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  • 1.  How to stop simserver (cimom) on SVC 8.6.0.3 ?

    Posted Mon April 14, 2025 09:52 AM

    We intend to upgrade the SVC from 8.6.0.3 to 8.7.0.4. The upgrade will not start due to an error during the test utility. The error is about the use of the CIMOM in the past 48 hours. This is expected. As soon as the upgrade has been finished we will continue using REST. However, on the current level the REST is not supported by the remote application (Commvault). We wish to force the upgrade, despite of the use of the CIMOM.

    Does Anybody have a suggestion?



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    Mark van Ballegoy
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  • 2.  RE: How to stop simserver (cimom) on SVC 8.6.0.3 ?

    Posted Mon April 14, 2025 10:52 AM

    Hi Mark,

    First of all due to the change in the snapshot mechanism in IBM Storage Virtualize, you should to be aware that upgrading to 8.7 code level may interrupt your commvault snapshot integration with your SVC. 

    for details you can contact me 



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    Nezih Boyacioglu
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  • 3.  RE: How to stop simserver (cimom) on SVC 8.6.0.3 ?

    Posted Tue April 15, 2025 02:23 AM

    Hello,

    Regarding 8.7 code, I thought that the LTS release (8.7.0.X) is still fully compatible with previous releases regarding snapshots and replication.

    Only when you go to higher version (8.7.1 and above), the "consistency group" approach will no longer work and everything needs to go via volumegroups.

    Hans



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    Hans Populaire
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  • 4.  RE: How to stop simserver (cimom) on SVC 8.6.0.3 ?

    Posted Tue April 15, 2025 04:55 AM
    Edited by Mark van Ballegoy Wed April 16, 2025 08:53 AM

    Thanks for the feedback.

    We have a solution we can use without having to stop the simserver. ------------------------------
    Mark van Ballegoy
    System Enigeer
    E-Storage
    Utrecht
    +31653270373
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  • 5.  RE: How to stop simserver (cimom) on SVC 8.6.0.3 ?

    Posted Mon April 28, 2025 11:36 AM

    Hi Mark, 

    we ran into the same problem. Can you tell us what you did to enable the upgrade? 

    Thanks, 

    David



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    David Vanmanshoven
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  • 6.  RE: How to stop simserver (cimom) on SVC 8.6.0.3 ?

    Posted Tue April 29, 2025 05:37 AM

    Hi @David Vanmanshoven Please contact IBM support, they will provide you the methods forward.



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    Evelyn Perez
    IBM Senior Technical Staff Member
    IBM Storage Virtualize Software Architect for SVC and FlashSystem
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  • 7.  RE: How to stop simserver (cimom) on SVC 8.6.0.3 ?

    Posted 10 days ago

    Hi, today i was running into the same issue. I could continue the installation of the 8.7.0.5 code by clearing all the logs with "cleardumps".



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    Luca Bagnaschi
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  • 8.  RE: How to stop simserver (cimom) on SVC 8.6.0.3 ?

    Posted 9 days ago

    Please be careful with this.  The point of the CCU Checker notice is to prevent unexpected interop issues with management engines that still use the CIMOM rather than the REST API.  Make sure you are clear on what interfaces are being accessed before attempting a workaround.  If in doubt, contact support.



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    Evelyn Perez
    IBM Senior Technical Staff Member
    IBM Storage Virtualize Software Architect for SVC and FlashSystem
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