TE CHNI C AL SUPPORT BUL LETIN

June 18, 20 09

TSB 2009- 052- A

SEVERITY: Medium - Operational

PRO D U CT S A FF E CT E D:

Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) versions 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.1.0, 10.1.1, 10.1.2 or 10.1.3.

CORRECTED IN RELEASE:

The fix for this issue Defect 252959 will be included in DCFM v10.1.4 release, expected to be
generally available June 19th, 2009.

BULLETIN OVERVIEW

Customers running Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) versions 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.1.0,
10.1.1, 10.1.2 or 10.1.3 may experience a slower response times as time goes on. This problem occurs
due to the increase in the number of performance records in the database when the historical
performance data collection is turned on.

Brocade produces and publishes Technical Support Bulletins to OEMs, partners and customers that have a
direct, entitled, support relationship in place with Brocade.
Please contact your primary service provider for further information regarding this topic and applicability for your
environment.

2009 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. TSB 2009-052-A

PROBLEM STATEMENT
DCFM database size will increase at the rate of 500MB for every 1000 managed ports every 2 days if
the historical data collection is turned on and could potentially cause the disk to run out of space.
RISK ASSESSMENT
Hard disk runs out of space and the DCFM will become slow and sluggish. Any applications that
depend on free disk space may eventually fail and the system could become unstable.

SYMPTO MS
DCFM will become slow and sluggish over a period of time when historical data collection is enabled
and hard disk runs out of free disk space.

WORKAROUND
Disable historical data collection, this will mean that historical performance graphs or link utilization
display in the client will not work. (Go to Monitor -> Performance -> Historical Data Collection and
select Disable all.)
Alternately, the customer can run a script periodically (once a week) to truncate the database.
Caution: All the historical performance records will be lost during the script execution process. The
script and readme with instructions is included in a zip file named dbrebuild.zip is available via:
Brocade Connect users can download both files by following the generic path: Home (where Home
is Brocade Connect) > Technical Resource Center > Downloads > Data Center Fabric Manager
(DCFM) > Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager 10.x > Brocade DCFM Enterprise v10.x OR
Brocade DCFM Professional v10.x > and then by clicking on the folder labeled Suppport Tools and
Documentation. You should download files found in the folder labeled Support Tool for TSB 2009052-A.
Partner Network users can download both files by following the generic path: Home (where Home is
the Partner Network) For Technical Professionals > Downloads > Data Center Fabric Manager
(DCFM) > Brocade Data Center Fabric Manager 10.x > Brocade DCFM Enterprise v10.x OR
Brocade DCFM Professional v10.x > and then by clicking on the folder labeled Suppport Tools and
Documentation. You should download files found in the folder labeled Support Tool for TSB 2009052-A.

2009 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

TSB 2009-052-A

CORRECTIVE ACTION
Defect 252959 has been added to DCFM v10.1.4, expected to be generally available June 19th, 2009;
and customers should upgrade to this release.

2009 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. TSB 2009-052-A