Veritas File System 5.0 Release Notes (September 2006)

Veritas File System 5.0 Release Notes
Known Issues
Chapter 122
• Some disk quota operations do not function on NFS
When VxFS file systems are exported via NFS, quotas on the file system apply to users when accessing
the file system from NFS clients. However, the HP-UX quota commands on the NFS client cannot be
used to edit quotas. The VxFS quota commands can be used on the server to edit quotas.
• Cross-Platform Data Sharing (CDS)
External Quota File:
CDS does not support converting the external quota file. The external quota file would need to be
manually migrated as follows:
— On source:
Prior to unmounting the file system, remove the quotas file. Run the fscdsconv command after
unmounting the file system.
— On target:
Mount the file system without quotas. Manually edit the quotas and the quotas.grp file to enter
the limits.
• Handling ACLs with CDS
As not all target platforms support ACLs, converting a file system with ACLs from the source to a
target on which ACLs are not supported results in ACLs not being enabled on the target. If the file
system is converted back to a target on which ACLs are supported, permission checks are enforced
again.
• CDS validate error running in ja_JP.UTF-8-encoded locale
The fscdstask validate command returns an error when files on the specified mount point have
names with ja_JP.eucJP or ja_JP.PCK encodings, but if the locale is changed to jp_JP.UTF-8.
The following error is displayed:
xargs: Input file is corrupt. : Incorrect byte order
Files should be created with the same locale encoding as the file system on which they reside.
• Quick I/O files cannot be sparse files
If you try to convert a sparse file to a Quick I/O file, the Oracle instance can fail if Oracle tries to write
into an unallocated block. Specifically, datafiles used by the Oracle8i and Oracle9i temporary
tablespace may be sparse files, so do not convert these to Quick I/O files.
See the Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle Database Administrator’s Guide for more information.
NOTE The Quick I/O feature is not supported with Base-VxFS and HP OnlineJFS bundles.