9.5 HP P4000 SAN Solution Software Release Notes (AX696-96235, September 2012)
Table Of Contents
- HP P4000 SAN Solution Software Release Notes
- Updated software components in this release
- Supported upgrade paths
- Description
- Platforms supported for this release
- Languages
- Announcing Microsoft Windows Server 2012 support with HP LeftHand SAN/iQ software version 10.0 (releasing in late Fall 2012)
- Enhancements
- Fixes
- Prerequisites
- Version requirements
- Upgrading the SAN
- Upgrade planning
- Performing the upgrade
- Using Advanced upgrades
- Upgrading software in an offline environment
- Upgrading using an offline directory
- Upgrading when using the HP P4000 Application Integration Solution Pack
- HP P4000 Application Integration Solution Pack compatibility with SAN/iQ software
- Upgrading the HP P4000 Application Integration Solution Pack
- Upgrading the HP P4000 DSM for MPIO
- Upgrading the Application Aware Snapshot Manager (was VSS Provider)
- Online Upgrades troubleshooting
- Best practices
- Upgrading management groups with Remote Copy associations
- Increase the size of the OS disk on both VSAs (ESX) and Failover Managers (ESX) if upgrading from pre-8.5 version
- Verify management group version
- How to verify management group version
- To install the SNMP MIBs
- Retaining snapshot if an SRA operation takes longer than 30 minutes
- Configuring SRM and vCenter servers for the VmImageConsistency feature
- When using the P4000 SRA for SRM, configure the server IQN even when using CHAP authentication
- Compatibility/interoperability
- Mixed SAN/iQ software versions in management groups
- Workarounds
- While cross–version Remote Copy is occurring from 9.x to 8.5 management groups, if the copying halts because of Cluster full, the CMC shows the Error Message - "See Alarms Window," although the 8.5 management group does not have Alarms
- IQN names and uppercase letters
- CMC on Windows 2008 is unable to auto discover storage systems if firewall is on
- Application-managed snapshots will not work if the Windows server running VirtualCenter Server is not in the domain
- 9.5 Online Help is missing translated graphics in Spanish
- To ensure desired system settings are retained after the 9.5 upgrade, use Copy Configuration before upgrading
- Blank windows when installing CMC on HPUX11
- CMC install and uninstall wizards contain special characters such as question marks
- SNMP clients and multi-byte characters
- CHAP name in multi-byte characters requires server to be configured with the IQN name
- Safe to Remove status shows Yes to all drives when two drives need to be rebuilt in Raid 6
- In rare situations, creating a bond may result in an event notice
- An error occurs when an application-managed snapshot is created during NIC failover on an application server
- Intermediate VMware snapshots are not deleted when a timeout error occurs
- HP Technical Support
• Zero to VSA automated installation and deployment — Single installer can install VSA, FOM and
CMC. Go from “zero” to a fully functional virtual SAN in just a few easy steps. Scriptable install
tool allows ROBO customers to script install once and deploy VSA quickly at multiple remote
locations.
• Peer Motion data mobility with cluster swap — Cluster swap allows users to replace or upgrade
P4000 clusters. Edit cluster menu guides decisions about adding, removing, or exchanging storage
systems. Easily migrate data online between tiers.
• Remote Copy performance improvements — Improvements to remote copy times, the time required
to scan volumes, ability to support more frequent snapshots, reduction of RPOs for DR solutions.
• Storage Replication Adapter for Vsphere Site Recovery Manager 5.x — Supports automated
failback and is included on the HP P4000 Application Integration Solution Pack
• Best Practice configuration wizards — Configuration wizards guide towards highest availability
configurations: add Failover Manager for 2–node configuration, configure disk RAID 6 for
single-node configurations, recommends volume replication when expanding clusters to more than
one storage system
Fixes
Released patch sets and patches that are included in Version 9.5 software.
Patch set 01
Includes the following fixes:
• Online upgrade issues when attempting to install a patch as part of the 9.0 upgrades
• Update to resolve specific language translations for specific languages
Patch set 02
Upgrade to the Centralized Management Console (CMC) to version 9.0.01.0125 includes the following
fixes:
• Resolves an issue where the CMC is unable to discover a storage system due to a MAC address
change
• Added Cancel button in the upgrade dialogue box which gives an option to cancel the upgrade
in progress
• Improved recovery from failed or cancelled upgrades with better error messages.
• The Performance Monitor in the CMC now displays correct values for network utilization statistics
on 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks
• Version 9.0 and greater VSA upgrades are no longer permitted for unsupported 32-bit ESX systems
• Online upgrades pause all schedules for a management group while the CMC upgrades that
management group. Schedules are restarted upon upgrade completion.
Patch 10054-03: Upgrade improvements to support the CMC changes for online upgrades.
Patch 20020 which includes the following fixes:
• Resolves a condition affecting memory use by a SAN/iQ manager under heavy network traffic
• Corrects the presentation of the queue depth statistics in the Performance Dashboard for storage
systems connecting to VMware ESX initiators running 4.1 or later
Fixes 5