HP StorageWorks X1000 and X3000 Network Storage System release notes Part number: 5697-8087 Third edition: September 2009
Version HP StorageWorks X1000 and X3000 Network Storage System version 1.0 Description These release notes cover HP X1000 and X3000 Network Storage Systems running editions of Microsoft® Windows® Storage Server™ 2008 as of June 2, 2009. For release notes applying to the HP X1000 Automated Storage Manager, including HP Data Protector Express software, see the HP StorageWorks X1000 Automated Storage Manager release notes (part number 5697-8166).
Languages When the language files are installed on the storage system, the following languages are available: • • • • • • • French Italian German Japanese Simplified Chinese Spanish Russian Enhancements HP StorageWorks X1000 and X3000 Network Storage Systems The HP StorageWorks X1000 Network Storage System comes preinstalled with the Microsoft Windows® Storage Server™ 2008 Standard x64 Edition operating system with Microsoft iSCSI Software Target and HP X1000 Automated Storage Manager (HP ASM) included.
• • • • No No No No MSA 2000 or EVA support support for creating or growing LUNs larger than 2 terabytes dynamic disk support IPV6 support HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Software update An evaluation version of the HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Software version 5.1 is available for all HP StorageWorks X1000 and X3000 Network Storage Systems. You can install the 5.1 version from the HP Web site (http://www.hp.com/) for your evaluation.
Issue: Creating quotas on a newly-installed cluster might cause File Server Resource Manger to fail with an unexpected error After creating a cluster, if you try to create a quota using the Server Manager (Storage Management > Share and Storage Management > File Server Resource Manager > Quota Management > Quotas), the Quota Creation window might not open, the File Server Resource Manager will fail with the message An unexpected error occurred, and an entry will be added to the event logs. Workaround: 1.
Issue: The Create LUN operation fails The Storage Manager for SAN Create LUN operation fails if there are no free physical disks. Workaround: This failure occurs when there are no unused physical disks available to create a new LUN. To work around this issue, use the Array Configuration Utility to create the LUNs.
System installation and recovery This section describes issues related to the system installation and recovery process. Issue: Data volumes are not remounted after system recovery Mounted data volumes are not remounted after performing a system recovery. These data volumes are not damaged or destroyed but they are not visible after a system recovery operation. Workaround: In order to restore the mount points to their original locations, you must record them prior to running system recovery. 1.
Issue: A VDS Dynamic Provider error is displayed and Event ID 10 is logged during system recovery During the system recovery process, the error message HP StorageWorks MSA VDS Hardware Provider has stopped working may be displayed and Event ID 10 may be logged in Event Viewer. Workaround: This error can be ignored and is a known issue as described in Microsoft support KB article # 948275 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948275).
