Disk Library for mainframe Software

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Dell has a Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) program for many of our hardware systems. The CRU program allows customers to replace designated hardware components. For a list of the hardware components that are designated as CRU for a specific hardware system, go to the Dell Warranty and Maintenance Page.

SK Hynix PE8010 & PE8030 NVMe M.2 drives have been observed to report a PDR3 Event Code and failed status.

This article provides a quick check on the Data Domain to see if the Disk Library for Mainframes (DLm) is configured. From the Data Domain (DD) Command Line Interface (CLI) or ASUP output, perform a string search on 'dlmconfig' which is a decent DLm indicator. DLM PSNT and Serial number can possibly be found as well.

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DLm utilities are bundled for download and assigned as a 2.xx Version number. However, within each bundle the utilities are assigned version numbers different than the bundle number. The table contained within will show the module levels within each bundle release. NOTE: The 2.xx Utilities Level bundle includes the Utilities Library, the REXX Library, the SAMPLIBU Library, and the SAMPLIBC Library. Additional libraries; SAMPLIBA, REXXAUTC, REXXCMD (replacing the REXX library), have been added in later 2.x.x.

'Button' for "Manage DD  n" or "Manage VNX n" entry is missing from the "Native Storage GUI" section and Button for "Download CSV" is missing from the "<backend> Replication" of the Storage tab / Management subtab in DLmconsole

Dell Disk Library for mainframe remediation is available for multiple security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

High count of DLm0316E messages issued to DLm log or DLMHOST or both and coincident with mainframe system Initial Program Load (IPL).

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

AppSync cannot re-link to a mounted target device.

NetWorker Snapshot Management (NSM) backups may fail with Error relinking snapvx snapshot to target: Unable to perform action Link on SnapVX snapshot, error SYMAPI_C_ACCESS_DENIED.

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

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

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.

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.

Unisphere for VMAX: Server-0 component fails to initialize and shuts down.

Dial home notification for: DLmV0198E: Get SEL Info command failed.

Dell has a Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) program for many of our hardware systems.

Isilon/PowerScale node panics with the following stack: panic @ time 1636820409.559, thread 0xfffff80b615e8000: Fatal trap 12: page fault while in kernel mode Within the stack you see: kernel:lki_shrink_lazy_queue+0x439 kernel:lin_lock_deltaread_lock_loss_probe+0x120

Dell Disk Library for mainframe remediation is available for multiple security vulnerabilities] that could be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system.

If the SAVED_SNAPSETS option has been applied to a zDP VDG, the EIP0257W message may be displayed when the persistent copy limit is not reached.

This article describes the procedure for users to get notification of documents published of any product that has notification abilities.