Storage Manager 2020 R1.2 Release Notes

Environmental and system requirements

This section describes the environmental and system requirements in this release.

The following table lists products that are compatible with Storage Manager:

Table 1. Storage Manager CompatibilityCompatibility with Storage Manager
Product	Versions
Storage Center	7.2 – 7.5
PS Series group firmware	9.0 – 10.0
Dell FluidFS	6.0.400016
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)	2012, 2012 SP1, 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019
VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) for Windows VMware Photon-based SRM	8.1, 8.1.1, 8.2, and 8.3 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5 SRM 8.4 does not currently support stretched storage on Storage Center, but stretched storage is supported on SRM 8.5. To see the supported upgrade paths for SRM, select VMware Site Recovery Manager from https://interopmatrix.vmware.com/Upgrade. When upgrading to SRM 8.5, storage policy protection groups must be migrated to datastore protection groups. For more information, see Dell Knowledge Base article https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000202315. NOTE A Storage Center must have Fibre Channel or iSCSI front-end ports to work with SRM.
Dell Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) for Windows	18.1.1.173
Dell SRA for Photon-based SRM	20.1.1.13
DSITV and DSVCP	6.0

The following table lists the Storage Manager Client requirements:

Table 2. Storage Manager Client RequirementsRequirements for the Storage Manager Client
Component	Requirements
Operating system	Any of the following 64-bit operating systems: Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Oracle Linux 7.0 Oracle Linux 7.3 Oracle Linux 7.6 NOTE Windows Server Core is not supported.
CPU	64-bit (x64) microprocessor with two or more cores
Software	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or later (Windows only)
Linux VM Client Access	VMware vSphere Client Hyper-V Manager
Web browser	Any of the following web browsers: Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Mozilla Firefox NOTE Google Chrome is the recommended browser. Other web browsers might work but are not officially supported.

The following table lists the Storage Manager Data Collector requirements:

NOTE For best results, install the Data Collector on a Windows Server VM using a traditional volume source from shared storage. Do not use a vVol for the Windows Server VM on which the Data Collector is installed.

Table 3. Storage Manager Data Collector RequirementsRequirements for the Storage Manager Data Collector
Component	Requirements
Operating system	Any of the following 64-bit operating systems with the latest service packs: Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019 NOTE Windows Server Core is not supported.
Windows User Group	Administrators
CPU	64-bit (x64) microprocessor with two or more cores NOTE The Data Collector requires a microprocessor with four cores for environments that have 100,000 or more Active Directory members or groups.
Memory	Varies based on size of the storage environment: 4 GB – One to ten Storage Centers, or up to 3000 total volumes 8 GB – More than ten Storage Centers, or up to 6000 total volumes 16 GB – More than ten Storage Centers, or up to 12,000 total volumes 32 GB – More than ten Storage Centers, or more than 12,000 total volumes
Disk space	At least 20 GB ; additional space is required to manage FluidFS cluster software updates. NOTE Using an embedded database requires an additional 64 GB to store the database on the file system. However, an embedded database is not recommended for a production environment.
Software	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or later, full installation
Web browser	Any of the following web browsers: Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Mozilla Firefox NOTE Google Chrome is the recommended browser. Other web browsers might work but are not officially supported.
External database	One of the following databases: Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Express (limited to 10 GB) Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Express (limited to 10 GB) Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express (limited to 10 GB) MySQL 5.7 MySQL 8.0 NOTE An embedded database that is stored on the file system can be used instead of an external database. However, the embedded database is limited to 64 GB and retains only the last 30 days of data. The embedded database is not recommended for a production environment.

Table 4. Storage Manager Virtual Appliance RequirementsRequirements for Storage Manager Virtual Appliance
Component	Requirement
VMware ESXi host version	6.5, 6.7, or 7.0
VMware vCenter Server version	6.5, 6.7, or 7.0
Datastore size	55 GB
CPU	64-bit (x64) microprocessor with two or more cores NOTE The Data Collector requires a microprocessor with four cores for environments that have 100,000 or more Active Directory members or groups.
Memory	Varies based on size of the storage environment: 4 GB – One to ten Storage Centers, or up to 3000 total volumes 8 GB – More than ten Storage Centers, or up to 6000 total volumes 16 GB – More than ten Storage Centers, or up to 12,000 total volumes 32 GB – More than ten Storage Centers, or more than 12,000 total volumes
Software	VMware vCenter Server VMware vSphere High Availability

The following table lists the Storage Manager Server Agent requirements:

Table 5. Storage Manager Server Agent RequirementsRequirements for the Storage Manager Server Agent
Component	Requirements
Operating system	Any of the following 64-bit operating systems with the latest service packs: Windows Server 2012 R2 (full or core installation) Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019
CPU	64-bit (x64) microprocessor
Software	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 Full

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