Dell EMC VSI for Vmware Vsphere Client Version 8.4 Release Notes REV 01 May 2020

Dell EMC VSI for VMware vSphere Client Version 8.4 Release Notes REV 01 May 2020

These release notes contain supplemental information about this version of Dell EMC VSI for VMware vSphere Client and include the following topics: l Revision history...... 2 l Product description...... 2 l New features and changes...... 2 l Fixed problems...... 3 l Known problems and limitations...... 3 l Deployment and Upgrade...... 5 l Additional Resources...... 5 Release Notes

Revision history The table in this section lists the revision history of this document. The revision history table lists the updates made to release notes document for VSI 8.4 release. Table 1 Revision history

Revision Date Description

01 May 2020 VSI 8.4, updated the following sections:

l Product description

l New features and changes

l Fixed problems

l Known problems and limitations

Product description The Dell EMC Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere Client is a plug-in for VMware vCenter. It enables administrators to perform Dell EMC storage management tasks from vCenter. VSI supports the following Dell EMC storage systems:

l Dell EMC Unity

l Dell EMC VMAX All Flash/PowerMax

l Dell EMC XtremIO

l Dell EMC PowerStore Dell EMC Simple Support Matrix lists supported versions of Dell EMC storage systems and software. Note: VSI 8.x versions support the vSphere Client (HTML5) only and do not yet include all the features in the previous versions of VSI 7.x. Therefore, you may run VSI 8.x and 7.x in the same VMware environment if the arrays and operating systems are supported.

New features and changes This section provides a list of features that are supported in this release. This release adds the following new features:

l PowerStore support:

n Storage System Administration

n Storage Access

n VMFS Datastore Administration

n vVol Datastore Administration

n Create RDMs on PowerStore

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n View VMFS and RDM Disks on a VM

n Host Best Practices

Fixed problems List of issues that were fixed in this release.

l If the version of XtremIO XMS is lesser than XMS 6.3, increase datastore capacity fails with error.

l The X (Delete) icon is enabled when you choose storage systems that are registered by you and also the ones that are registered by other users.

l When you create a datastore, the following error message is displayed:400 vCenter session cookie is missing Status code: 400, Bad Request

Known problems and limitations The table in this section list the known problems and limitations for this release. The table lists all known problems and the resolution or workaround for VSI 8.x releases. Table 2 Known problems and limitations

Issue Resolution or workaround, if known

When a registered vCenter is not reachable, the user The user must log out and log back cannot see the error status of vCenter on the VSI in to see the error status of the dashboard. vCenter.

Local domain DNS lookup not working in IAPI VM Add Domain and DNS entries in /etc/systemd/network/00- eth0.network file in IAPI.

VSI plug-in does not get deployed on a vCenter which is None running on a different HTTPS port.

After enabling SSL for vCenters and restarting the IAPI, None the vCenter connections continue to show as connected.

The SSL connections pick imported SSL certificate even None when SSL is disabled for the registered storage system.

The X (Delete) icon is enabled when you choose storage None systems that are registered by you and also the ones that are registered by other users.

During the storage system registration, after enabling None SSL, the Host Name/IP field always expects CN name to be used. For example, if the imported certificate has CN name as FQDN, during registration, you are expected to use FQDN only. If you try to use IP instead of FQDN, registration fails with Unauthorized(401).

For a nonadministrator user, + (add) and X (delete) icons None are enabled on the vCenter Servers page.

When you provision multiple datastores for an XtremIO None storage system on a cluster level and the clusters has

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Table 2 Known problems and limitations (continued)

Issue Resolution or workaround, if known

many hosts. The provisioning wizard times out and the processing flag on the wizard disappears leaving the wizard open, while the tasks continue to run in the background. The user must manually close the wizard once the processing flag on the wizard times out.

The user who triggers the provisioning task must be None displayed as the initiator but it displays the vCenter administrator account.

The user selection field gets cleared when you edit the None filter field.

Users might experience UI timeouts during multiple None parallel operations on Datastores and RDM workflows.

The following connection information fields are not None validated for Unity storage system:

l Unisphere Username

l Unisphere Password

Modified Capability Profile is not displayed immediately None in View Datastore. It is displayed after scheduled job is triggered the next time.

When you increase capacity for XtremIO storage system, Select the XtremIO storage the changes that are made are not updated in View system, Click Configure > Dell Datastore. EMC VSI > Storage. Click REFRESH in the Data Reduction modal.

When a registered storage system is in disconnected Change the IP of the disconnected state, restart IAPI crashes. storage system, or remove the disconnected storage system using HDEL systems

When a new virtual disk is added in Unity and XtremIO None storage systems, it is not displayed until a manual refresh is done.

When you create or delete the RDM, the following Create or delete the RDM again. warning message is displayed:The job is taking longer than expected and will continue to run in the background. Close the dialog to continue.

At Access and Connectivity page of a Unity NFS None datastore, connectivity status of existing host mounted on the datastore is not updated if the host status changes.

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Table 2 Known problems and limitations (continued)

Issue Resolution or workaround, if known

At Access and Connectivity page of a Unity NFS Restart IAPI server to retrieve the datastore, information of newly added host is not host information. retrieved. The alert One or more hosts for the The alert information can be selected location is at a version ignored. Close the wizard and that doesn't support VMFS 6 reopen it, or select other type of datastores is displayed when opening wizard of datastore then select back, and Create datastore on host and NEXT button is disabled. NEXT button is enabled.

Unity vVol datastore properties can still be viewed even None though all the capability profiles are deleted.

Creation of PowerStore VMFS datastore fails Make sure host is connected to all occasionally with multi-applicance array. appliances in the array.

When creating an XtremIO VMFS datastore, input an Use another name for the existing datastore name on the host, the wizard will datastore. directly close without any message or no further actions.

For vSphere Client 7.0, VSI plugin extension automatic For vSphere Client 7.0, logout and registration fails after deploying the ova file. login again after deploying ova (which we have to do with vSphere Client 6.7)

Deployment and Upgrade

The Dell EMC Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) for VMware vSphere Client Product Guide provides complete information for deploying and upgrading the VSI plug-in.

Additional Resources This topic provides more information about VSI and get support.

Documentation Review the documentation listed in this section for more information about this release of VSI. These release notes contain the latest information about this product. For additional information, see the following documentation, available on Dell EMC Support Site. The table provides the details of other documents and information related to this product. Table 3 Documentation

Document Title

Product Guide Dell EMC Virtual Storage Integrator for VMware vSphere Client Product Guide

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Table 3 Documentation (continued)

Document Title

N/A VSI for VMware vSphere Client Knowledge Base topics

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