Dell DR Series System Release Notes For Release 3.1.
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Contents 1 Dell DR Series System Release Notes.....................................................................................4 Upgrade Notes..........................................................................................................................................................4 Checking System Information...................................................................................................................................4 DR Series System: Drive And System Capacities.....
Dell DR Series System Release Notes 1 These Release Notes are intended to supplement the Dell DR Series system documentation for the latest release of the DR Series system software. For the complete list of available DR Series system documentation, see the topic, . The Release Notes contain details about the pre-installed system software on the Dell DR Series systems. It also documents the latest updates, known issues, resolutions, and other information.
For information about how to check the current version of the DR Series system software installed, see the Dell DR Series System Administrator Guide or the Dell DR Series System Command Line Reference Guide at dell.com/ powervaultmanuals. DR Series System: Drive And System Capacities The DR Series system comes in the following types: DR4000 system Consists of preinstalled DR Series system software on a modified Dell PowerEdge R510 appliance platform.
The capacity values listed in Table 2 represent the available capacities per VM platform for the DR2000v. Table 2. Available Capacities and Virtual Machine Operating System Support for the DR2000v Platform 1TB 2TB 4TB ESX 5.0 Yes Yes N/A ESX 5.1 Yes Yes N/A ESX 5.
synchronization is done to complete any pending data transfers. Thereby, continuous replication is performed, which reduces network traffic significantly; and, data can be replicated and synced with the target in a short amount of time. • SSL Certificate installation support in the GUI — For additional security, you can now replace the self-signed, factory-installed Dell certificate with another certificate; for example, with one that is signed by a third-party CA.
ID Issue Workaround 20456 Installation of SSL Certificate file in the GUI failed on Internet Explorer (IE) when using Remote Desktop. When uploading the certificate file, the GUI uses the file name with the whole path, which works when uploading on a local system. When using RDP, in the IE browser settings, you need to disable the "Include local directory path .." setting, as follows. 1. Under Internet Options > Security, in the "Internet" or "Intranet" area, click Custom Level. 2.
ID Issue Workaround 19485 Adding a host name does not work if you use a You can add names as long as the name is made only of FQDN and the host name has letters in it. numbers and it is not a FQDN where a period is used in the name string. 19186 If you change the hostname or the domain name after setting up the DR Rapid plug-in, then you may get the wrong backup mode passthrough or de-dupe.
ID Issue Workaround 17193 DR Rapid critical message Alert RDS Restore failed reported on DR4x00 system. In addition to the error, an event is generated internally in the DR Rapid plug-in when the read operation fails The DR Rapid plug-in generates events for any kind of read failures.
ID Issue Workaround 12595 Our GUI allows a seven-character password; If you want the RDA with OST user and GUI passwords to however, the RDA with OST requires an eight- match, then use an eight-character password as required character password. for the RDA with OST user. 9433 Global hot spare is not automatically configured after replacing the GHS drive in slot 0. If the global hot spare is replaced, run maintenance by using the --make_standby command to make the drive a global hot spare.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution database did not get backed up and tech support had to correct the database. 21765 System with in-sync replication would show pending bytes. Corrected in version 3.1.1. 21690 During seeding, a network interruption caused failure of seeding. When deleting a container and attempting to reboot the system, the system entered Maintenance Mode. Corrected in version 3.1.1. 21667, 21079, 21000 Slow performance occurred on noisy networks.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution icon next to the WAN interface. Click the Advanced tab. NOTE: It is recommended to check the 'Fragment outbound packets larger than WAN MTU' if the MTU is set below the default of 1500. Use the 'Update' button to process the changes entered. Reboot Sonicwall to make the change effective. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Fragment Packet Handling should be enabled. Pre-shared Key mismatch should be checked.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution during replication on slower LAN connections or noisy networks. A tunable parameter has been added (for tech support) that can be increased to remove the alert for transient failures. 21314, 21277, 21204 Replication race condition that could result in a core file on DR when using Veeam or SQL. Corrected in version 3.1.1.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution the new name is not reflected. 20763 System configuration screen displays DHCP although it is set to static. Corrected in version 3.1. 20762, 20626 While performing recovery using USB, it is not possible to recover with the payload on the DR Series system. The payload on the USB is used; and, if the version on the USB is higher, the recovery process upgrades the DR Series system.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution not work if the upgrade occurred before the containers were in sync. 20284 Dell OpenManage Server Administrator contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Corrected in version 3.1. 20067, 20036 DR Series system upgrade process may fail due to an error condition on the server LifeCycle Controller Unified Server Configurator. These packages are optional in version 3.1, so if they fail to load it will not stop the unit from operating.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution images not found and vRanger errors 19576 If you set up two bond interfaces with two different subnets but use the same static IP address, the configuration service fails. Corrected in version 3.1. 19233 Need to clear the error, "file system is corrupt and please run consistency checker," after a system --init Corrected in version 3.1. 19184 During container delete, cleaner does not start. Corrected in version 3.1.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution maintenance mode with the following reason error code: One of the storage enclosure has become offline, please power-off the appliance, fix the connectivity issues and power-on the appliance. 18154 Include racadm in DR image so that the DRAC settings can be managed from inside of the OS instead of lifecycle controller. Corrected in version 3.1. 18124 Ability to get encryption on OST replication opdup traffic. Added in version 3.1.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution 15573 Need to address potential vulnerability prone to cross-site scripting attacks. Corrected in version 3.1. 15570 Need to disable SSLv2 on port 443. Corrected in version 3.1. 13271 Ability to provide observable data on cleaner production Added in version 3.1. 20111 Intermittent timeouts on OST backup, OST OPDUP replication and native DR replication. Corrected in the 3.0.0.2 release. 19984, 19979 After upgrade to 3.0.0.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution with a marker setting of none. then the savings level will not be optimal. You can set the marker in the GUI at the same time you are creating the container. 19087 In daily statistics, we report that the compression savings is 0 percent. This is simply a reporting issue. This is correct behavior, as option has been removed from daily report.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution 18540 The OST plug-in was not seen in the Windows Media server Add-Remove Programs. When you had Corrected in the 3.0.0.1 release multiple users for a Backup Exec server, they were able to run jobs while logged in as a different user. However, the only person that could see if the OST plug- ins were installed and what version was running, or were able to uninstall the plugin, was the original user who was logged on when the plug-in was installed.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution with OST connection type. 18393 When the machine was down or rebooted, the usage graph information was not collected and you saw a blank in the usage graphs upon reboot. Corrected in the 3.0.0.1 release. 18375 When you widen the scope to over ten hours or more, the maximum CIFS connections reduced, and the usage graph statistical output was not accurate. Corrected in the 3.0.0.1 release.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution became inaccessible due to the DR Series system leaving the domain. 18215 If you created a CIFS user named root or service, you could not delete it. Corrected in the 3.0.0.1 release. 18151, 17997, 14534 Addition of additional DMA markers and changes to marker code for the DMAs that need marker detection. 18070 The command -system – -- show --hardware | grep -i NIC does not list 1 Gb NICs if you have 10 Gb in the system. Corrected in the 3.0.0.1 release.
ID Issue 17702 The RDS plug-in download page does not list the hybrid installer for the Windows operating system. It only lists the individual installers for the 32- bit and 64-bit platforms. Corrected in the 3.0.0.1 release. 17672 You are unable to change default NetVault RDA password from the GUI when you use the system for the first time and no clients are connected. Corrected in the 3.0.0.1 release.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution already installed on the machine). 17440, 16835, 14516 Experienced various browser issues. You were unable to Corrected in the 3.0.0.1 release. select a row properly in Chrome. IE10 with Document Mode IE7 Standards did not display the Capacity chart. Chrome displayed a Request unsuccessful message when you tried to fix a password issue in the wizard. 15609, 17349, 18558 Improvements on savings between SRC and TGT for some specific backup workflows.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution 8490 The usage graph legends were long and had similar colors, which could be confusing. Corrected in the 3.0.0.1 release. Filters have been added to allow you to choose one or more options to be shown. 7041 You could not complete an NFS mount on a Solaris client. Corrected in the 3.0.0.1 release. 18218 Under certain failure scenarios, the DR Series system entered maintenance mode every few minutes when using Auto markers. Corrected in the 2.1.0.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution occurs during deduplication. 17788 Restore Manager fails during init mode if Mac address changed. Corrected in the 2.1.0.1 release. Upgrade the DR code using the CLI or GUI using the normal network interface and not the iDRAC. 17772 Backup Exec 2010 crashes in libstspidell.dll. Corrected in the 2.1.0.1 release. Upgrade the DR code using the CLI or GUI using the normal network interface and not the iDRAC.
ID Issue 17216 Security SSL is updated. Corrected in the 2.1 release. 17070 HP Data Protector Marker support is added. Corrected in the 2.1 release. 10552 The GUI and CLI must allow the user to see the files that are getting replicated. Corrected in the 1.1 release. Added active files tables to the statistics container pages. 15758 Ability to edit the hosts file using the CLI. Corrected in the 2.1 release.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution better support diagnostics. 16916 Replication fails due to the firewall packet inspection and modification. Corrected in the 2.1 release. Added replication checksum to all packets. The firewall vendor can be engaged if necessary to modify inspection parameters for replication traffic. 16963 Functionality required to change the behavior on update to disable the root user if it is enabled.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution file created in 1.x and replicated in 2.x. 7752, 14697, 15925 Advanced Networking support replication over other interfaces required. 16144 Critical event shows "Datacheck detected potential namespace inconsistency. Run file system scan as soon as possible." Maintenance mode Corrected in the 2.1 release. alarm falsely triggered due to code returning enoent instead of ebusy. 16679 File system stat call consumes more cycles than expected.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution 16247 scatter_repl_io time out experienced during replication. During replication, Corrected the issue in the replication code. the system showed a scatter_repl_i o error. 16426 After upgrade from 1.x to 2.x, the GUI prompted for reboot but reboot did not occur on the first try. When upgrading from 1.x to 2.x from the UI, the reboot does not appear to reboot the system.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution administrator@ swsys-84 > authenticate --show Domain: ad.test.com Login group: test.com \domain users administrator@ swsys-84 > 14959 System did not come to operational state after upgrade due hardware monitor failing to start. Intermittently after an Added code to check the status of the upgrade the unit SNMPD before starting the hardware monitor does not come into which resolves this issue. an operational state and remained in maintenance mode.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution 14897 OST limiter throughput below the set value. The throttling speed Corrected some minor issues with the OST limits that can be set limits to correct this issue. using the DR Series system CLI commands (replication -limit --speed) would not match the set replication bandwidth limits. 14889 Add the option to the CLI to show if the SNMP Trap’s email is on or off. Added additional option to alerts --show –email command.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution failure condition from • occurring, observe the following best practice: Power on the DR4000 or DR4100 system. Ensure that before an external expansion shelf enclosure is cabled to and powered on to a Release 2.0 DR4000 or DR4100 system only after the DR Series system has been powered down. 13580 User intervention is required when booting up a system that was rebooted due to a shelf going offline.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution BGI can take approximately 2 hours for a 3 Terabyte (TB) external expansion shelf enclosure to complete. 14126 Do not connect an external expansion shelf enclosure to a DR Series system prior to upgrading to the 2.0 release. System issues occur if any DR4000 systems running the pre-2.0 release system software connect and power on any external expansion shelf enclosure, and then upgrade to the DR Series system 2.0 release software.
ID Issue Description Workaround/Solution needed for the upgrade. The Page(s) Unresponsive dialog allows only two options: 1. 2. 14895 14920 Restore Manager needs to add a message to remove the USB key after the operating system installation completes. Click the DR4000 system software upgrade in the dialog list box, and click Kill pages. Click Wait.
Getting Help 2 Other Information You May Need WARNING: The following table lists the documentation available for the Dell DR Series systems. The documents listed are available at dell.com/powervaultmanuals by selecting your specific DR Series system. For more information about DR Series system hardware, see the safety and regulatory information that shipped with your DR Series system. Warranty information may be included as a separate document.
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