VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Release Notes (August 2002)

Chapter 1

VERITAS Volume Manager™ Release Notes

Patches and Fixes in This Version

v rootvol root ENABLED 524288 - ACTIVE

pl rootvol-01 rootvol ENABLED 524288 - ACTIVE

sd rootdisk01-03 rootvol-01 ENABLED 524288 0 -

pl rootvol-02 rootvol ENABLED 524288 - ACTIVE

sd rootdisk02-03 rootvol-02 ENABLED 524288 0 -

vxplex -o rm dis rootvol-02

NOTE The TUTIL0 and PUTIL0 ﬁelds have been removed in the above vxprint output for

readability.

Once the system has been repaired and is up in normal mode, the root volume can be remirrord using the

command:

vxassist -g rootdg mirror rootvol dm:rootdisk02

vxassist Issues

vxassist Sometimes Applies the Wrong Layout to a Mirrored Volume

• Problem: While doing relayout on a mirrored volume, the vxassist command keeps the volume as

mirrored even if the layout attribute is speciﬁed as stripe or nomirror. For example, see the following

commands:

# vxassist make vol 1g layout=mirror-stripe ncol=3

# vxassist relayout vol layout=stripe ncol=2

The volume vol is converted to a 2-column volume, but it is still mirrored even if the layout attribute is

speciﬁed as stripe and nomirror.

• Workaround: None.

vxassist Command Does not Add a Mirror and a Log

• Problem: The vxassist command does not add a mirror and a log when processing a command such as the

following:

# vxassist mirror volume layout=log ...

The mirror is added, but the log is silently omitted.

• Workaround: If a log and a mirror are to be added, add the mirror and the log in two separate vxassist

invocations, as follows:

# vxassist mirror volume ...

# vxassist addlog volume ...

Crash Recovery Following Snapback Operations There are two scenarios that demand action when the

system crashes during a snapback operation. The two scenarios involve the use of the vxassist command with

resyncfromoriginal and resyncfromreplica options.

Crash Recovery after using vxassist -o resyncfromoriginal snapback snapvol

• Problem: When you use the following command:

# vxassist -o resyncfromoriginal snapback snapvol