BMC Performance Manager Express for EMC Disk Arrays

Release Notes for v2.0.0

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What's New

•	The following classes have been added: SEN_EMC_CONTROLLER_CONT, SEN_EMC_DISKGROUP, SEN_EMC_DISKGROUP_CONT, SEN_EMC_FCPORT, SEN_EMC_MAIN, SEN_EMC_PHYSICALDISK_CONT, SEN_EMC_SMISPROVIDER,SEN_EMC_SMISPROVIDER_MANAGEDARRAY, SEN_EMC_STORAGEPOOL_CLAR, SEN_EMC_STORAGEPOOL_SYMM, SEN_EMC_VOLUME_CONT

Changes and Improvements

•	Better integration with BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management: Application Classes and Key Performance Indicators are now automatically enabled and set when importing a BMC Portal adapter into BMC ProactiveNet.

•	SEN_EMC_ARRAY:

▪	The Array Addresses parameter was renamed Array ID

▪	The following 2 parameters were added to the application class: Family and Number of Disks

•	SEN_EMC_STORAGEPOOL_CLAR and SEN_EMC_STORAGEPOOL_SYMM:

▪	These two application classes replace SEN_EMC_STORAGEPOOLS

▪	The Read Byte Rate and Write Byte Rate parameters were added

▪	The Consumed Capacity and Subscribed Capacity parameters are now expressed in Terabytes (TB)

•	SEN_EMC_CONTROLLER: the following 4 parameters were added to the application class:

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IP

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Protocol

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Role

▪	Serial Number

•	SEN_EMC_VOLUME: the following 2 parameters were added to the application class:

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Paths

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Hosts

•	SEN_EMC_PHYSICALDISK: the Storage Pool parameter was added to the application class

•	Log files: The naming convention for log files was modified to become sen*_debug.log

•	The Status default warning conditions is no longer "!" = Warning" and "!!" = Alarm but 1=Warning and 2=Alarm.

•	Better performance when discovering and collecting data from large storage systems. Collection timeouts are less likely to occur

•	Statistics Logging: A warning alert is now triggered on the SMI-S Provider instance if the statistics have not been enabled on the storage systems.

Fixed Issues

•	The value of iSCSI hosts was not properly displayed. The parameter value is now easily readable.

Known Issues

•	In some specific cases, the PM does not report the fact that the statistics have not been enabled on the monitored storage system.

•	In rare occasions, some parameters may show a "No Data" value.

•	The time set on the SMI-S Provider may differ from the time of the RSM. To ensure an accurate time information, it is recommended to synchronize them both.