completing the Data Collector setup, the setup wizard cannot continue if the Data

Collector service does not start in time.

Workaround: Close the setup wizard. Then, log in to the Data Collector Manager.

Open Issues Related to Dell Storage Replication Adapter (SRA)

The following open issues are related to the Dell Storage Replication Adapter (SRA).

Issue

Description

DSM-29251 If the language in Windows is set to Portuguese (Brazil), the version for SRM is incorrect and

causes errors.

Workaround: Change the language in Windows from Portuguese (Brazil) to English.

DSM-28723 Performing the Forced DR workow in SRM with Live Volumes might cause some restore points

to be in a degraded state and some protected VMs to fail to register on the secondary system.

Workaround: Perform the following steps to avoid this issue:

1. In Storage Manager, click Edit Data Collector Settings.

2. Click Schedules.

3. Clear the Automatically save and validate restore points checkbox.

4. Click OK.

5. Run the Forced DR workow again.

DSM-28137 SRM planned failovers with Live Volumes fail when vMotion is not enabled in the environment.

Workaround: Dell Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) with Stretched Storage and Live Volumes

requires vMotion. Enable vMotion.

DSM-28278 Recovering a Live Volume using SRM can fail intermittently if the Live Volume was created using a

remote Data Collector.

Workaround: Validate the restore points for the Live Volume in the Storage Manager Client. Then,

start the recovery process again in SRM.

DSM-27978 The support link is broken when setting up Dell Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) on SRM 5.8.

Workaround: None

DSM-27783 Reprotect operation might fail if the source and destination volumes of a replication managed by

SRM have the same volume index.

Workaround: Contact technical support.