Known Issues

Release Notes for VMware Solutions
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  • Reverting a datastore to a snapshot of a different size is not prevented by the plugin If the user takes a snapshot of a VMFS datastore, resizes the datastore after the snapshot, then attempts to recover the now-larger datastore with the old, smaller snapshot, vSphere will be unable to use the resulting file system and ESX will not be able to use the resulting datastore. The plugin does not check or prevent recovery to a smaller file system.
  • RBAC with group permissions does not work If a group is granted RBAC permissions, users within the user group may not be able to perform the actions to which the group has privileges granted. As a workaround, users should be given direct permissions when using RBAC rather than through a group.
  • Plugin may grey out controls even through the user has RBAC permission Removing a user’s permission to control RBAC permissions will cause the flash array add/remove controls in the plugin to be greyed out. As a result, users who do not have the enable/disable RBAC permission will not be able to add/remove flash arrays through the plugin.
  • Concurrent plugin operations may fail on linked-mode vCenter servers All past and present versions of the plugin may exhibit failures when used simultaneously by 2 or more vSphere web client users on vSphere servers configured in linked-mode. Failures may report unrelated error messages and may require a retry. We reiterate that these failures only manifest when the plugin is used to manage vSphere servers in linked-mode and will not affect any standalone vSphere configuration.
  • Plugin installation may fail due to invalid TLS options set by third-party plugins Plugin installation may fail because of the global TLS options configured by other third-party vSphere Web Client plugins installed on your vCenter server. Some plugins, such as Cisco UCS vSphere Web Client plugin versions prior to 2.0.2, set the global default TLS option to version 1.0, which is no longer supported on Everpure FlashArray due to security concerns. If the global TLS options have been set to version 1.0, the Everpure plugin will not be able to be downloaded from the FlashArray for installation into vCenter. To work around this issue, it may be necessary to disable or upgrade the Cisco UCS plugin and potentially other plugins which incorrectly set the default TLS option, restart the vSphere Web Client, and then install the Everpure vSphere Web Client plugin. Once the Everpure plugin is installed, the Cisco UCS plugin can be re-enabled.
  • Creating a VMFS Datastore from a snapshot does not always allow connection to same hosts When creating a new VMFS datastore from a copy of a FlashArray snapshot in the datastore view, the dialog may not allow connecting the new datastore to all hosts which are connected to the original datastore the snapshot originates from if the original datastore is mounted on a subset of a host cluster. As a workaround, the datastore may created on a single selected host and then manually connected and mounted on additional hosts after creation. In a future version of the plugin, we intend to provide a full list of valid hosts to optionally connect the newly created datastore to.
  • vSphere plugin requires all linked vCenter instances to be online It is currently necessary for all vCenter instances in a linked-mode configuration to be online and accessible for the Plugin to function correctly.. A single vCenter instance which is not online or accessible may cause some configuration operations to fail, including adding a new FlashArray to the plugin.
  • Iframe content in vSphere plugin fails to load until certificate is accepted The Plugin displays the FlashArray UI and datastore IOPS/throughput/latency charts through an iframe created in the web client plugin. If the certificate of the array’s web UI has not previously been accepted in the browser, the iframe may display the following message, ‘The webpage at ... might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address’ . To clear this message, load the web UI of the FlashArray directly in a browser window, accepting the certificate. Refresh the plugin browser window and the FlashArray UI should now display.
  • vCenter solution users are included as default users when enabling RBAC When adding RBAC users through the Plugin, the default list of potential users to add will contain the set of vCenter server solution users. These users are invalid choices for RBAC and should be ignored.

[Everpure Plugin for the vSphere Client Release Notes]