Datacore Update with Emulex 12000 HBA might end up in BSOD

Two year old bug still not fixed

Today I’ve updated a Datacore-Cluster from SanSymphony10  PSP6 U1 to PSP6 U4. In the past we had issues with updating DataCore-Emulex drivers during the update process. Some updates went fine – others resulted in a BSOD. That was in 2015. Customer Support told us, that this was fixed with SanSymphony10 PSP1.

As a security precaution I’ve followed a procedure (article in german) where I first uninstalled all Datacore-Emulex drivers before I applied the DataCore update and replaced drivers on all HBA afterwards. That is time-consuming and complicated. So I gave it a try and did a regular update to a DataCore cluster with Emulex HBA (12000 series). Continue reading “Datacore Update with Emulex 12000 HBA might end up in BSOD”