Release Notes
Table Of Contents
- Storage Manager 2019 R1 Release Notes
- Document Revision History
- Management Compatibility
- Software and Hardware Requirements
- New in Storage Manager 2019 R1.10
- New in Storage Manager 2019 R1
- Fixed Issues
- Fixed Issues Related to Cross-Platform Replication
- Fixed Issues Related to the Data Collector
- Fixed Issues Related to Data Reduction
- Fixed Issues Related to Dell Storage Replication Adapter (SRA)
- Fixed Miscellaneous Issues
- Fixed Issues Related to Management of PS Series Groups
- Fixed Issues Related to Replications and Live Volumes
- Fixed Issues Related to the Storage Manager Client
- Fixed Issues Related to the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance
- Fixed Issues Related to the Unisphere Discovery Utility
- Fixed Issues Related to the Unisphere Web Interface
- Fixed Issues Related to User Management
- Fixed Issues Related to VMware
- Known Issues
- Known Issues Related to Cross-Platform Replication
- Known Issues Related to the Data Collector
- Known Issues Related to Data Reduction
- Known Issues Related to the Dell Storage Replication Adapter (SRA)
- Known Miscellaneous Issues
- Known Issues Related to PS Series Group Management
- Known Issues Related to Replications and Live Volumes
- Known Issues Related to Storage Management
- Known Issues Related to the Storage Manager Client
- Known Issues Related to the Storage Manager Virtual Appliance
- Known Issues Related to SupportAssist and Updating
- Known Issues Related to the Unisphere Web Interface
- Known Issues Related to User Management
- Known Issues Related to VMware
- Notes and Limitations
- Documentation Correction
- Support Resources
Notes and Limitations
This section contains important notes and limitations for this release of Storage Manager.
Limitations in Unisphere
The following features are not currently available in Unisphere for Storage Manager 2019 R1.
● Chargeback
● Disaster recovery
● FluidFS management
● Live Volume and Live Migrate
● Managed servers
● Replication
● PS Series Group management
● VVols
Workaround for Planned Failover of LiveVolumes in SRM 8.2
SRM 8.2 fails to send the ReverseReplication command to the Dell Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) during the planned
failover of LiveVolumes.
To resolve this issue, perform the following steps on the Windows servers that are running SRM 8.2 at both sites:
1. On the Windows server that is running SRM 8.2, open the vmware-dr.xml file in a text editor.
The default location of the vmware-dr.xml file is C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vCenter Site Recovery
Manager\config\vmware-dr.xml.
2. Search for the XML tag <storage> in the file.
3. Add the following entry between the XML tags <storage> </storage> :
<forcePrepareAndReverseReplicationForNoopDevices>true</
forcePrepareAndReverseReplicationForNoopDevices>
4. Save the changes to the vmware-dr.xml file.
5. Restart the SRM services on the Windows server.
Storage Manager Scalability
To optimize performance and prevent connectivity issues, Dell EMC recommends that one Data Collector manages no more
than ten Storage Centers. A Data Collector may exceed that recommendation depending on the network latency, I/O load, and
number of volumes.
Documentation Correction
The following documentation issue is in this release:
Table 36. Documentation issue for Storage Manager 2019 R1
Documentation Correction
Authentication mode and
administrator privilege requirements
for Microsoft SQL Server
The Storage Manager 2019 R1 Installation Guide contains ambiguous information about
the authentication mode and administrator privilege requirements that are required to
connect a Storage Manager Data Collector to a Microsoft SQL Server database server.
The correct authentication mode and administrator privilege requirements for Microsoft
SQL Server are:
● Configure Microsoft SQL Server to use mixed mode authentication.
● Use a SQL Server administrator account with sysadmin privileges to connect the
Storage Manager Data Collector to Microsoft SQL Server.
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