PowerMaxOS 5978

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Upon creating a file system (FS) with an identical name to the SNS name, SNS export cannot be mounted using NFSv4.

Unisphere for PowerMax Alert Description =Symmetrix 000123456789: Service Processor down or not communicating with the array. OR symevent alert "The Symmetrix Service Processor or MMCS is not communicating with the Symmetrix."

Dell PowerMaxOS, Dell PowerMax EEM, Dell Unisphere for PowerMax, Dell Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance, Dell Unisphere 360, Dell Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance remediation is available for multiple security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

In a Windows environment where large datasets are frequently deleted and re-created, thin disk drives may suffer from a preceding TRIM or UNMAP activity and TRIM ("fsutil behavior set disabledeletenotify 1") may have to be disabled. This action may lead to the question of how to maintain storage efficiency if TRIM is off.

Intermittent failures saving a file in a username expanded home directory when the computer account also connects to the share but cannot find the file.

Write are failing from time to time, leading to an LVM error (LVM_IO_FAIL - EWRPROTECT) for no obvious reason, as if the device was "write protected." The error was reported as: "AIX shows disk operation error on array with PowerPath. No error showed in the array…."

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Explains how to enable SNMP notifications in Unisphere for VMAX, configure the ViPR Storage Resource Manager (SRM) server IP and port, select alert severity, and activate the alert policy.

When PowerPath for Windows version 6.1 is installed on Windows Server 2016, validation alerts indicate many drivers have dates earlier than the OS, because the PowerPath release predates the OS.

All masking view information is visible in SYMCLI. Customer is unable to see masking view information for all 4 local arrays. Within Unisphere none of the array masking view details are visible.

While UNREGISTERING Secure Connect Gateway from Unisphere for PowerMax 10.x, it fails with error "Authorization failure. Incorrect credentials were provided for gateway: 11.22.33.44:9443"

The Container Storage Interface (CSI) Driver for PowerMax fails volume creation with errors finding storage group (SG) and volume.

PowerMax: Symcli commands fail with error "The requested feature is not supported for this microcode or SYMAPI version" after PowerMaxOS 10.2 upgr . All Solutions Enabler (symcli) commands fail with error "The requested feature is not supported for this microcode or SYMAPI version" after the PowerMaxOS is upgraded to 10.2 (Magnolia) in the array.

This article describes Offline Data Transfer (ODX) operations from the perspective of PowerMax.

This article describes vMotion operations from the perspective of PowerMax.

This article explains how to assign an Initial Company Administrator.

Learn how the MyService360 services analytics dashboard integrates the Dell AIOps (formerly CloudIQ) Health Score into the Install Base views. This integration streamlines services and product health management by IT admins using the MyService360 and Dell AIOps portals. Verify supported products by portal and access helpful Dell AIOps resources.

This KB article outlines how to zone WAN-COM ports on a single engine VPlex Metro

This article provides guidance on updating customer data on the Service Requests (SRs) or accounts. It outlines what changes can be made by customers and the account team, as well as steps for modifying information and setting up Service Request notifications.

VMware ESXi #PF Exception 14

Dell PowerMaxOS, Dell PowerMax EEM, Dell Unisphere for PowerMax, Dell Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance, Dell Unisphere 360, Dell Solutions Enabler and Dell Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance remediation is available for multiple security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

A curated list of technical information resources such as guides, checklist, simple support matrix, and how-to videos to help with PowerMax deployment and use.

A curated list of technical information resources such as guides, checklist, simple support matrix, and how-to videos to help with PowerMax deployment and use.

This article explains how to promote Company Administrators.

This article covers the steps for how to migrate storage on a standalone RedHat Linux servers using veritas volume Manager (VxVM) using Vxassist command.

Dell PowerMaxOS, Dell PowerMax EEM, Dell Unisphere for PowerMax, Dell Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance, Dell Unisphere 360, Dell Solutions Enabler and Dell Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance remediation is available for multiple security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

This article explains how to synchronize the Service Processor or MMCS Windows clock with a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server.