PowerFlex Manager 3.8.0 RCM/IC upgrade issues and patch

• SDC is not reinstalled correctly during CO upgrade.
  • An example of the error seen in the deployment log when SDC is not installed correctly during upgrade:

ERROR [2022-05-23T22:09:26.627090] 46866: service_deployment.rb:5519:in `process_firmware_update': Encountered an error during firmware update: RuntimeError: Failed to execute esxcli command on host 172.24.37.21: esxcli 600 env VI_PASSWORD=****** esxcli -s 172.24.37.21 -u root -d 58:9B:FE:22:32:A3:EE:CC:6A:B8:53:FE:53:0A:A6:F1:29:D1:1F:F0 system module parameters set -m scini -p IoctlIniGuidStr=402D7EF1-F924-475D-9F3D-94BE4664A83B IoctlMdmIPStr=172.24.126.5,172.24.127.5 bBlkDevIsPdlActive=1 blkDevPdlTimeoutMillis=60000: #<Hashie::Mash exit_status=1 pid=31968 stderr="" stdout="Invalid Module name scini\n">
["/opt/jruby/9.1.17.0/lib/ruby/gems/shared/gems/dell-asm-util-0.1.0/lib/asm/util.rb:198:in `esxcli'", "/opt/asm-deployer/lib/asm/provider/server/server.rb:1736:in `esxcli'", "/opt/asm-deployer/lib/asm/provider/server/server.rb:1670:in `register_scaleio_sdc'", "/opt/asm-deployer/lib/asm/type/server.rb:2220:in `register_scaleio_sdc'", "/opt/asm-deployer/lib/asm/service_deployment.rb:5498:in `block in process_firmware_update'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1735:in `each'", "/opt/asm-deployer/lib/asm/service_deployment.rb:5334:in `process_firmware_update'", "/opt/asm-deployer/lib/asm/service_deployment.rb:479:in `process'", "/opt/asm-deployer/lib/asm.rb:228:in `block in process_deployment'"]

• CO 6.7 to 7.0 upgrade fails due to null vm.summary object
  • An example of the error in the deployment log when upgrade fails due to null vm.summary object:

ERROR [2022-05-23T22:09:26.627090] 2052: service_deployment.rb:5519:in `process_firmware_update': Encountered an error during firmware update: NoMethodError: undefined method `summary
' for nil:NilClass ["/opt/asm-deployer/lib/asm/vmware_connection.rb:70:in `block in vms_on_server'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:2566:in `select'","opt/asm-deployer/lib/asm/vmware_connection.rb:70:in `vms_on_server'",  .....

• ESX login fails during upgrade
  • An example of the error in the deployment log when the upgrade fails due to ESX login failing is:

InvalidLogin: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password.

• ESX 6.7 to 7.0 upgrade with nmlx5 driver fails
  • For more details regarding failure due to the nmlx5 driver see this KB: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000191458/mellanox-nmlx5-rdma-driver-causes-psods-during-esxi-6-7-upgrades

• SDC is not reinstalled correctly during CO upgrade
• ESX login fails during upgrade
• ESX 6.7 to 7.0 upgrade with nmlx5 driver fails
• CO 6.7 to 7.0 upgrade due to null vm.summary object

1. Take a snapshot of the PFxM appliance.
2. Download the zip file attached to this KB and upzip.   Copy the RPM files to the /var/tmp directory on the PowerFlex Manager appliance.
3. Run the following commands on the PowerFlex Manager appliance to apply them:
   • cd /var/tmp
   • sudo rpm -Fvh Dell-VxFM-asm-deployer-3.8.0-47.noarch.rpm
   • sudo rpm -FvH Dell-VxFM-puppet-module-vmware-vcenter-3.8.0-16.noarch.rpm
   • sudo shutdown -r now