Release Notes

Server Administrator 8.4.0
Release Notes
The following section describes the issues and workaround in Server Administrator Storage Management.
Known Issues and Workarounds for Storage Management Service
• With Chinese or Japanese language browser settings, using the Storage Management Service Advanced Create Virtual Disk
Wizard may occasionally result in text overflowing to the bottom of the side-by-side blue text boxes.
• View slot occupancy report shows 4 HDD slots on backplanes with just two HDD slots for any server.
• Physical disk clear operation is not available on PERC 8 family of controllers.
• Physical disk properties such as Manufacture day, Manufacture week, and Manufacture year are available for SAS drives only.
• Creating many sliced span virtual disks using the spun-down drives through the command line or GUI result may be delayed.
• Workaround: After creating one sliced span virtual disk, wait for some time to create the next sliced span virtual disk.
• A Security Key Identifier can contain numerals, lowercase alphabets, uppercase alphabets, nonalphanumeric characters (except
space), or a combination of any of these.
NOTE:
If you have used the special characters ”/” (forward slash) or “ ‘ ” (single quote) in the Security Key Identifier, they are
displayed as “_” (underscore) on the Change Security Key page and Import Secured Foreign Configurations page. This is
applicable only to the Security Key Identifier and not to the Passphrase.
• If Storage Management displays a path failure message for a Logical Connector after a reboot, use the Clear Redundant Path
View, provided in the Change Controller Properties controller task, and restart the system.
NOTE:
Use this command only if you have intentionally removed the multipath connection while rebooting the system.
• In the VMware ESX 4.x and ESX 5.x environment, when you create a virtual disk using Storage Management, you may see an
error message The task failed to complete: The create virtual disk task was successful, but the operating system may not
be aware of the new virtual disk. However, the virtual disk is available for all operations on rebooting the system.
• Patrol Read is not supported on SSD media. The Patrol Read feature fails for any controller that has SSD media on a virtual disk.
• Hot plug of enclosures takes time to enumerate the enclosure and its components. During this time, there will be a delay in the
response time of tasks, such as displaying the physical disks on the physical disk page and in the virtual disk selection page.
• All virtual disks from the SAS/iR controller display the name IR Virtual Disk on the Preview page. On successful import, another
name is assigned to these virtual disks and the "IR Virtual Disk" name is not displayed on the "Preview" page.
• Storage Management does not permit connecting the first enclosure in single path and attaching the subsequent enclosures in
multipath. All enclosures must be connected in multipath to enable the multipath view.
• An error message may not appear when Import Foreign Configuration task is not successful.
• Description: The Import Foreign Configuration task can only import virtual disks that have consistent data. A virtual disk with
inconsistent data cannot be imported. When importing multiple virtual disks in a single operation, however, the Import Foreign
Configuration task may report successful completion even when inconsistent virtual disks are present and have not been
imported successfully.