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Data Mover is in configured state, however FS are accessible. (User Correctable)

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…."

ESXi Host Report run through the Dell Technologies Central website "https://psapps.emc.com/central/my-work" is missing HBA information.

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A Storage Processor fails to start after re-imaging to VNX Block version 05.33.009.5.236 because of a code deficiency in the Operating Environment for that release.

ViPR Dell EMC Storage Resource Management Suite (SRM) shows a blank file‑quota report; quotas are configured, yet the XML API fails with a Java heap space error due to insufficient heap memory on the ControlStation.

Software reports a “Media is write protected” error on a Digital Linear Tape (DLT) 1 with DLT4000 tape; the DLT1 can only read, not write; causing a write failure seen as protection.

This article explains how to work around the PCI components mismatch error during failover.

The Pre-Upgrade Health Check (PUHC) script fails. The tar reports 'This does not look like a tar archive' and header errors, caused by the browser incorrectly decompressing the tar.gz file.

Step-by-step process for creating a RAID Group on VNX Arrays

To ensure optimal performance and stability for your Dell system, be aware of the latest updates available for the drivers and firmware. There are several systems to do this as explained in the article below.

How to stop warning message about security certificate when accessing CS through Unisphere using Internet Explorer.

After an OE code upgrade Unisphere became inaccessible, the httpd.conf file reverted back to default and upon editing an extra space was entered causing problems with the apache script. (User Correctable)

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Unisphere gives 0xfffffffffffffff9 warning while logging in or File options are disabled in Unisphere.

This article explains how to assign an Initial Company Administrator.

A customer may not be able to join and unjoined cifs server back to the domain. (Dell Correctable)

Error message: "Not enough server storage is available to process this command" Can't change permissions on CIFS shares

Inflight task to delete replication shows as running on the control station but it is not found on the data mover or console.

SAN Copy is failing with error message "The Session failed because either the source or all destinations have failed. Check the device that failed and the path to it. For a device on a remote storage array, verify the zoning and ensure that it is in the correct storage group."

The End users were not able to access the shares as the AV servers were not responding. There were lot of CIFS blocked threads caused in the array as the SPE (Symantec Protection Engine) was uninstalled from the AV servers.

This article describes how to gather the necessary log for Dell Support to troubleshoot MetroSync Manager issues.

How to gather SPCollects from any VNX1 or VNX2 Series array, running OE Release 32 and above, using either Unisphere Client, USM or Navisphere Secure CLI.

VNXe: The system was unable to connect to the ESRS server. Please verify your network settings and EMC Support credentials are correct and try again. Contact support if the problem persists. (Dell EMC correctable)

Agentless import of multiple VNX volumes to PowerStore fail and may result in DataPath Panics.