Release Notes

New features
The following features have been added in this release:
Table 2. New features in Storage Manager 2020 R1
Feature Feature Description
Data Mobility Added the ability to manage the following Data Mobility features in Unisphere Central:
● Replication
● Live Volume
● Live Migrate
● Disaster Recovery
● Bandwidth Controls for Replication
● One Time Copy
● Remote Storage Centers
● Remote Data Collector
● Replication Thresholds
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Volume Advisor Recommendations
Reports Added the following historical reports:
● Added the Live Volumes report to Automated Reports.
● Added the Volume Profile report type to Automated Table Reports.
● Added the Pressure Report report type to Automated Table Reports.
Servers Added the ability to manage Storage Center Servers and Registered Servers in
Unisphere Central.
Dell Storage Replication Adapter
(SRA)
Added the Dell Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) 20.1.1.13 for Photon-based SRM.
See the product support pages on https://www.dell.com/support for user documentation pertaining to the new features.
Changed features
The following features have been changed in this release:
Table 3. Changed features in Storage Manager 2020 R1
Feature Feature Description
Alert threshold definitions Expanded alert threshold definitions to include disk class levels.
Automated daily reports Added snapshot and deduplication size information to the automated daily reports
Distributed sparing Added the ability to display the progress of the Distributed Sparing Optimizer.
Health checks Added the ability to run upgrade health checks on demand.
Space reporting Improved space reporting in the Storage Manager Client, Unisphere, and Unisphere
Central.
Storage Center support Removed support for Storage Center 7.1 and added support for Storage Center 7.5.
Storage Manager Data Collector Improved the performance of Storage Manager Data Collector backend processes.
Storage Manager Infrastructure
Update
● Added support for Transport Security Level (TLS) version 1.3 to the Storage
Manager Data Collector
● Migrated Storage Manager to the Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 11.
Virtual ports and fault domains Added the ability to remove all the ports in a virtual fault domain and remove the fault
domain in Unisphere and Unisphere Central.
NOTE: All the ports in a virtual fault domain and the fault domain cannot be
removed from SCv2000 series and SCv3000 series storage systems.
VMware support
● Added support for VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 8.3.
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