ADIC Life Jacket FileServ User Manual

Release Notes

Product: FileServ® for UNIX® Version 4.4.1

®

Operating Systems: IRIX

SPARC™ Solaris™ 7 and 8

Date: October 8, 2001

NOTE: (1) The operating system must always be run in US_English. (2) FileServ supports the

maintenance (M) version of IRIX 6.5.x, as opposed to the feature (F) vers ion. (3) To
obtain details on supported application server platforms, contact your FileServ sales
representative.

Contents

Page Topic Page Topic

1 Prerequisites 5 Modify IRIX Kernel for SONY DTF-2 Drive
2 Purpose of This Release 6 Compatibility with VolSer v®
2 Fixed Problems 7 Operating System Requirements
2 Known Problems 7 Operating Issues
3 Documentation 8 Installation and Upgrade Issues

6.5.6M, 6.5.7M, 6.5.8M, 6.5.9M and 6.5.10M

3 Supported Drives 12 Contents of Version 4.4
4 Update sysparm File with Media

Capacity

13 Contents of Version 4.3

Prerequisites

Before installing FileServ, install the software listed in the table below:

Software IRIX Solaris

A valid ANSI C compiler X X
Perl 5 X X
Veritas Vxfs Version 3.3.3 + patch1

VolServ

®

-X

XX

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Purpose of This Release

This release contains corrections to problems encountered in previous versions.

Fixed Problems

The following table lists fixed problems:

Operating

System

All 564 When the db map is created in fsaudit

All 568 fsrecover was failing because of memory requirements that were caused by

All 570 For veritas vxfs filesystems, an ov erwrite of an existing file that has a valid tape

All 572 Changed the EMASS logo to the ADIC logo on the FileServ graphical user

Problem

Number

Description of Problems Fixed in Version 4.4.1

The update_mask field in the db map entry indicates whether or not the
directory should be there. This field was not being initialized, so directories
were occasionally being reported as missing even though they existed.

the journal_table being calloc for every record in the journal but not being freed
before the calloc. fsrecover is now freeing the journal_table memory.

copy will generate two events: a create and a truncate. The file object is locked
by the filesystem until both events are processed. This causes a potential
deadlock in the dmapi process if the create list is processed before the
truncate event is processed. To prevent this deadlock, the dmapi process was
modified so the create list is processed by a separate thread.

interface (fswin gui).

Known Problems

The following table lists unresolved problems:

, all directories in dirdb are added.

Operating

System

IRIX
Solaris

IRIX
Solaris

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Problem

Number

588
936
958

904 Occasionally, the

When

fsundelete command is executed, occasionally it does not completely

undelete all the files on the undelete list because of a timing issue.
Workaround: To overcome this problem, run the

on the unrestored file(s). The fsundelete command does not retrieve any
secondary copies of files that were deleted, only the primary copy is retrieved.
Do not use the
disk only. The command will fail and an error message will appear instructing
you how to correctly execute the command.

removed a file . This happens if th e file is open and
file.

Workaround: To ensure that the file was removed, run
successfully run the
write or execute permissions.

Description of Known Problems in Version 4.4.1

-f option (force) with the command on a file that resides on

fsrmcopy command incorrectly reports that it successfully

fsrmcopy command on a file, the user must have read,

fsundelete command again

fsrmdiskcopy is run on that

fsfileinfo again. To

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Documentation

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Supported Drives

FileServ supports the following drives on the specified platforms:

Drive Type

Supported

on IRIX

Supported

on Solaris

Ampex DST 310
Ampex DST 312
See NOTE below.

Fujitsu M8100. Configure this drive as an IBM 3590B1A. Yes Yes
HP 2600FX MO

HP 5200EX MO
IBM 3590B1A

IBM 3590E1A. Do not configure these drives on an RS-422 port.
IBM 3580 LTO No Yes

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Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

No

No

Drive Type

Supported

on IRIX

Supported

on Solaris

Quantum DLT 4000
Quantum DLT 7000. Configure this drive as a DLT 4000.
Quantum DLT 8000. Configure this drive as a DLT 4000.

Sony AIT-1 SDX-300
Sony AIT-2 SDX-500

Sony GY-10
Sony GY-2120
Sony GY-8240.See “Modify IRIX Kernel for SONY DTF-2 Drive” on

page 5 of these"Release Notes."

During initial configuration on VolServ, set these drives up to support
both DTF1 and DTF2 media types.

Storage Technology 4480
Storage Technology Timberline 9490-E
Storage Technology 9840

NOTE: To tune the kernel for DST drives, follow the steps below:
Step 1: Login as
Step 2: Run
Step 3: Enter

root.

systune -i.

maxdmasz 513.

Yes Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes Yes

Yes

Yes

Step 4: Enter
Step 5: Reboot the system.

quit.

Update sysparm File with Media Capacity

After an initial installation, if you add or change a Sony AIT-2, IBM 3590E1A, Quantum DLT 7000, or
Quantum DLT 8000 drive type, update the system parameters to reflect the new media capacity by
following the steps below:

Step 1. Log in as
Step 2. Edit the fs_sysparms file.

# vi /$FS_HOME/sysparms/fs_sysparms

Step 3. If you are adding an AIT-2 drive, update the

shown below if you are using 170m tape:

DEF_MED_SPC_AIT=35000000000;

root.

DEF_MED_SPC_AIT parameter definition to be as

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If you are adding an AIT-2 drive, update the DEF_MED_SPC_AIT parameter definition to be as
shown below if you are using 230m tape:

DEF_MED_SPC_AIT=50000000000;

If you are adding an 3590E1A drive, update the DEF_MED_SPC_3590 parameter definition to
be as shown below:

DEF_MED_SPC_3590=20000000000;

If you are adding a DLT 7000 drive, update the DEF_MED_SPC_CTIV parameter definition to be
as shown below:

DEF_MED_SPC_CTIV=35000000000;

If you are adding a DLT 8000 drive, update the DEF_MED_SPC_CTIV parameter definition to be
as shown below:

DEF_MED_SPC_CTIV=40000000000;

Step 4. Save the changes and quit the edit session.

Modify IRIX Kernel for SONY DTF-2 Drive

IRIX only: Update the SGI kernel to be aware of the SONY DTF-2 drive, by following the steps below:
Step 1. Log in as root.

# su root

Step 2. Search the scsi file and look for the words “GY-8240.”

# vi /var/sysgen/master.d/scsi

Step 3. If that text is not found, add the following entry to the file for your drive:

/* SONY GY-8240 drive */
{ SONYGY, TPGY2120, 4, 7, "SONY", "GY-8240", 0, 0, {0, 0, 0, 0},
MTCAN_BSF|MTCAN_BSR|MTCANT_RET|MTCAN_CHKRDY|MTCAN_PREV|
MTCAN_SEEK|MTCAN_APPEND|MTCAN_SILI|MTCAN_VAR|MTCAN_SETSZ|
MTCAN_CHTYPEANY | MTCAN_COMPRESS,
20, 100*60, 10*60, 9*60, 9*60, 16384, 256*1024,
tpsc_default_dens_count, tpsc_default_hwg_dens_names,
tpsc_default_alias_dens_names,
{0}, 0, 0, 0,
0, (u_char *)0 },

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