Arctera InfoScale™ Operations Manager 9.0 Release Notes

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (9.0)
Platform: AIX,HP-UX,Linux,Solaris,VMware ESX,Windows
  1. Overview of this release
    1.  
      About InfoScale Operations Manager
    2. New features and changes in InfoScale Operations Manager 9.0
      1.  
        Online migration to encrypted volumes
      2.  
        Support for dynamic LUN expansion in FSS environments
      3.  
        Support for Windows-based Management server in disaster recovery environment
      4.  
        Support for configuring SecureFS for PostgreSQL
      5.  
        Support for SecureFS Single Click Recovery for Oracle and PostgreSQL
    3.  
      Deprecated functionality in version 9.0
    4.  
      Issues fixed in the InfoScale Operations Manager 9.0 release
  2. System requirements
    1.  
      Operating system requirements
    2. System resource requirements
      1.  
        About space estimation for data logs
      2.  
        About the frequency of managed host, enclosure and switch information discovery
    3.  
      Supported hardware
    4.  
      Web browser requirements
    5. Network and firewall requirements
      1.  
        Internet Protocol version requirements
    6.  
      About the consumption of the managed host components
  3. Software limitations
    1.  
      InfoScale Operations Manager 9.0 managed host not supported on AIX in Network Installation Manager
    2.  
      InfoScale Operations Manager 9.0 does not support HA Plugin functionality
    3.  
      Control host add-on is not compatible with the Windows platform (4119171)
    4.  
      Volume layout not discovered for LDM-managed volumes mounted without a drive letter
    5.  
      Backup and restore limitations in InfoScale Operations Manager 9.0
    6.  
      InfoScale Operations Manager does not support the discovery of LDoms and Zones together on the same host
    7.  
      Deployment-related limitations
    8.  
      Windows Management Server high availability configuration limitations
    9.  
      Solaris Zones virtualization support limitations
    10.  
      Discovery limitations for virtualization support
    11.  
      VCS configuration check reports violations only if at least one node in the cluster is running Cluster Server
    12.  
      Limitations related to the correlation between the disks and the disk groups
    13.  
      CIFS shares from NetApp and Celerra arrays that are mapped to a Windows host are not discovered
    14.  
      Limitations on SF operations on Windows CVM cluster
    15.  
      ESX servers not able to access an RDM disk associated with a shared datastore might cause failed discovery of RDM disk by InfoScale Operations Manager
    16.  
      InfoScale Operations Manager does not validate if the cluster node is managed by the Management Server during the VBS start operation
  4. Known issues
    1.  
      xprtld.service fails to start during yum upgrade (4188076)
    2.  
      Incorrect VCS configuration message is displayed during SecureFS checkpoint recovery (4189119)
    3.  
      SSO login failure after Windows CMS upgrade (4188548)
    4.  
      VBS logs missing on InfoScale Operations Manager server (4188788)
    5.  
      LDAP configuration fails on a fresh Windows CMS installation (4188000)
    6.  
      InfoScale Operations Manager CMS services fail to start after a system reboot (4188737)
    7.  
      Disks not visible in InfoScale Operations Manager UI (4188991)
  5. Appendix A. Getting help
    1.  
      InfoScale Operations Manager on the Web
    2.  
      Getting help
    3.  
      Using the product documentation

System resource requirements

The amount of CPU cores, memory, and disk space that InfoScale Operations Manager requires are listed in this section. These requirements are in addition to any resources used by other software applications running on the same server.

For Management Server:

Environment Size

CPU cores

Memory

Disk space

Small (up to 300 managed hosts)

6

8GB

20GB

Medium (up to 1500 managed hosts)

8

16GB

30GB

Large (up to 3500 managed hosts)

16

32GB

40GB

  • Add 8GB of memory and 10GB disk space if Management Server is used for the deep discovery of enclosures using Storage Insight Add-on.

  • Add 8GB of memory and 10GB disk space if Management Server is used for the discovery of virtualization infrastructure.

Additional considerations for system resource requirements for InfoScale Operations Manager:

  • It is recommended to have a swap space that is at least twice the size of RAM.

  • It is recommended to upgrade the managed hosts to the latest version for the best performance of the product.

  • The system resource requirements may vary based on the actual environment in which the product is deployed.

For a managed host:

  • CPU cores: 1

  • Memory: 1GB

  • Disk space: 2GB

  • Add 8GB of memory and 5GB disk space if being used as discovery host for the deep discovery of enclosures using Storage Insight Add-on.

For Control Host (host that has Control Host Add-on):

  • CPU: Dual processor for agentless discovery of every 1000 managed hosts.

  • Memory: 8GB for agentless discovery of every 1000 managed hosts. Add 15GB of memory if Control Host is used for the discovery of virtualization infrastructure.

  • Disk space: 15GB of disk space for agentless discovery of every 1000 managed hosts.

Note:

If any of the above is running on a virtual environment, it is recommended to have resources such as CPU cores and memory dedicated to the virtual machine for the best performance of the product.