HP Storage EBS Compatibility Matrix - June 2012

Important Advisories
Date Problem Description Number
Tape & Disk Libraries Advisories
Jun 8, 2012
HP 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader, MSL2024, 4048 & 8096 Tape Libraries and EML and ESL E-series Tape Libraries using B-series 8 Gb SAN switches lose fabric paths to LTO devices after a firmware update of the LTO device
c02842391
Apr 10, 2012
HP Virtual Library System firmware 3.4.1.1 and assessment patch for HP VLS6200, VLS6600, VLS9000 and VLS12000-series libraries is available
c03190452
Apr 9, 2012
HP Virtual Library Systems can hang during a 3.4.1.1 firmware upgrade if a restart is not performed prior to beginning the upgrade
c03277048
Mar 13, 2012
HP VLS9200 and VLS12200-series library patch hp_6.0.0.x_noreboot_3014.zip.zip is available to notify scheduling of automatic reboot after 208 days of continuous operation
c03242222
Nov 2, 2011
HP EML and ESL E-Series tape library power cycling requires scanning for hardware changes in the device manager
c03075756
Oct 17, 2011
HP ESL G3 Enterprise Tape Library management port ethernet setting conflicts may result in loss of service
c03056690
Oct 10, 2011
HP ESL E-Series Tape Library experiences multi-frame time constraints using MC command and Tivoli Storage Manager software
c03049377
Aug 5, 2011
HP Smart Array P212/ZM controller requires a cache upgrade to use block sizes greater than 124 KB with LTO and DAT drives
c02952229
Jun 15, 2011
HP 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader, MSL2024, MSL4048, and MSL8096 Tape Libraries and HP EML and ESL E-Series Tape Libraries using HP B-Series 8Gb SAN switches can lose fabric paths to LTO-5 devices during backups
c02877316
Nov 15, 2010
In HP StorageWorks LTO-5 Ultrium SAS tape drives - The Linear Tape File System does not support the HP Smart Array P212/ZM or P212/Zero Memory controller
c02615149
May 20, 2010
HP StorageWorks B-Series SAN switches lose fabric paths to the HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System devices after a restart of the HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System
c01904619
May 17, 2010
StorageWorks D2D Backup Systems require NPIV-enabled C-series switches for Fibre Channel fabric topologies
c02186751
Apr 30, 2010
ESL-e and EML bandwidth conditions that affect the Interface Manager and Interface Controller connectivity
c02141696
Oct 21, 2009
An Ultrium 1840 fibre drive running firmware H58W in an HP StorageWorks MSL library might negotiate to 1Gb when manually configured for 2Gb or 4Gb
c01909289
Jun 24, 2009
MSL Encryption Kit firmware issue affecting HP StorageWorks 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloaders and HP StorageWorks MSL2024, MSL4048, and MSL8096 Tape Libraries
c01787465
Jan 20, 2009 HP StorageWorks Ultrium Tape Drives - Failing Backups when Connected to LSI SCSI HBA and Using Storport Driver Versions Later than 5.2.3790.3959 c01655150
Dec 17, 2008
Erroneous cleaning cartridge nearly expired warning messages from the HP StorageWorks 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader or the HP StorageWorks MSL2024, MSL4048, and MSL8096 G3 libraries
c01626857
Aug 27, 2008
Errors on all tokens when the HP StorageWorks Encryption Kit is used with early HP StorageWorks MSL2024 libraries
c01509121
Aug 20, 2008
The HP StorageWorks 1/8 G2 autoloader, MSL2024, MSL4048, and MSL8096 tape libraries are not supported with HP StorageWorks SAS drives on HP-UX 11.23
c01534825
Jul 18, 2008
HP StorageWorks Ultrium 4 drives do not communicate with the host on HP StorageWorks 1/8 G2 Autoloader or HP StorageWorks MSL2024, MSL4048, or MSL8098 libraries when the Encryption Kit is enabled
c01487509
Application Advisories
Apr 23, 2009 Do not install the HP VLS 3.1.2-100 patch when using Symantec NetBackup
c01726612
Feb 24, 2009 HP StorageWorks One Button Disaster Recovery with Symantec Backup Exec for Windows requires creation of a disaster recovery file for automatic mode to work properly c01678591
Nov 14, 2008
HP Storage Essentials CIM Extensions might slow down or disrupt the operation of a busy HP Data Protector Cell Manager when the Cell Manager is running on minimal hardware
c01598751
Sep 23, 2008
Data Protector Express 4.0 is unable to read or import data from Data Protector Express 3.5 on Linux 32bit or 64bit systems
c01548338
Operating System Advisories
Sep 22, 2009 HP StorageWorks SAS tape configurations running Windows 2003 require Microsoft patch KB943545
c01882990
Mar 17, 2009 Microsoft Windows 2003 Server with Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter returns error on bus scan, device configuration, and display for HP L&TT and some backup applications c01695925
Aug 21, 2008 Data Protector in HP-UX version 11.31 may issue spurious critical warnings on reads and writes to LTO WORM media c01519155
Aug 18, 2008
HP-UX 11.31 Poor I/O performance due to memory blocking during high system memory usage.
c01527093
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