Document Version
Introduction
Product Compatibility
Changes in This Release
Changes in ptx/SVM V2.2.0
Converting to ptx/SVM V2.x from ptx/SVM V1.x
Deinstall ptx/SVM
Usage Notes
Use of vxdiskadm Not Recommended
ptx/SVM V2.x Does Not Support Shareable "nopriv" Spindles
Using VTOC Drivers on Disks Under ptx/SVM Control
Performance Better in Private Disk Groups Than in Shared
Disk Media Record Can Be Removed from Active Volume
Product Documentation
Open Problem Reports
A Volume in rootdg Will Prevent Autoimport of a Disk Group with the Same Name (221607)
Invalid Values for loglen Are Ignored (221620)
maxgrow and maxsize Arguments to vxassist Are Not Described in Man Page (227112)
vxconfigd Does Not Send Errors to Log File or Through syslog (227276)
vxmake Cannot Handle Arbitrarily Large Files (228192)
vxrecover Returns Errors When Trying to Recover Volumes in Deported Disk Groups (229772)
vxstat Command Accessible Only by root (231132)
Mirrored Volume Will Not Recover if It Has Been Modified Outside of ptx/SVM Control (231419)
Automatic Deinstallation of ptx/SVM Does Not Work (231421)
Multiple Subdisks Are Allowed in ROOTVOL (231844)
vxdiskadm Option to Offline a Disk Does Not Work (233530)
vxiod Processes Are Started When ptx/SVM Is Not Enabled (234686)
ptx/SVM Can Create a Volume with Length Shorter than Plex (234848)
dumpcfg Does Not Handle Multiple Disk Groups (236142)
vxconfigd -k May Fail to Reimport Disk Groups (236238)
Disk Failure Can Hang vxmake (236469)
vxdiskadm Does Not Work on Shared Disks (236943)
vxvol start Sometimes Fails and Returns No Error Message (237191)
Can't Move Volume Out of "sync" State (237221, 244168)
"Volume Locked by Another Utility" Message Appears (237430)
Offset Not Returned to Zero When vxvol -o force stop Is Used (237461)
Restarting vxconfigd on Slave Can Confuse Master and Slave (239284)
Partitions on Same Spindle Can Belong to Two Different Disk Groups (239776)
Asynchronous Reads at 32 KB I/O Size Cause Performance Problems (239950)
vxdg Creates a Shared Disk Group with the Same Base Minor Number as a Private Disk Group on Slave Node (240131)
vxdg free on Slave Node Does Not Provide Private Disk Group Information (240316)
A Problem Exists when Each Cluster Node Contains an Identical Private Disk Group Name (240451)
ptx/SVM Doesn't Realize a Disk Has Changed When a Private Area on a Spindle is Reinitialized (241205)
Master Node Appears Hung After Quorum Is Lost and Regained (241732)
S03reconfig Outputs an Inappropriate Error Message (241733)
vxconfigd Lists Wrong Disk Group Name (242245)
vxdiskadm OLR Fails on Sliced and Simple NODEVICE Disks (242863)
vxdisk -f init Fails (243996)
Volumes Are Left in SYNC State If Plexes Are Offlined (244168)
Shared Dirty-Region Logging Volumes Can Cause Looping in the S03svm-awaitjoin Script (244807)
vxtrace Does Not Perform Consistently (246092)
rootdg Created Before Node Name Assigned Causes Problems (246430)
Failed klog Update Results in System Panic (246573)
Shared Disk Group on Non-Shareable Disk Prevents Other Nodes from Joining Cluster (247200)
Volumes Manually Placed in NEEDSYNC or SYNC State May Have Poor Performance (247700)
vxassist Cannot Be Used to Create a Mirror on the Same Disk as First Plex (248105)
vxassist Man Page Contains Error (248696)
Confusing Error Message Returned After Volume Usage Type Changed to "root" (248773)
A Plex Cannot Be Created Containing a Subdisk with Punctuation in its Name (248798)
nopriv Disks Can Be Added to Shared Disk Groups (249045)
Must Issue "vxdctl enable" Twice When Performing OLR (249438)
ptx/SVM Has Problems with /var/ees Being a Volume (249612)
"nopriv" Disks Cannot Be Used for Hot Sparing (250593, 250600)
The vxconfigd Man Page Does Not Specify Default File Name (250813)