VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Release Notes (August 2002)

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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. The following is usually displayed along with the error:

Disk group has no valid configuration copies

See the VERITAS Volume Manager Troubleshooting Guide for more information on Volume Manager error

messages.

If you use the VERITAS VCS product, all disk group failover issues can be managed correctly. VCS includes a

high availability monitor and includes failover scripts for Volume Manager, VxFS, and for several popular

databases.

The -t option to vxdg prevents automatic re-imports on reboot and is necessary when used with a host

monitor (such as VCS) that controls imports itself, rather than relying on automatic imports by Volume

Manager.

Restarting VEA after Obtaining New Licenses If, after installing and starting VEA, you obtain a new

license (either explicitly, using vxlicinst, or implicitly, by installing bundles B9116AA, B9117AA, or

B9118AA), you will not have access to the newly licensed features until you restart the VEA service:

Step 1. Stop the VEA backend service:

# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvc -k

Step 2. Start the VEA backend service:

# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvc

Running VEA in Non-English Mode

• Problem: Strings in the search dialog could become corrupted when running VEA in non-English locales.

• Workaround: Run VEA after setting the LC_ALL environment variable to C, using the command:

# export LC_ALL=C

Updating Objects in Volume View

• Problem: Object updates in the Volume View may be incorrect.

• Workaround: Close then re-open the Volume View.

Updating Objects in Disk/Volume Map View

• Problem: Object updates in the Disk/Volume Map View may be incorrect.

• Workaround: Close then re-open the Disk/Volume Map View.

VxVM DMP Issues

VxVM DMP Lists Disabled Paths That Have Been Reused

• Problem: When one of multiple paths or cables to a disk array is disconnected, fails, or is swapped with

another path, and then that same path or cable is reconnected or replaced, it is possible that HP-UX will

recognize the recovered path as a new path, not as the same path that has simply recovered. In this case,