VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 Release Notes (August 2003)

VERITAS Volume Manager™ HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes

Patches and Fixes in This Version

Chapter 138

Default Values with vxdiskadm

• Problem: The vxdiskadm(1M) utility does not handle default <CR>

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.

• Workaround: Increase the join timeout value for the join to complete

successfully.

Rootability Cloning Script May Yield "Too Many Processes" Error

• Problem: Running the VxVM rootability cloning script, vxcp_lvmro,

may yield the following error message if your nproc tunable is set to

the default of 276:

/etc/vx/bin/vxcp_lvmroot[47]: The fork function failed. Too many

already exist.

sh: The fork function failed. Too many processes already exist.

• Workaround: Increase the nproc static tunable to 1024 using

sam(1M), rebuild a new kernel, reboot your machine, and try the

vxcp_lvmroot again.

Slow Disk Group Import for FC60

• Problem: Importing a disk group made up of LUNs of an FC60 disk

array is slow, requiring as much as 90 seconds to complete.

Subsequent I/O operations, however, are normal with the FC60.

• Fix: A SCSI patch, PHKL_26519, ﬁxes this problem. The ﬁx is

included in the “11.11 SCSI IO Subsystem Cumulative Patch.” See

Patches and Fixes in This Version for instructions on ﬁnding the

latest patches. Use SCSI or the CR number JAGad46688 as the

search string. (JAGad46688 is the change request number for the

SCSI problem that this patch ﬁxes.)