VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v2 Customer Order Number: ONLINE ONLY Manufacturing Part Number: 5971-4771 August 2003 © Copyright 2003 VERITAS Software Corporation. All rights reserved.
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1. VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Using VRTSexplorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Downloading VRTSexplorer from the Web . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1 VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes This document provides release information for the VERITAS Volume Manager(VxVM) Release 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v2.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes 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. VxVM product enhancement is an ongoing process.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Organization Organization NOTE Chapter 1 Before you install the packages, please review this entire document. • “Getting Help” on page 4 • “Conventions” on page 7 • “Overview of VxVM 3.5 for HP-UX” on page 9 • “VERITAS VxVM 3.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 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™ HP-UX 11i v2 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™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Using VRTSexplorer Step 5. Use the file upload facility of your web browser or the ftp program to transfer the file output by VRTSexplorer to the VERITAS Customer Support anonymous FTP site: ftp://ftp.veritas.com/incoming Step 6. Call VERITAS Customer Support on 1-800-342-0652, inform them that you have run VRTSexplorer and tell them the name of the file that you transferred to the FTP site.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Conventions Conventions The following table describes the typographic conventions used in this guide. Table 1-1 Typeface monospace italic Chapter 1 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™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Conventions Table 1-1 (Continued) Typeface Examples \ Continued input on the following line # mount -F vxfs \ /h/filesys [] In a command synopsis, brackets indicates an optional argument ls [ -a ] | In a command synopsis, a vertical bar separates mutually exclusive arguments mount [suid | nosuid ] NOTE 8 Usage “Dynamic Disk Groups" were formerly known as "Disk Groups.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 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™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Overview of VxVM 3.5 for HP-UX This document describes the 3.5 release of the VERITAS Volume Manager for HP-UX products. Base-VxVM is included with the HP-UX 11i Operating Environments. Features of VxVM compared to LVM The VERITAS Volume Manager for HP-UX 3.5 (VxVM) includes many features that are not available with LVM on HP-UX.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Overview of VxVM 3.5 for HP-UX The capability to allow the VERITAS Volume Manager to manage the root disk selectable at installation time. • New licensing package A new licensing package, VRTSvlic, has been introduced. In time VRTSvlic will become the common licensing solution for all VERITAS products. Existing license keys are automatically translated into license keys that can be used with the VRTSvlic package.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Overview of VxVM 3.5 for HP-UX Adding Dump Volumes Using Volume Manager Disks Volume Manager volumes can be used for additional dump volumes in configurations with LVM or VxVM root disks. Step 1. Remove a disk from LVM control. Execute the following: # pvcreate -f /dev/rdsk/c#t#d# # 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.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Overview of VxVM 3.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 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™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes VERITAS VxVM 3.5 Licenses NOTE Table 1-2 VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX Feature Availability AR0902 VERITA S Volume Manage r 3.5 FastRes ync Option for HP-UX (B9118A A) AR 0902 Base VERITA S Volume Manage r 3.5 for HP-UX (Base-V XVM) AR 0902 VERITA S Volume Manage r 3.5 for HP-UX (B9116A A) AR 0902 VERITA S Cluster Volume Manage r 3.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes VERITAS VxVM 3.5 Licenses Table 1-2 VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX Feature Availability (Continued) AR 0902 Base VERITA S Volume Manage r 3.5 for HP-UX (Base-V XVM) AR 0902 VERITA S Volume Manage r 3.5 for HP-UX (B9116A A) AR 0902 VERITA S Cluster Volume Manage r 3.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes VERITAS VxVM 3.5 Licenses Table 1-2 VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX Feature Availability (Continued) Feature Chapter 1 AR 0902 Base VERITA S Volume Manage r 3.5 for HP-UX (Base-V XVM) AR 0902 VERITA S Volume Manage r 3.5 for HP-UX (B9116A A) AR 0902 VERITA S Cluster Volume Manage r 3.5 for HP-UX (B9117A A) AR0902 VERITA S Volume Manage r 3.5 FastRes ync Option for HP-UX (B9118A A) VERITA S Volume Manage r 3.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes VERITAS VxVM 3.5 Licenses Table 1-2 VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX Feature Availability (Continued) Feature AR 0902 Base VERITA S Volume Manage r 3.5 for HP-UX (Base-V XVM) AR 0902 VERITA S Cluster Volume Manage r 3.5 for HP-UX (B9117A A) VERITA S Volume Manage r 3.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes VERITAS VxVM 3.5 Licenses Table 1-2 VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX Feature Availability (Continued) 16 MC/SG - - 16 MC/SG - 4 MC/SG - 4 MC/SG AR 0902 Base VERITA S Volume Manage r 3.5 for HP-UX (Base-V XVM) AR 0902 VERITA S Volume Manage r 3.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes VERITAS VxVM 3.5 Licenses NOTE In an active/passive peripheral, LUNs only accept I/O on one path at any time. In an active/active peripheral, LUNs accept I/O on either path at any time. VEA Graphical User Interface and SAM The VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA) provides a Java-based graphical user interface for managing VxVM. VEA has two parts: a server and a client. The server must run on the system running VxVM.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes VERITAS VxVM 3.5 Licenses Limitations of this Release VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX has the following limitations, which will be removed in subsequent releases: • Only versions A.11.13 and A.11.14 of MC/ServiceGuard and ServiceGuard OPS Edition for HP-UX 11i will work with VERITAS Cluster Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX. • Only version A.11.13 and A.11.14 of MC/ServiceGuard for HP-UX 11i will work with VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 for HP-UX.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes VERITAS VxVM 3.5 Licenses Documentation The following documents describe the VERITAS Volume Manager for HP-UX. They are available with the VRTSdoc package which is installed by default with the HP AR0902 CD in the Base-VXVM bundle, or can be installed from the VERITAS CD. • 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.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 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™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Notes option “VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) with VxFS” at OS installation time. This option is not supported on releases prior to HP-UX 11i AR0902, and your installation will fail.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 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.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version NOTE Patch Number 26 You must register with the IT Resource Center to search the patch database. Description Mandatory/Optional PHKL_26452 scsi3/disc30 patch (includes passthru ioctl) Mandatory PHKL_26519 s700_800 11.11 SCSI IO Subsystem Cumulative Patch. This fixes a SCSI problem that resulted in bad disks causing long delays in initialization and startup.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Patch Number PHCO_26736 Description ioinitrc(iM) patch Mandatory/Optional Mandatory Getting Product Information Updates There may be additional product information about this release which is available on the VERITAS Technical Support website. To check for any new or updated information, do the following: Step 1. Go to the VERITAS Technical Support website at http://support.veritas.com. Step 2.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Installation Issues Removal of HPvxvm Product after Installing VxVM 3.5 Products Causes License Files to be Removed • Problem: The HPvxvm postremove script removes directories in /etc/vx, apart those named /etc/vx/elm, /etc/vx/type or /etc/vx/emc.d. Thus VxVM 3.5 products installed on the system lose their licensing files since they get installed in /etc/vx/licenses.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version NOTE This is fixed in AR0902. The problem does not arise if you install AR0902 on different disk on a machine that already has a vxvm root disk. Cautionary Note when using HP-UX Maintenance Mode Boot (MMB) HPUX Maintenance Mode Boot (MMB) is meant to used in the recovery from catastrophic failures that have prevented the target machine from booting.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version • Look at the NAME field immediately to the right of the "sd" column. This will show the subdisk name, which is made up of the DM name followed by -nn, where nn is a number such as 03, 04, and so on. This should allow you to identify the DM name of the disk that is not your boot disk.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version # 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 ...
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Step 2. Using the information discovered in the previous step, identify the volumes to which the snapshot plexes originally belonged, and reattach them to those original volume as in the following command: # vxplex att original_volume plex1 [plex2 ...
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Workaround: Allow X server access by typing: xhost + [hostname] Volume Manager and Multi-Host Failover Configurations Outside the context of clustering functionality, Volume Manager disk groups can be imported (made available) from only one host at any given time. When a host imports a disk group as private, the volumes and configuration of that disk group becomes accessible to the host.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version NOTE Since Volume Manager uses the host name as the host ID (by default), it is advisable to change the host name of one machine if another machine shares its host name. To change the host name, use the vxdctl hostid new_hostname command. Failover The import locking scheme works well in an environment where disk groups are not normally shifted from one system to another.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Disk group configuration corruption usually shows up as missing or duplicate records in the configuration databases.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version • 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.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Removing DMP Disks • Problem: The vxdisk rm command only logically removes a disk. It does not remove the disk from DMP. Therefore, the disk may re-appear after a vxdctl enable even if the disk has been physically removed. • Workaround: Restart usingvxconfigd. This causes the DMP database to be updated, and the physically removed device will no longer appear.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Default Values with vxdiskadm • Problem: The vxdiskadm(1M) utility does not handle default responses correctly. • Workaround: Enter a value when prompted instead of taking the default. CVM startnode Can Take More Than 5 Minutes • Problem: The CVM startnode or the join of the node can take more than 5 minutes, if there are many number of disks and a large configuration.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Long Delay Time when Running vxconfigd • Problem: You may experience a long (20 seconds) delay time when running vxconfigd without a CD-ROM in the CD/DVD drive. • Workaround: Ensure there is a CD in the CD-ROM drive. Business Copy (BC) Limitation on XP Disk Arrays • Problem: VxVM will allow an import of the volumes from only one BCV on a node where volumes have the same disk and group identification.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version # vxdisk online diskname This command updates the status of the diskname disk. # vxdctl enable This command updates the status of all the VxVM disks. NOTE The vxdctl enable command initiates an entire disk device scan. Therefore the length of time VxVM takes to scan all of the devices in the environment of that particular host will increase as the number of devices increases.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Some older Quantum disks (models PD210S and PD425S) do not respond properly to SCSI inquiry command when the device is in certain states. As a consequence, these devices are not recognized by VxVM and, as such, cannot be used as disks for VxVM. A vxdisk command may list the device in error state or may not list at all. • Workaround: Do not attempt to define the device for VxVM.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Free Space Reported Differently • Problem: vxdg free reports free space differently than vxprint -ht. • Workaround: None. Subdisks are not Aligned on Cylinder Boundaries After a Relayout • When relayout is performed on a volume, Volume Manager does not grow subdisks such that they end on cylinder boundaries. If you subsequently increase the size of the volume, its subdisks are not grown using contiguous disk space.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version Stopping and Starting Layered Volumes If a layered volume is in use when a vxvol stopall command is issued, then only the sub-volumes are disabled. The layered volume remains enabled. When a vxvol stop layered-volume command is issued, then only the top layered volume is stopped. The sub-volumes remain enabled. When a vxvol start layered-volume command is issued, then only the top layered volume is started.
VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in This Version After Upgrading to VxVM 3.5 If you upgrade your system to Volume Manager 3.5 and you have persistent simple or nopriv disks and you select to change from c#t#d# naming to enclosure-based naming, these disks may be in an error state after upgrading. To recover these disks, run vxdarestore after you have completed the upgrade. After Changing Your Disk Naming Scheme If you change your Volume Manager 3.
