Previous Changes

Added

A manual rescan is required on the Host whenever the SANsymphony software is ‘cleanly’ stopped

Oracle Solaris Hosts will not automatically detect that a DataCore Software’s front-end ports are stopped (and no longer presenting LUNs) whenever the SANsymphony software is stopped either via the DataCore Management Console or during upgrades (when the DataCore Executive Service is completely stopped prior to the upgrade).

Updated

This document has been reviewed for SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 9.

No additional settings or configurations are required.

Added

Added Oracle Solaris version 11.4.

Updated

The DataCore Server’s settings – Port Roles

Removed

All information regarding SANsymphony-V 9.x as this version is end of life (EOL).

Please see: End of life notifications for DataCore Software products for more information.

Updated

This document has been reviewed for SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 8 (including all updates). No additional technical information was required.

Updated

This document has been reviewed for SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 7. No additional settings or configurations are required.

Removed

The information here has been removed as it is now superseded by the information in:

The DataCore Server - Best Practice Guidelines

What was previously 'Appendix C' has now been moved to 'Appendix B'.

Updated

Solaris 11.3 is now qualified with SANsymphony-V 10.x without ALUA.

Updated

This document has been reviewed for SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 6 (including all updates). No additional technical information was required.

Updated

Automatic and Manual reclamation

These two sections have been re-written with more detailed explanations and technical notes.

Updated

This document has been reviewed for SANsymphony 10.0 PSP 5.

No updates were required.

Host Settings - Configuring MPxIO support for DataCore Virtual Disks

Updated

Oracle Solaris 10.x

Two more lines have been added for the 'scsi_vhci.conf 'file. Previously the required setting was documented as this:

device-type-scsi-options-list =

"DataCoreVirtual Disk", "symmetric-option";

symmetric-option=0x1000000;

The setting is now documented as:

device-type-scsi-options-list =

"DataCoreVirtual Disk", "symmetric-option";

"DataCoreSANsymphony", "symmetric-option";

"DataCoreSANmelody", "symmetric-option";

symmetric-option=0x1000000;

Oracle Solaris 11.x

Two more lines have been added for the ‘scsi-vhci-failover-override’ file. Previously the required setting was documented as this:

scsi-vhci-failover-override = "DataCoreVirtual Disk", "f_sym";

The setting is now documented as:

scsi-vhci-failover-override = "DataCoreVirtual Disk", "f_sym";

scsi-vhci-failover-override = "DataCoreSANsymphony", "f_sym";

scsi-vhci-failover-override = "DataCoreSANmelody", "f_sym";

Existing users that have never had to upgrade from either SANsymphony 7 or SANmelody 3 can ignore adding these additional lines. Use Solaris's 'format' command and then the 'inquiry' option from the menu to obtain the DataCore Virtual Disk's SCSI Information (including the Vital Product Data (VPD) that will determine if you need to add these additional lines or not).

Added

Added Oracle Solaris version 11.3.

Updated

SANsymphony-V 8.x and all versions of SANsymphony 9.x before PSP4 Update 4 are now ‘End of Life’.

Please see: End of Life Notifications

List of qualified Oracle Solaris Versions - Notes on qualification

Added

This section has been updated and new information added regarding the definitions of all ‘qualified’, ‘unqualified’ and ‘not supported…’ labels. A new section on Oracle Solaris versions that are no longer in development has also been added at the end of this section.

Host Settings – All Versions of Oracle Solaris

Added

SCSI Disk Setting

A new entry in the sd.conf/ssd.conf file (depending on your architecture) is required:

sd-config-list ="DataCoreVirtual Disk", "retries-busy:60";

Host Settings – Configuring MPxIO support for DataCore Virtual Disks

Added

Oracle Solaris 10.x and 11.x

An edit in the scsi_vhci.conf file is required in the ‘Load balancing global configuration’ section:

load-balance="none";

List of qualified Oracle Solaris Versions

Updated

Solaris 10.x is now qualified with SANsymphony-V 10.x (also with Oracle Solaris Cluster 3.x) using non-ALUA settings. Note: iSCSI is still not considered qualified at this time; all qualified versions are with Fibre Channel only.

List of qualified Oracle Solaris Versions

Updated

Footnotes have been added with additional information about supported Oracle Solaris Cluster configurations with the different versions of the base operating system.

December 2014

List of qualified Solaris Versions

Updated

Updated the table include Solaris 11.2.

‘Not Supported’ has now been changed to mean explicitly ‘Not Supported for Mirrored or Dual Virtual Disks’.

Single Virtual Disks are now always considered supported.

November 2014

Host Settings

Updated

Oracle Solaris 10.x - Configuring MPxIO support for DataCore Virtual Disks

The required edit for the scsi_vhci.conf file was not clear enough. It previously said to edit the "defaults" section. This was not accurate enough and so the description and example has been updated to say to edit the "device-type-scsi-options-list" section.

Oracle Solaris 11.x - Configuring MPxIO support for DataCore Virtual Disks

The required edit for the scsi_vhci.conf file was not clear enough. It previously said to edit the "defaults" section. This was not accurate enough and so the description and example has been updated to say to edit the "scsi-vhci-failover-override" section.

Added an additional Note to run the stmsboot –e command to enable Multipathing (including a reference to Oracle’s own SAN Configuration and Multipathing Guide)

Updated

This document combines all of DataCore’s Oracle Solaris-related information from older Technical Bulletins into a single document including:

Technical Bulletin 3: "Oracle/SUN Hosts with StorEdge SAN Foundation Software with Traffic Manager"

Technical Bulletin 8: "Formatting Host’s File Systems on Virtual Disks created from Disk Pools"

Technical Bulletin 11: "Disk Timeout Settings on Hosts"

Technical Bulletin 16: "Reclaiming Space in Disk Pools"

August 2014

Which Distributions are qualified?

Added

Added new tables to show which versions are explicitly qualified, unqualified and not supported with either SANsymphony-V 8.x or 9.x, and if the configuration is with or without ALUA enabled Hosts. Note that the minimum requirement for SANsymphony-V 8.x is now 8.1 PSP1 Update 4 to guarantee expected behavior for qualified versions of Oracle Solaris

Oracle Solaris 11 – has now been added.

Appendix A

Added

This section gives more detail on the Preferred Server and Preferred Path settings with regard to how it may affect a Host.

Appendix B

Added

This section incorporates information regarding "Reclaiming Space in Disk Pools" (from Technical Bulletin 16) that is specific to Oracle Solaris Hosts.

Updated

Improved explanations to most of the required Host Settings and DataCore Server Settings generally.

Technical Bulletin 3: "Oracle/SUN Hosts with StorEdge SAN Foundation Software with Traffic Manager"

Removed

Removed all references to SANmelody as this product is now end of life. Updated ‘How to determine the Active IO Path’ in the troubleshooting section.

July 2013

Updated

Update steps to allow for the product ID to be used

Added

Added SANsymphony-V 9.x. No additional Appserver/Host changes required.

Updated

Updated DataCore Server and Host minimum requirements. Removed all references to ‘End of Life’

SANsymphony and SANmelody versions that are no longer supported as of December 31 2011. Updated copyright. Updated DataCore Server and Host minimum requirements. Updated DataCore Server and Host configuration settings.

Added

Added note for load-balance=none.

January 2011

Updated

Not supported for iSCSI Failover. Added Oracle Solaris 10.

June 2010