Virtual TapeServer 6.04.03.01 for NonStop Servers Release Notes

Known Issues | 11
• ems_telnet.pl
•hsmdelete.pl
•hsmget.pl
•hsmput.pl
• vtsisc_cancel.pl
• vtsisc_mount.pl
• vtsisc_unmount.pl
• vts_scratch_erase.pl
The most common symptom of this problem is that VTS will not be able to log into a host
server. Log messages may make it appear as if a password has not been set, though it has
been set since encrypted passwords cannot be decrypted. (TL-3377)
To determine if the problem is present, execute the following as root or bill and verify that
one or more files is owned by root:
ls -l /home/bill/.gnupg
WORKAROUND: To correct the problem, execute the following command as root:
chown bill.bill /home/bill/.gnupg/*
 Segfaults occur during shutdown and reboot. A performance monitoring agent may
segfault during shutdown. This causes no system impact. (TL-3320)
 Serial number can be autogenerated to include a single digit. Serial numbers can
be autogenerated as single digits, which may not be acceptable to host systems. The
autogenerated serial numbers are based on the BTLI of the drive. (TL-3946)
WORKAROUND: Specify a serial number or edit the serial number after it has been
autogenerated if it does not meet the needs of the host.
 Corrupt virtual tape causes server to become unresponsive. If the VTS server
loses power during a backup, causing the corrupt cartridge, the backup will fail. (It is
likely that the host running the backup will log a failure message.) As a result, VTS may
become unresponsive. (TL-3512)
WORKAROUND: Erase the resulting virtual tape and rerun the backup.
 Operations fail and errors are logged when log files exceed 2GB in size. When a
log file grows to over 2GB in size in less than a day, some commands will fail and errors
similar to the following are logged. (TL-3139)
ERROR: C06001 is locked by Filesize limit exceeded.
WORKAROUND: Remove the log file or wait until VTS rotates the file at 4AM.
 traceInit messages are logged to /var/log/messages. Messages similar to the
following are logged to /var/log/messages. These messages can be ignored. (TL-3151)
Jun 2 13:20:54 VTS06 slave: traceInit: Opening /proc/crds-trace
failed, No such file or directory
 Failures may occur if an autoloading pool contains an invalid cartridge. Only
valid cartridges should be added to pools within vaults. If other files are there,
inconsistent or unpredictable behavior may occur. (TL-3125)
WORKAROUND: Restart the Tapeserver service.