Virtual TapeServer 8.0 Release Notes

Known Issues | 29
 System Status page lists “No Cartridges” for each GFS vault. A VTS system in a
GFS environment may have “No Cartridges” for the vaults, if the GFS environment has
had to recover a file, such as a gfs_fsck (file system check) is performed. This issue is due
to a permissions problem allowing access to the “lost and found” files. (TL-6515, EAR
7664)
 System Status page indicates that TEST_UNIT_READY command was processed
and complete, but no commands were processed. The System Status page indicates
that a TEST_UNIT_READY command was completed. If the user looks at this to
determine if VTS is communicating with the host, it is misleading. The
TEST_UNIT_READY command is command 0x0. This is the initialized value that the
system is holding, and the system does nothing to determine if that initialized value 0 is
what’s there, or if an actual TEST_UNIT_READY command has been processed.
(TL-4940)
 If too much data is transferred in a refresh period, the transfer rate and
compression ratio displayed on the System Status page may be inaccurate. If
more than 2GB of data is written during a refresh period of the System Status page, the
transfer rate and compression ratio may be invalid. (TL-880)
Jobs (general)
 Ambiguous error message if export job fails to run. When a tape-to-tape or stacked
export job fails to run successfully, the error message is ambiguous. (TL-3985)
WORKAROUND: To determine the cause of the error, refer to the export.log and job.log
for tape-to-tape exports, and refer to hsm.log and job.log for stacked export.
 Immediately canceling a job after it starts run may result in an error. (TL-6384)
WORKAROUND: Allow 10 seconds before attempting to cancel.
 Cannot edit a mount job. Mount jobs are not editable in this release. (TL-6850)
WORKAROUND: Create a new job to the same drive with the intended cartridge.
 An active virtual tape may appear empty until activity on it has completed. This
will result in the virtual tape being skipped from some scheduled job operations. To avoid
this, scheduled jobs should be run on virtual tapes that are not currently in use. (TL-6741)
 Canceled jobs show their status as Failed instead of Canceled. The job run for a
particular canceled job should list the reason as 'Terminated'. (TL-6736)
WORKAROUND: View the job results. The text will be correct and say that the job was
terminated.
 Multiple jobs can be created with the same name. They will all run properly, but
editing and distinguishing results will be complicated. (TL-5741)
Manage Virtual Tapes and Manage Tapes and Pools (Advanced
Operations)
 Web interface does not use the selected magazine for a VTL. Instead, the web
interface uses the magazine that was created with the VTL, even if a different magazine
is loaded using the Advanced Virtual Tape pages. (TL-6548, EAR 7672)
WORKAROUND: Move cartridges from the new magazine to the old magazine and use
that instead.