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"

Mid-range Storage software/tools and VMware intergration

EMC CX/VNX

1. EMC Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) VMware vSphere Plug-in
https://community.emc.com/docs/DOC-13727
http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/solution-overview/h7229-plug-ins-vmware-so.pdf

2. EMC Unified Storage Plug-in for VMware
https://community.emc.com/thread/111863

3. EMC PowerPath/VE for VMware vSphere
http://www.emc.com/storage/powerpath/powerpath-ve.htm

4. EMC Storage Integrator (ESI) for Windows
http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2012/20120611-01.htm

5. EMC PowerPath for Windows
http://www.emc.com/storage/powerpath/powerpath-ve.htm

6. EMC Unisphere CLI (UEMCLI)

7. EMC Unisphere Client (Windows)

8. EMC VNX Monitoring and Reporting 
https://store.emc.com/Solve-For/STORAGE-PRODUCTS/VNX-Monitoring-and-Reporting/p/VNX-SPEC-SOFT-001-1Q13-0037

Gathering logs in host to trobleshoot the issue between host and storage
EMC Report - EMCREPORTS
https://community.emc.com/thread/90587

HP EVA

1. HP Insight Control for VMware vCenter Server
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/server-software/product-detail.html?oid=4152978#!tab=features

2. HP Insight Control Storage Module for VMware vCenter
https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPVPR

3. P4000 Centralized Management Console (CMC)
https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=P4000SW-9.0

4. Command Line Interface CLI (CLiQ)

5. HP Storage Essentials
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/software.html?compURI=1173741

6. HP Insight Remote Support
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/business-services/it-services.html?compURI=1078312

IBM DS

1. IBM Storage Management Console for VMware vCenter
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/strhosts/ic/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.help.strghosts.doc%2Fvcplugin-homepage.html

2. IBM DS Storage Manager
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/software/resources.html

Mid-range Storage software/tools and VMware intergration

Calculating the size of a volume

http://netappfas.blogspot.com/2009/12/calculating-size-of-volume.html

Calculating the size of a volume

Six Uses for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target

http://blogs.technet.com/storageserver/archive/2009/12/11/six-uses-for-the-microsoft-iscsi-software-target.aspx

Six Uses for the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target

EMC PowerPath Confgiuration Checker

PowerPath Configuration Checker (PPCC) is a software program that verifies that a host is configured to the hardware and software required for PowerPath multipathing features (failover and load-balancing functions, licensing, and policies)

EMC PowerPath Confgiuration Checker