Dell EMC Unity: SP may panic after being up for 275 - 300 days "DELL EMC Unity XT 480、680 或 880 SP 在連續運行 275 - 300 天後可能會當機"

 

Issue:

Unity XT 480, 680 or 880 SP may panic after being up for 275 - 300 days.

 

Fix:
The fix is available in operating system 5.2.1.0.5.013 (5.2 SP1).

Workaround:
Proactively reboot SP every 8 months to avoid SP panic. Instructions to reboot an SP:  Unity: How to Reboot a Storage Processor (User Correctable).

Customer can issue "uptime" connecting to array using SSH by using service account to get SP runtime.
Example below shows uptime is 31 days.

04:30:01 service@xxx spa:~/user# uptime

04:30am  up 31 days  3:41,  2 users,  load average: 29.21, 29.45, 29.51

 

 

Reference:

Dell Unity: SP may panic after being up for 275 - 300 days (Dell Correctable) | Dell 香港

 

Be Careful, DELL EMC Unity XT Will Reboot After 275 Days - Davoud Teimouri - Virtualization and Data Center

 

Dell EMC Unity: SP may panic after being up for 275 - 300 days "DELL EMC Unity XT 480、680 或 880 SP 在連續運行 275 - 300 天後可能會當機"

SAN Storage Migration method

 

	Oracle ASM Storage Migration	Huawei SmartMigration
LUN Type	ASM	Block
File System	ASM	Any OS file system
Down Time	Zero	Time needed to build logical relationship with source and target storage
Fallback Method	Rollback Snapshot	Rollback Snapshot
Implementation Complexity	Need Oracle Knowledge	More Steps
Automatic Cutover	Yes	Yes
Volume Group Information	N/A	Need to export before migration
Scenarios	Oracle Database with ASM	All

                                           

 

	Huawei SmartMigration	Host copying
LUN Type	Block	File
File System	Any OS file system	Any OS file system
Down Time	Time needed to build logical relationship with source and target storage	The application need to be offline during copying
Fallback Method	Rollback Snapshot	Use Source LUN
Implementation Complexity	More Steps	Simpler
Automatic Cutover	Yes	No
Volume Group Information	Need to export before migration	N/A
Scenarios	All	File level

 

SAN Storage Migration method

Major SAN storage vendor product line simple mapping

 

Major SAN storage vendor product line simple mapping