Veritas InfoScale™ Operations Manager 8.0 Release Notes

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Product(s): InfoScale & Storage Foundation (8.0)
Platform: Windows,VMware ESX,Solaris,Linux,AIX
  1. Overview of this release
    1.  
      About Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
    2. New features and changes in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager 8.0
      1.  
        Support for FIPS mode
      2.  
        Configuration of Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager CMS through CLI
      3.  
        Support for Single Sign-On
      4.  
        Centralized reports
      5.  
        Support for forwarding Audit logs
    3.  
      Issues fixed in the Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager 8.0 release
  2. System requirements
    1.  
      Operating system requirements
    2. Third-party required libraries
      1.  
        32-bit SNIA Common HBA API required on Windows hosts
    3. System resource requirements
      1.  
        About space estimation for data logs
      2.  
        About the frequency of managed host, enclosure and switch information discovery
    4.  
      Supported hardware
    5.  
      Web browser requirements
    6. Network and firewall requirements
      1.  
        Internet Protocol version requirements
    7.  
      About the consumption of the managed host components
  3. Software limitations
    1.  
      Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager 8.0 managed host not supported on AIX in Network Installation Manager
    2.  
      No coexistence of managed host and CommandCentral Storage Management Server
    3.  
      Volume layout not discovered for LDM-managed volumes mounted without a drive letter
    4.  
      Backup and restore limitations in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager 8.0
    5.  
      Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager does not support the discovery of LDoms and Zones together on the same host
    6.  
      Deployment-related limitations
    7.  
      Windows Management Server high availability configuration limitations
    8.  
      Solaris Zones virtualization support limitations
    9.  
      Discovery limitations for virtualization support
    10.  
      VCS configuration check reports violations only if at least one node in the cluster is running Cluster Server
    11.  
      Limitations related to the correlation between the disks and the disk groups
    12.  
      Core density may not get calculated properly on HP-UX11iv2 hosts
    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.  
      Add host operation fails for RHEL 7.x managed hosts
    16.  
      ESX servers not able to access an RDM disk associated with a shared datastore might cause failed discovery of RDM disk by Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager
    17.  
      Sometimes Internet Explorer displays a security warning when you navigate between pages in the console
    18.  
      Cannot configure an EMC CLARiiON enclosure on a Windows control host using a security file
    19.  
      Veritas 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. Management Server issues
      1.  
        Single Sign-On does not work with FIPS-enabled VIOM CMS (4040700)
      2.  
        When a Policy Signature Scan is run on a Linux system, the Policy Signature Scan task fails (4043408)
      3.  
        Web service API fails with FIPS-enabled VIOM CMS (4040990)
      4.  
        Service group may go into faulted state when the SFM_Services service group fails over to slave node (4004244)
      5.  
        VIOM CMS upgrade fails while upgrading from version 7.3.1 or 7.3.1 with an appropriate patch to 7.4.2 (4002920)
      6.  
        The database services, authentication services, and the web server fail to start when the VIOM CMS server is rebooted on SLES 15 SP1 (4002789)
      7.  
        Availability perspective does not show correct nodes for a Linux cluster (3932149)
      8.  
        Manual upgrade of a VRTS package fails if publisher is set to Symantec (3869503)
      9.  
        Delayed discovery of VMware VirtualCenter server by Control Hosts in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (2342314)
      10.  
        Authentication broker crashes while performing LDAP authentication (2017319)
      11.  
        XPRTLD daemon fails when Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager starts because of the corrupt AT pem files in the VRTSsfmh package (2145925)
      12.  
        Uninstalling Management Server removes the managed host package from a Storage Foundation for Windows host
      13.  
        Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager displays stale application status (2564572)
      14.  
        Manual refresh of HMC Server and VMware vCenter Server required after migration of virtual machines (2605533)
      15.  
        Performance metering of a VMware ESX server may not work properly after failover (2814844)
      16.  
        For VMware virtual machine, the virtual storage correlation is not functional if a SCSI controller of non-default type is used (3056561)
      17.  
        Erroneous managed host status reported in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager high availability (HA) environment (2780631)
      18.  
        Information on running tasks is accurate only for managed hosts 6.0 and later (3077899)
      19.  
        Managed hosts previous to version 5.x are not listed for storage provisioning and volume migration
      20.  
        Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager does not discover virtual machines with same BIOS GUID on a Hyper-V Server (3509138)
      21.  
        Disk information for the cluster does not display correct data for host (3532746)
      22.  
        Disk correlation does not happen for LDOM storage container after enabling MPxIO on the SAN disks (3370824)
      23.  
        Qualsys scan may at times fail for port 5634 (2903776)
      24.  
        Remote switch operation fails because of group operator privileges (3899833)
      25.  
        Adding managed host version 7.0 to VIOM 7.3 CS fails (3902108)
      26.  
        Service group status is not displayed correctly (3915580)
      27.  
        Windows: Unable to set up or reconfigure CMS HA (3916993)
    2. Managed host issues
      1.  
        Quick I/O cache value is not enabled after performing the storage provisioning operation on AIX managed hosts (2131183)
      2.  
        Add host operation fails for HP-UX managed hosts (2601265)
      3.  
        Unable to view performance graphs for VxVM disk and volume on Windows platform (3054870)
      4.  
        Incorrect statistics returned by DMP if Storage Foundation version is prior to 5.0 MP3 (2796418)
      5.  
        Create disk group operation fails when triggered from slave node in a clustered configuration (3196104)
      6.  
        On HP-UX managed hosts, the path initiator and array port information is not displayed for some disks (3073128)
      7.  
        Network File System on Solaris cannot be discovered if the Fully Qualified Host Name is used in vfstab file but not used for mounting the file system (2747735)
      8.  
        Bandwidth tab displays incorrect data for a UNIX host (3484788)
      9.  
        CVR operations may not work correctly in case of managed host versions lower than 7.0(3745404)
      10.  
        Management Server console displays incorrect version for ApplicationHA guests (3873640)
      11.  
        Unable to add older managed hosts to freshly installed Management Server 7.0 or higher
      12.  
        Management Server console displays incorrect version for ApplicationHA guests (3873640)
      13.  
        Unable to complete 'add secondary' workflow in some cases (3874690)
      14.  
        VRTSsfmh 7.1 and VxVM 7.0 co-existence issue on AIX (3870438)
      15.  
        Windows CS: Unable to configure arrays discovered through SSH (3915564)
      16.  
        Unable to upgrade AIX MH from 7.2 to 7.3 or higher through VIOM GUI (3914690)
      17.  
        hbaapp binary core dumps while discovering QEMU disks (3932120)
      18.  
        Unable to add secondary node to RVG on RHEL 7.x (3903111)
      19.  
        Unable to configure 3PAR array using Windows MH
    3. Storage Insight Add-on issues
      1.  
        After the first discovery of IBM SVC array, manual refresh of putty cache may be required (3114164)
      2.  
        For locally replicated EMC Symmetrix LUNs, last synchronization time is available only for SYMCLI version 7.4 or later (3249430)
      3.  
        Manual discovery of Symmetrix enclosure is required when SYMCLI version is upgraded on the Storage Insight add-on discovery host (3289628)
      4.  
        Performance metering of enclosures may not work properly after failover (2814844)
      5.  
        Information on FAST managed storage groups for EMC Symmetrix VMAX enclosures is not discovered periodically (2842124)
      6.  
        Password file option does not work while configuring HP EVA enclosures on Windows hosts (2757601)
      7.  
        EMC Celerra enclosure details are not discovered for users with read-only access rights, and Imported Administrator or Operator role
      8.  
        Tier information is not displayed for some devices in a FAST managed storage group (2795204)
      9.  
        IBM System Storage DS enclosure discovery is not supported through HiCommand Server 7 in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager (2708346)
      10.  
        Shares discovery not happening properly for NetApp cDOT (3932671)
    4. Virtual Business Service issues
      1.  
        Virtual Business Service start operation does not validate the service group's resource criticality (2169223)
      2.  
        Virtual Business Services (VBS) does not discover cluster(s) and service group(s) (3913474)
    5. Storage Insight SDK Add-on issues
      1.  
        Edit and Test operations on Storage Insight Plug-in are not supported using Internet Explorer on 64-bit Windows hosts (2826079)
      2.  
        Storage Insight Plug-in upload operation sometimes fails on Internet Explorer Web browser (3485662)
    6. Fabric Insight Add-on issues
      1.  
        SAN switch discovery fails when Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager Management Server, configured in high availability mode, is used as a discovery host (3513295)
    7. Application Migration Add-on issues
      1.  
        Application migration plan execution fails if the web server goes down
      2.  
        Error displayed during executing vxlist utility (3870438)
      3.  
        DiskGroup or CVMVolDg type resources may not be displayed in the Target Disk Information panel
      4.  
        Recurrent failure of either the Setup Storage operation during mirror creation or Rehearse/Migrate operation during mirror detach
      5.  
        Unable to install the Application Migration add-on on slave node (3915236)
    8. Veritas HA Plug-in for VMware vSphere Web Client issues
      1.  
        JIT shows all ESX hosts which are part of vCenter server (3946921)
    9. Other issues
      1.  
        Duplicate entries for the disks that are part of a virtual machine (2481982)
      2.  
        Unable to configure Management Server with a user name in Russian language using Firefox browser
      3.  
        Coexistence of ApplicationHA Console 6.0 and Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager 8.0 not supported (2739241)
      4.  
        Resource attributes not discovered for RVGPrimary Resource
      5.  
        Discovery of VMware VirtualCenter server or ESX server is not case - sensitive (2567318)
      6.  
        Offline instances not displayed in instance tab for MSSQL HA configuration (3516063)
      7.  
        Only one virtual machine configured as resource gets discovered (3488469)
      8.  
        A single host may have two entries on the host tab in certain conditions(3724295)
      9.  
        Incorrect virtual machine count in case of duplicate biosuuid (3782776)
      10.  
        Need to refresh the array for Datastore to NFS correlation
      11.  
        Applicable hosts pane disappears if you filter hot fixes by platform (3874690)
      12.  
        vxlicrep (license reporting) utility fails to execute if Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Runtime is not installed (3902028)
      13.  
        Creating ecoded volume not supported through Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager 8.0 GUI (3943301)
      14.  
        Service group state not showing properly in Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager for a single node cluster
      15.  
        Renaming volume not working (3945801)
      16.  
        Subdisks and Disks are not shown for shared volume in Linux (3946016)
      17.  
        Licensing information not discovered if only the SFMH package is upgraded
  5. Appendix A. Getting help
    1.  
      Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager on the Web
    2.  
      Getting help
    3.  
      Using the product documentation

Support for forwarding Audit logs

Using the Audit log forwarding setting option, you can forward the audit logs into the system logs at specific time intervals. You can set the time interval from 60 to 1440 minutes. Once you set the time interval, system fetches newly added audit logs, and forwards them to the system log.

You can add a remote Linux server to Audit log forwarding setting so that it forwards the audit logs to the provided remote Linux system logs after configuration. This option also enables you to view and keep track of all the audit logs, actions, and tasks performed on the CMS as well as in the system logs of a local or a remote server.

For more information on the Audit log forwarding setting option, see the Veritas InfoScale™ Operations Manager Installation and Configuration Guide.