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Known VNX1 Installation, Operational, and Upgrade Issues

The following tables are lists of known VNX1 installation, operational, or upgrade issues with workarounds or
recommendations.

Important: The tables are titled VNX1 Block Installation Issues, VNX1 Block Operational Issues, VNX1 Block
Upgrade Issues, VNX1 File/Unified Issues, VNX1 File/Unified Operational Issues, and VNX1 File/Unified Issues.
Within each table, the EMC Knowledgebase article number and a short description is provided. These lists were
accurate at publication time but may have since been updated.

VNX1 Block Installation Issues

ETA/ KB Article Description

ETA emc327099: RecoverPoint, VNX: Storage Processor (SP) reboots may occur with VNX Operating
ETA emc327099 Environment Release 32 P204 in a RecoverPoint environment.
ETA emc316719 ETA emc316719: RecoverPoint: Thin LUN Extender can cause data inconsistency.
ETA emc315777: RecoverPoint, VNX: Unexpected RPA reboot may cause Storage Processor (SP) reboot
ETA emc315777 resulting in short data unavailability.
ETA emc308914 : Excessive trespassing causes I/O performance issues, which may adversely affect
ETA emc308914 Virtual Provisioning
ETA emc294916: Using compression on Thin LUNs could result in data integrity issues when these LUNs
ETA emc294916 are heavily written to over an extended period of time.
ETA emc291837: VNX systems with iSCSI-attached hosts may have a single or dual storage processor (SP)
ETA emc291837 reboot after 248 days of runtime.
emc286025 emc286025: EFD drives require new firmware update for new systems at the time of installation.
emc278385 Adding and removing VNX systems to local domains using Unisphere.
ETA 170407: VNX, VNXe: Unable to initialize a VNX/VNXe system using VNX Installation Assistant (VIA),
ETA 170407 Unisphere Storage System Initialization Wizard (InitTool), or VNXe Connection Utility (CU).

VNX1 Block Operational Issues

ETA/ KB Article Description

ETA 195555 ETA 195555: VNX, VNXe, Symmetrix VMAX, CLARiiON CX4 Series: Certain 600GB 15K RPM SAS and FC
disk drives may experience increased replacement rates when drives remain idle for extended periods of
time, or when unused space is allocated
ETA 197315 ETA 197315: VPLEX, VNX: VPLEX loses access to LUNs during VNX non-disruptive upgrade or other VNX
Storage Processor reboot.
200965 KB 200965: ESA-2015-070: VNX1 Security Update for Multiple Embedded Component Vulnerabilities
203534 KB 203534: ESA-2015-104: VNX1 Security Update for Multiple Embedded Component Vulnerabilities

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VNX1 Block Upgrade Issues

ETA/ KB Article Description

ETA emc327099 ETA emc327099: RecoverPoint, VNX: Storage Processor (SP) reboots may occur with VNX Operating
Environment Release 32 P204 in a RecoverPoint environment.
ETA emc308955 ETA emc308955: SMLink_check tool should be run to check condition of Virtual Provision (VP) Pools on
VNX OE 05.31 prior to upgrade to VNX OE 05.32.
ETA emc299619 ETA emc299619: Non-disruptive upgrade (NDU) from VNX OE 05.31.000.5.XXX and later to VNX OE
5.32.000.5.006 or VNX OE 05.32.000.5.008 could result in a reboot of a single storage processor (SP) and
the inability of the NDU operation to complete.
ETA emc298607 ETA emc298607: VNX, RecoverPoint: VNX Operating Environment (OE) for Block 05.32 is incompatible
with RecoverPoint Appliance software.
emc315886 emc315886: Non-disruptive upgrade failed due to slow virtual port uninstallation.
emc315885 emc315885 VNX: Upgrade to VNX Operating Environment (OE) for Block 05.31 and 05.32.
emc307623 emc307623: SP panic 0x00000044 (HEMI_MAX_CLK_EVENTS_EXCEEDED) on a VNX Series array during
NDU from VNX OE 05.31 to VNX OE 05.32.
emc277689 emc277689: Array Read and Write cache settings will change after NDU of certain VNX Block enablers,
and Read cache may become disabled.
emc262738 emc262738: Failover mode changes from 4 (ALUA) to 1 for ESX 4.x hosts when SP is rebooted.
ETA emc315777 ETA emc315777: RecoverPoint, VNX: Unexpected RPA reboot may cause Storage Processor (SP) reboot
resulting in data unavailability.
ETA emc165367 ETA emc165367: VNX: Thin LUNs and Virtual Machine (VM) datastores supported by Thin LUNs
inaccessible over FCoE transport.
ETA 190057 ETA 190057: AppSync: After VNX array upgrade to block version 5.32.000.5.215. AppSync may not
authenticate the VNX system.
ETA 197315 ETA 197315: VPLEX, VNX: VPLEX loses access to LUNs during VNX non-disruptive upgrade or other VNX
Storage Processor reboot.
187034 KB 187034: SATA or SATAII Disks are not supported in a VNX array
ETA 200964 ETA 200964: VNX, VNXe: Q1 2015 Uptime and robustness ETA bulletin for EMC VNX and VNXe storage
systems
ETA 204629 ETA 204629: VNX, VNXe: Q2 2015 Uptime and robustness ETA bulletin for EMC VNX and VNXe storage
systems
ETA 206342 ETA 206342: VNX: Non-disruptive upgrade to VNX Operating Environment for Block R32.217 or R32.218
may cause VNX Block Disk Array Enclosure DAE-60 (DAE7S) to fault or a storage processor may panic
resulting in potential data unavailability
201509 KB 201509: Enabled VAAI can lead to an SP reboot during an NDU. KB 201509: SP Reboot due to bug
check [05900000 FF_ASSERT_PANIC] with failing Instruction in disktarg.sys Module

VNX1 File / Unified Installation Issues

ETA/ KB Article Description
ETA 170407 ETA 170407: VNX, VNXe: Unable to initialize a VNX/VNXe system using VNX Installation Assistant (VIA),
Unisphere Storage System Initialization Wizard (InitTool), or VNXe Connection Utility (CU).

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VNX1 File / Unified Operational Issues

ETA/ KB Article Description

192263/192938 192263/192938: Russian Time Zone changes for 26 October 2014. KB 192263 provides a table of
affected EMC products, while ETA 192938 provides for a patch fix and instructions for applying to
VNX1/VNX2 Control Stations.
193193/193160 193193/193160: ESA 193193 outlines Bash shell security vulnerabilities for VNX1 File OE, while KB
193160 provides a patch and instructions for applying the patch, to VNX1/VNX2 Control Stations.
ETA 192938 ETA 192938: Celerra, VNX: Russia abolishes Daylight Saving Time (DST) and returns to Standard Time
(Winter Time) beginning October 26, 2014 at 2:00 a.m. locally throughout Russia
200965 KB 200965: ESA-2015-070 VNX1 Security Update for Multiple Embedded Component Vulnerabilities
ETA 202028 ETA 202028: VNX1, Celerra: Potential file system inconsistencies are possible if running the File
deduplication feature with VNX Operating Environment for File 7.1.79.6 or NAS 6.0.70.413-.416.
203534 KB 203534: ESA-2015-104: VNX1 Security Update for Multiple Embedded Component Vulnerabilities

VNX1 File / Unified Upgrade Issues

ETA/ KB Article Description

emc277773 emc277773: System does not call home for some critical Block system errors.
emc281631 emc281631: Only one alert is visible in the alerts page in Unisphere/Celerra Manager.
emc297471 emc297471: Celerra, VNX, and VNXe: ESA-2012-027: EMC Celerra/VNX/VNXe Improper Access Control
Vulnerability.
emc299745 emc299745: Repeated Data Mover reboots could be triggered by a >2 TB file system with checkpoints.
emc309210 emc309210: Celerra and VNX: Data Mover reboots when Windows client uses a previous version of
checkpoints to access file system.
166203 KB 166203: VNX: Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) server may experience operating issues
after VNX Operating Environment File upgrade.
187034 KB 187034: SATA or SATAII Disks are not supported in a VNX array
192938 ETA 192938 discusses the Russian Time Zone changes for 26 October 2014, as well as a patch for the
VNX1/VNX2 Control Station. Please be advised that if the File OE is subsequently upgraded, the patch
may need to be reapplied. The next regular release of File OE will contain the time zone database
changes.
193160 KB 193160 provides for a Bash shell patch for VNX1/VNX2 Control Stations. Be advised that the Bash
shell patch would need to be reapplied after a full File OE upgrade. The next regular release of File OE
will provide for the Bash security fixes within the upgrade image.
ETA 200964 ETA 200964: VNX, VNXe: Q1 2015 Uptime and robustness ETA bulletin for EMC VNX and VNXe storage
systems
ETA 204629 ETA 204629: VNX, VNXe: Q2 2015 Uptime and robustness ETA bulletin for EMC VNX and VNXe storage
systems
201824 KB 201824: VNX File: Upgrades to 7.1.79.6 and some 6.0.70 patches cause file corruption on
deduplicated files

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