VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Release Notes HP-UX 11i Customer Order Number: ONLINE ONLY Manufacturing Part Number : 5187-1373 E0802 © Copyright 2002 VERITAS Software Corporation. All rights reserved.
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1 VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes This document provides release information for the VERITAS Volume Manager(VxVM) Release 3.5. This release also includes the new VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA) graphical user interface. Release Notes are not installed along with any Volume Manager package. VERITAS recommends that you copy this document to the /opt/VRTS/doc directory so that the information is available for your future reference.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes VxVM product enhancement is an ongoing process. To check for any additional information about this release, please use the steps shown in the section called “New Features in VxVM 3.5” on page 12. NOTE 6 Before you install the packages, please review this entire document.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Organization Organization NOTE Before you install the packages, please review this entire document. • “Getting Help” on page 8 • “Conventions” on page 10 • “Overview of VxVM 3.5 for HP-UX” on page 11 • “VERITAS VxVM 3.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Getting Help Getting Help If you have any comments or problems with the VERITAS products, contact the VERITAS Technical Support: • U.S. and Canadian Customers: 1-800-342-0652 • International Customers: +1 (650) 527-8555 • E-mail: support@veritas.com For license information: • Phone: 1-925-931-2464 • Email: license@veritas.com • Fax: 1-925-931-2908 For software updates: • Email: swupdate@veritas.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Using VRTSexplorer Using VRTSexplorer The VRTSexplorer program can help VERITAS Technical Support engineers diagnose the cause of technical problems associated with VERITAS products. You can download this program from the VERITAS FTP site or install it from the VERITAS Installation CD. For more information, consult the README file in the support directory on the VERITAS Installation CD.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Conventions Conventions The following table describes the typographic conventions used in this guide. Table 1-1 Typeface Usage Examples Computer output, file contents, files, directories, software elements such as command options, function names, and parameters Read tunables from the /etc/vx/tunefstab file. New terms, book titles, emphasis, variables to be replaced by a name or value See the User’s Guide for details.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Overview of VxVM 3.5 for HP-UX Overview of VxVM 3.5 for HP-UX VERITAS Volume Manager Release 3.5 for HP-UX provides state-of-the-art online disk management for HP-UX. It consists of several related bundles: • Base VERITAS Volume Manager 3.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Overview of VxVM 3.5 for HP-UX • CVM infrastructure changes to support VERITAS Cluster File System New Features in VxVM 3.5 • GAB messaging In a cluster environment, support has been included for using GAB as the transport agent for messaging. This means that you do not need to assign IP addresses for the endpoints of your cluster’s private network when you configure the clustering functionality of VxVM.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Overview of VxVM 3.5 for HP-UX # pvremove /dev/rdsk/c#t#d# Step 2. Put a disk under Volume Manager control and place in rootdg: Use vxdiskadm option 1, or VEA. Step 3. Add a volume to this disk: Use vxassist or VEA. Step 4. Add the new volume as a target for dumps: First make sure you have the UNOF_init_dump patch, then use crashconf as you would under LVM.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes VERITAS VxVM 3.5 Licenses VERITAS VxVM 3.5 Licenses The following table shows the supported features available with VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 licensing VxVM License Description of Supported Features VERITAS Volume Manager, 3.5 Concatenation, spanning, striping, root disk mirroring, rootability, volume resizing, multiple disk groups, co-existence with native volume manager, task monitor, VEA.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes VERITAS VxVM 3.5 Licenses Table 1-2 Feature VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX Feature Availability AR 0902 Base VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX (Base-VXVM) AR 0902 VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX (B9116AA) AR 0902 VERITAS Cluster Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX (B9117AA) AR0902 VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 FastResync Option for HP-UX (B9118AA) VERITAS Volume Manager 3.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes VERITAS VxVM 3.5 Licenses Table 1-2 VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX Feature Availability AR 0902 VERITAS Cluster Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX (B9117AA) AR0902 VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 FastResync Option for HP-UX (B9118AA) - - Yes AR 0902 Base VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX (Base-VXVM) Feature FastResync AR 0902 VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX (B9116AA) VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX Supported Support for MC/SG (A.11.13 and A.11.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes VERITAS VxVM 3.5 Licenses Coexistence with HP Logical Volume Manager (LVM) The VERITAS Volume Manager for HP-UX coexists with HP Logical Volume Manager (LVM). Before VxVM 3.5, the VERITAS Volume Manager could not be used to control the root/boot disk. Both LVM and VxVM utilities are aware of the other volume manager, and will not overwrite disks that are being managed by the other volume manager.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes VERITAS VxVM 3.5 Licenses • VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Administrator’s Guide • VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Troubleshooting Guide • VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 User’s Guide—VEA • VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Migration Guide • VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Installation Guide • VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Hardware Notes Manual pages are also available on your system via the man(1) command when you install the software.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Notes Software Requirements • HP-UX 11i 32-bit OS • HP-UX 11i 64-bit OS NOTE The VERITAS File System Manager (VxFS), which can be used with VxVM, operates and is supported only on the HP-UX 11i 64-bit OS. (The HP VxFS 3.3 product is supported on both 32-bit and 64-bit OS.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Patches and Fixes in This Version This section describes patches that are required and defects that have been fixed in VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX. Support for the HP Process Resource Manager VxVM 3.5 for HP-UX now supports the HP Process Resource Manager (PRM) product. A HP OS patch is required to be able to gather statistics on disks managed by VxVM. The patch number was not known at the time this document was published.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Patch Number Description Mandatory/Optional PHCO_27209 Patch for VxVM rootability changes to the insf command Mandatory (needed for VxVM 3.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version • Problem: If you are installing from an Ignite_UX server, you will not see the question and it will appear that the machine is hung. The question should appear after the following message on the console: * Bringing up Network (lan0) * NFS mounting clients directory. The question that is being asked is: This appears to be a VxVM boot disk device.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version v rootvol root ENABLED 524288 - ACTIVE rootvol ENABLED 524288 - ACTIVE sd rootdisk01-03 rootvol-01 ENABLED 524288 0 - pl rootvol-02 ENABLED 524288 - ACTIVE ENABLED 524288 0 - pl rootvol-01 rootvol sd rootdisk02-03 rootvol-02 vxplex -o rm dis rootvol-02 NOTE The TUTIL0 and PUTIL0 fields have been removed in the above vxprint output for readability.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version to execute a default snapback operation (resynchronizing from the original volume), and the system crashes while the operation is still in progress, you will find, when the system comes back up and the volumes are restarted, that the snapshot plexes are not associated with any volume. • Workaround: To recover from this situation, you should use the following procedure: Step 1.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version accessible to the host. If the administrator or system software wants to privately use the same disk group from another host, the host that already has the disk group imported (importing host) must deport (give up access to) the disk group. Once deported, the disk group can be imported by another host.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Association not resolved Association count is incorrect Duplicate record in configuration Configuration records are inconsistent These errors are typically reported in association with specific disk group configuration copies, but usually apply to all copies.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version DMP will list twice as many paths: the “new” ones in the ENABLED state and the “old” ones (that is, from before the paths were swapped, removed or replaced) in the DISABLED state. I/O continues to be routed correctly. • Workaround: None necessary. VxVM DMP will not automatically clean up the paths that are no longer in use, or that are in the DISABLED state.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version NOTE In the case where VxVM and XP512 BCs are being used together; if the BCs are split, you cannot then import the split BC to the machine on which P-Vol is currently being used. The reason for this is that the split BC and the P-Vol will have the same private region, and VxVM allows you to import only one of them; by default, it chooses P-Vol. If you want, however, you can import the split BC (S-Vol) onto a secondary host.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version • Workaround: Do not attempt to define the device for VxVM. Duplicate Device Name Creation in rootdg • Problem: When you create new volumes in the rootdg disk group, two sets of device nodes are created: under both /dev/vx/[r]dsk/ and /dev/vx/[r]dsk/rootdg. Although either path can be used for mkfs(1M) or mount(1M), the duplicate sets of device node names can be confusing.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version • Workaround: If the system reboots before the grow or shrink of a layered volume completes, the volume is left with an intermediate layout. In this case, the user has to use vxassist convert to restore the volume to its original layout. After a layered volume is resized, the volume names, the plex names and the subdisk names associated with the subvolumes, are changed.
