3PAR InForm® Operating System 2.3.1 Release Notes 3PAR Inc.
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InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Audience 1.2 1.2 Organization 1.2 1.3 Related Documentation 1.3 2 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 2.1 Online Upgrade Considerations 2.1 2.2 Supported Platforms 2.2 2.3 End of Support Features 2.2 2.4 Components 2.2 2.5 What’s New in the InForm OS 2.3 2.5.1 3PAR InForm Software 2.3 2.5.2 Thin Technologies for Efficiency and Capacity Reduction 2.3 2.5.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 2.7.1 Fibre Channel/SCSI Interface 2.22 2.7.2 Deleting Large Snapshot Volumes 2.22 2.8 Known Issues with the InForm OS iv Table of Contents 2.23 2.8.1 4Gb/s 2-Port adapter Issue 2.23 2.8.2 Downgrade Issues 2.23 2.8.3 Running Recovery Manager and Remote Copy (from outside of Recovery Manager) at the Same Time is not Supported 2.25 2.8.4 No Patch Detail File for P01 2.26 2.8.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 3 3PAR InForm CLI Release Notes 3.1 Installation Notes for the InForm CLI 3.1.1 Virus Checking 3.2 What’s New in the InForm CLI 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 Removed and Deprecated Commands and Options 3.38 3.4 Modifications to the InForm CLI 3.42 3.5 Known Issues with the InForm CLI 3.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes vi Table of Contents InForm OS Version 2.3.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 1 Introduction In this chapter 1.1 Audience 1.2 1.2 Organization 1.2 1.3 Related Documentation 1.3 Introduction 1.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 This document provides the release notes for the 3PAR InForm OS (Operating System) and Command Line Interface (CLI). You should read this document prior to installing the 2.3.1 version of this product. NOTE: These release notes describe the features and bug fixes included in InForm OS 2.3.1. Refer to the appropriate release notes for all prior releases. 1.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 1.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 1.4 InForm OS Version 2.3.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 2 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes In this chapter 2.1 Online Upgrade Considerations 2.1 2.2 Supported Platforms 2.2 2.3 End of Support Features 2.2 2.4 Components 2.2 2.5 What’s New in the InForm OS 2.3 2.6 Modifications to the InForm OS 2.11 2.7 Limitations of the InForm OS 2.22 2.8 Known Issues with the InForm OS 2.23 2.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 2.2 Supported Platforms The 3PAR Configuration Matrix for InForm OS 2.3.1 contains information about supported hardware and software platforms. Contact your local sales engineer or service representative to obtain a copy, or find it online at http://www.3par.com. Use your 3PAR login userid to search the Document Control System for the Configuration Matrix, Document Number 931.X. 2.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 2.5 What’s New in the InForm OS New features included in the 3PAR InForm OS Release 2.3.1 are described below. 2.5.1 3PAR InForm Software 3PAR’s new Inform Operating System 2.3.1 enables customers to increase efficiency and increase agility with several new features and enhancements. The new InForm OS 2.3.1 features include the following benefits: ■ Efficiency and capacity reduction with new Thin features.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 2.5.2.4 Thin Reclamation for Veritas Storage Foundation 3PAR Thin Reclamation for Veritas Storage Foundation is a new 3PAR software product that enables 3PAR arrays to use granular file system-level information to autonomically reclaim unused space within thinly provisioned virtual volumes.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 2.5.3.3 Persistent Cache Persistent Cache is a resiliency feature that avoids any extended write-through mode during scheduled or unscheduled controller node downtime on any four or higher node InServ Storage Server. This capability in the InForm Operating System works across all InServ Storage Server models and brings unique high-end capabilities to the 3PAR midrange F-Class InServ Storage Servers.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 2.5.4.4 Host Personas The host personas feature allows heterogeneous hosts to share a single InServ Storage Server host-facing port. Host Persona is available as part of InForm OS. 2.5.4.5 InForm Management Console (IMC) Enhancements The IMC has been updated to include several InForm OS features such as Dynamic Optimization. Refer to the 3PAR InForm® Management Console 3.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 2.5.4.7 CIM API Enhancements In addition to its previous capabilities, the InForm CIM API now supports the following features. 2.5.4.7.1 New Features Features Description Cage Subsystem ■ A new DiskSpeed property has been added to the TPD_DiskDrive class. ■ There is now a single TPD_DiskDrive and TPD_Magazine class rather than specific classes for each cage type.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 Provisioning ■ Support for creation of 16 TB Virtual Volumes. ■ Support for use of templates (persistent StorageSettings) when creating Virtual Volumes. ■ Support for RAID 6. ■ New 3PAR CIM API extensions provide support for Thin Provisioning, including creation/management of CPGs and TPVVs. ■ Support for VLUN templates (persistent SCSIProtocolController instances).
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 2.5.4.8 SNMP Features Description Network The 3PAR SNMP Agent now supports connections from SNMP managers over an IPV6 network. Naming The ORGANIZATION and CONTACT entries in the 3PAR MIB have been updated to change the company name from 3PARdata to 3PAR. Traps The SNMP agent will now send out a standard coldStart trap when it starts up. 2.5.4.9 Other Enhancements ■ Ability to rename a Common Provisioning Group (CPG).
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 2.5.5.2 IPV6 Support The InServ Storage Server can be managed over IPV6 networks using the InForm Management Console, CLI via SSH, and SNMP. The remote CLI client does not support IPV6, nor does the 3PAR CIM-API. IPV6 support is available as part of InForm OS. 2.5.6 Maximum Limits Enhancements ■ Increased maximum volume size supported to 16TB, subject to host OS support.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 2.6 Modifications to the InForm OS The following items have been addressed in this release. Bug ID Item Description 24405 showspace and alerts have Internal algorithms have been updated. conflicting data. 26791 Low periodic sync performance.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 34981 InForm OS Version 2.3.1 GetInstance() of On systems with a large number of VLUNs, a ProtocolControllerForUnit takes call to GetInstance() to retrieve the too long on systems with many information was taking a very long time to VLUNs. return. The code was optimized to improve response time.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 36041 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Remote Copy over Fibre Channel Under certain error conditions, the 4-port 4G (RCFC) had double node failure. Fibre Channel adapter used for Remote Copy over Fibre Channel could stop transmitting packets, resulting in controller nodes going offline when pending commands timed out. This has been fixed in the firmware for the fibre channel adapter.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 36597 InForm OS Version 2.3.1 Batteries near expiration prevent Batteries in the expiration warning period were battery testing. being treated as expired batteries when testing batteries. This prevented them from being tested and lead to them being marked degraded/unknown once 3 weeks from the most recent test had elapsed.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 37568 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Failed 3PAR Fibre Channel Adapter A failed 4-port 4G Fibre Channel adapter could causes the InForm Management sometimes result in commands on the InServ Console to take up to 20 minutes to Storage Server taking a long time to complete populate InServ Storage Server as the adapter driver tried to communicate to data. the unresponsive adapter firmware.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 38093 InForm OS Version 2.3.1 SCSI reservations should not be Some long-running system operations such as blocked by the system manager dynamic optimizations for large volumes could configuration lock. occasionally result in SCSI-2 reservations not being handled in a timely manner, and VMware ESX hosts seeing high IO latencies. This has been fixed by handling SCSI-2 reservations more efficiently even while the system is busy with long-running operations.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 40156 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Blade Servers AMD ESX 3i hosts lost Sometimes, a command to the iSCSI adapter access to VLUNs. that timed out could result in a resource leak. Over time, this could result in the adapter port running out of resources and hosts losing access to volumes exported via the adapter port. This has been corrected by accounting for the timed out command correctly and resetting the adapter port if a resource leak is detected.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 41341 InForm OS Version 2.3.1 Network controller process can Due to a timing issue netc can terminate when terminate when attempting to it is in the process of switching the admin switch the admin interface between interface between nodes. nodes.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 42323 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes The servicehost list command If the number of old hosts remembered (as could fail due to results being too shown by servicehost list) grew extremely large. large, servicehost list and servicehost remove would fail. The system has been enhanced to automatically remove these in standard situations to help prevent this list from growing too large.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 43868 InForm OS Version 2.3.1 InForm Management Console The power supply OK events were mishandled falsely reports both controller nodes by the system manager, which led to the as degraded. InForm Management Console receiving degraded status instead of OK status. 43967 System manager segmentation fault The code has been modified so that releasing during chunklet relocation. the mutex is done before freeing the memory that points to the mutex.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 45531 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Resource leak in iSCSI driver results If the initiator driver on an iSCSI host is very in all I/O stopping on an iSCSI port. slow to respond to a pending request for data from the iSCSI firmware in the InForm iSCSI adapater, the InForm iSCSI driver could leak a resource associated with that I/O. If all resources are exhausted over time, the iSCSI port stops processing all I/O and needed to be reset to recover the resources.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 2.7 Limitations of the InForm OS 2.7.1 Fibre Channel/SCSI Interface The InForm OS does not provide user-level control on write caching via the SCSI mode select command. Write-caching is on by default. Deferred errors will never be reported after status is sent for a write command. The InServ Storage Server system software may go into writethrough mode while handling certain events such as loss of battery charge or a faulty node.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 2.8 Known Issues with the InForm OS 2.8.1 4Gb/s 2-Port adapter Issue The 4Gb/s 2-port Fibre Channel Adapter firmware does not detect a loss of sync when the host reboots and has older adapters (ex: QLA2342) that do not turn off the laser. Workaround - None. 2.8.2 Downgrade Issues The following are downgrade issues for InForm OS release 2.3.1. 2.8.2.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes ■ InForm OS Version 2.3.1 Multiple Read/Write Snapshots per Read-Only Snapshot - In InForm OS 2.3.1, the creation of multiple read/write snapshots per read-only snapshot is permitted. Previous releases supported a single read/write snapshot per read-only snapshot. A downgrade will be prevented if any read-only snapshot has more than one read/write snapshot. Once enough read/write snapshots have been removed to meet this criteria, the downgrade is allowed.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 2.8.3 Running Recovery Manager and Remote Copy (from outside of Recovery Manager) at the Same Time is not Supported To synchronize Recovery Manager snapshot data from the production site to secondary site, Recovery Manager makes directly programmatic calls to the 3PAR Remote Copy product to perform the background synchronization.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 2.8.4 No Patch Detail File for P01 Due to the packaging of InForm OS 2.3.1, there is no patch detail file available for patch P01. The showversion command correctly shows that InForm OS patch P01 is installed. The showpatch command does not recognize patch P01 since no patch details file for patch P01 exists.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 2.8.6 Windows 2003 Pop-Up Client machines running the Windows 2003 operating systems receive an unknown device pop-up from Windows Plug and Play security checking when connecting to a 2.3.1 InServ Storage Server system. Workaround - To avoid this device pop-up message you can install NULL driver for 3PAR SCSI Enclosure Service device located on DCS. 2.8.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 2.8.10 RCFC Port Shutdown Failure (Bug 44520) A problem exists during the shutdown of RCFC ports when line errors are present on the Fibre Channel port. It is possible that the port may not shutdown correctly due to the connection being restarted from the network multiple times due to delayed or duplicated packets being received. Workaround - None. 2.8.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 2.8.13 controlport Configuration Gives Warning after Being Taken Offline (Bug 44989) Using the -f option with controlport config, the system responded with a confirmation request, or refused to force the mode change. Workaround - If the -f flag was used and the system still prompts for confirmation, respond to the prompt. If there are other messages, they need to be resolved (e.g. take port offline), or possibly reissue the command. 2.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 2.8.17 Complex Upgrade to 2.3.1 Reverts when more than 756 Initiators Attached (Bug 45907) A complex upgrade to InForm OS 2.3.1 may fail and revert when over 756 initiators are a attached to the InServ Storage Server via a Fabric. This is due to the fact that some of the host initiator ports do not log into the InServ Storage Server when the expedition controller nodes come back online.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 2.8.20 Remote Copy: Possibility of Secondary Volumes going out of Sync with Primary Volumes with fail_wrt_on_err Policy (Bug 46443) The intent of a synchronous Remote Copy group with the fail_wrt_on_err policy is to fail any host I/O that cannot be successfully mirrored to the secondary cluster.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 2.8.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 3 3PAR InForm CLI Release Notes In this chapter 3.1 Installation Notes for the InForm CLI 3.1 3.2 What’s New in the InForm CLI 3.2 3.3 Removed and Deprecated Commands and Options 3.38 3.4 Modifications to the InForm CLI 3.42 3.5 Known Issues with the InForm CLI 3.44 3.1 Installation Notes for the InForm CLI 3.1.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3.2 What’s New in the InForm CLI Category Command Description CIM Server setcim The setcim command has been modified to ensure if Management non-default ports are configured, only port in the IANA dynamic range will be allowed. showcim The output of the showcim command has changed to display both the configured and current state of the CIM Server. stopcim New –x option allows for a non-graceful shutdown of the CIM server.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 Network 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes setnet ■ Configuration The startaddr subcommand has been enhanced to accept IPV6 network address and prefix length arguments. ■ The ntp subcommand has been enhanced to accept IPV6 network addresses. ■ New addaddr and removeaddr subcommmands provide the ability to add or remove IPV6 network addresses. setntp ■ The command has been enhanced to accept IPV6 network addresses.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Ports controlport InForm OS Version 2.3.1 ■ The persona subcommand has been removed since port personas have been removed. See the createhost and sethost commands for setting host personas and the controlport config command for setting port parameters. ■ New config subcommand provides the ability to set connection modes and types on FC ports. ■ The –m option to the controlport rst command has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 Software 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes showfirmwaredb The syntax of the –i option has changed. The option no longer requires a filename, but instead will use a file path. showversion ■ The output of the showversion command has changed. The GUI Server component is no longer displayed since this component is no longer a part of the InForm OS. setsys ■ The deprecated –gpv option has been removed.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes shutdownsys InForm OS Version 2.3.1 The –f option has been removed, requiring users to provide confirmation before the command will be executed. In addition, system and host information will be displayed to allow users to assess the impact of the operation before proceeding. Copy Services Virtual Copy ■ A maximum of 256 writable virtual copies per volume is now allowed. ■ A maximum of 2048 virtual copies per volume are allowed.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes promotesv ■ New –target option provides the ability to promote Virtual Copies to any Read-Write parent in the same Virtual Volume family tree. ■ The command has been enhanced to allow users to specify sets of virtual copies to be promoted rather than a single virtual copy. Physical Copy createvvcopy The command has been enhanced to allow users to specify sets of volumes to be copied rather than a single volume.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes showdomain InForm OS Version 2.3.1 The output of the showdomain –d command has changed. A new VVRetentionTimeMax column displays the maximum retention time for volumes in the domain. See the createdomain or setdomain commands for details on setting this property. Domain Sets createdomainset New createdomainset command allows for the creation or modification of domain sets.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Drive Enclosure Management Cages showcage New –i option to the showcage command displays cage inventory information. Physical Disks showpd ■ The default output of the showpd command has changed: ◆ New columns have been added to display device type and device speed. ◆ Capacity information is now displayed in MB rather than a combination of MB and number of chunklets.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes showpd (cont’d) InForm OS Version 2.3.1 ■ The output of the –i option has changed: ◆ The State column that is displayed in the default showpd output is now added to the showpd –i output. ◆ A new column has been added to display the Node_WWN of the disk. ◆ The Vendor column has been relabeled as MFR to make it more consistent with other commands. ◆ The Device_id column has been changed to Model to make it more consistent with other commands.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes ■ showpd (cont’d) The output of the –s option has changed. A new column has been added to display the device type of the disk. ■ The output of the showpd –space command has changed: ◆ The column headers related to capacity in the showpd –space command has been cleaned up to be more readable.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 Health Management Summary checkhealth New checkhealth command provides a summary of hardware or software issues. Alerts showalert New –oneline and –wide options to the showalert command provide the ability to display alerts in tabular format with each alert displayed on a single line. By default if the output is too long to fit on a single line, it is truncated unless the –wide option is specified.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Host Management Hosts createhost ■ New –persona option provides the ability to specify a host persona. Host Personas allow for the selection of certain variations in SCSI command behavior which certain operating systems expect. ■ Added support for Host Agents. If the agent software is installed on a host, it will provide additional information about that host to the InServ Storage Server.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes showhost InForm OS Version 2.3.1 ■ The output of the showhost and showhost –d commands has changed. A new Persona column is now displayed. ■ The command has been enhanced to take host sets as input in addition to host names or patterns. ■ The –domain option has been enhanced to take a domain set as input. ■ New –agent option displays summary information provided by Host Agent software installed on the host.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Performance Management Statistics statch The output of the statch, statcpu, statld, statpd, statcpu statvlun, and statvv commands has changed. The statld total line at the bottom of the command output now statpd shows the total number of data rows instead of the statvlun word total. statvv statcpu New –t option displays only the totals for all the CPUs on each node.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes setrcopygroup InForm OS Version 2.3.1 ■ The –nopromote option is now accepted for the reverse and failover disaster recovery commands. It is no longer accepted for the recover and restore commands. ■ The –nosync option is now accepted for the recover, restore, and failover disaster recovery commands. It was previously only accepted for the recover command.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes syncrcopy New –t option provides the ability to synchronize a group on only the specified target. By default, a group will be synchronized on all targets. Links admitrcopylink The syntax of the command has changed for Remote Copy over IP (RCIP). The new syntax is admitrcopylink .... The old syntax was admitrcopylink ....
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Targets admitrcopytarget InForm OS Version 2.3.1 New admitrcopytarget command provides the ability to add a target to a remote copy volume group. creatercopytarget ■ The syntax of the command has changed for Remote Copy over IP (RCIP). The new syntax is creatercopytarget [options] IP [node:slot:port:IP_address...] The old syntax was creatercopytarget target_name IP [node:IP_address...
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Security LDAP setauthparam The command now supports entry of IPV6 network addresses. showauthparam The command now supports display of IPV6 network addresses. User setuseracl Management New –add and –remove options allow users to modify existing ACLs to add new patterns or to remove unused patterns rather than overwriting the entire entry. showuseracl New showuseracl command displays a user’s ACL list.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 Service Cages servicemag New –dryrun option can be used to estimate the length of time a start or resume operation will take to complete. If a -dryrun is started before an actual start or resume, the estimation will be based on empirical data with no I/O on the system.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 Physical Disks 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes controlpd WWNs can now be entered in colon separated format (e.g. AA:BB:CC…) in addition to the previously supported syntax. upgradepd WWNs can now be entered in colon separated format (e.g. AA:BB:CC…) in addition to the previously supported syntax. Sparing createspare Edit level users can no longer run this command. movechtospare ■ Edit level users can no longer run this command.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 SNMP Management Traps addsnmpmgr The command has been enhanced to accept IPV6 network addresses. removesnmpmgr The command has been enhanced to accept IPV6 network addresses. showsnmpmgr The command has been enhanced to display IPV6 network addresses. Tasks and Schedules Schedules ■ New createsched command allows users to schedule commands that will be run as tasks.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Volume Management ■ The limit of 64 VVs per CPG has been removed. ■ The number of volumes that can be specified using the –cnt option is now 999 for all commands. Blocks showblock ■ Added support for RAID 6. ■ The command syntax has changed. When specifying the space for a virtual volume to display, the allowed values are usr, snp, and adm rather than usr, sd, and sa.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes showcpg InForm OS Version 2.3.1 ■ Previously, showcpg was not reporting on fully provisioned volumes that are mapped to a CPG; it was only reporting snapshot data and snapshot administration space. To correct this, the output of the showcpg command has changed: ■ The TPVVs and CPVVs columns have been replaced by a Volumes section which includes two columns. The VVs column displays the total number of volumes mapped to a CPG.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes showspace ■ The output of the showspace –cpg and the showspace –cpg –hist commands has changed. ◆ The output now uses spanning headers to make the output more readable. ◆ There are now three sets of columns, Usr, , and Adm, that display Total and Used space. These replace the previous SD and SA columns. Dynamic compactcpg The –keepld option has been removed.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Logical Disks InForm OS Version 2.3.1 removeld Service level users are allowed to run this command. showld ■ The output of the showld command has been changed: ◆ The State column has been replaced by Detailed_State and can show multiple comma separated states when a VV is not in a normal state. ◆ The Own column will now show the primary node and three secondary nodes for four or eight node systems.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 VLUNs 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes createvlun ■ The createvlun command will now accept several expressions for the LUN number argument that allows it to be automatically assigned by the system. ■ The command has been enhanced to allow users to specify sets of volumes to be exported rather than a single volume. ■ The command has been enhanced to allow users to export volumes or volume sets to a set of hosts.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Volumes createaldvv InForm OS Version 2.3.1 ■ The behavior of the –cnt option has changed. By default use of the –cnt will create multiple volumes that do not share underlying logical disks. Also, users can now create multiple volumes that extend an existing sequence of volumes by specifying the –cnt option and last volume of the existing sequence.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes createtpvv ■ Because user and snapshot space can be managed separately, the –aw and –al options have been removed and replaced by -usr_aw, -usr_al, snp_aw, and –snp_al. ■ New –snp_cpg option specifies the name of the CPG from which the snapshot space will be allocated. If –snp_cpg is not specified, the volume will not have snapshot space associated to it.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes createvv InForm OS Version 2.3.1 ■ The behavior of the –cnt option has changed. By default use of the –cnt will create multiple volumes that do not share underlying logical disks. Also, users can now create multiple volumes that extend an existing sequence of volumes by specifying the – cnt option and last volume of the existing sequence.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes removevv ■ ■ The –keepld and –ld options have been removed. New –expired option provides the ability to remove expired volumes. ■ New –snaponly option provides the ability to remove just snapshot volumes that match a certain name or pattern. ■ New –cascade option removes all specified volumes, all descendent volumes, and any associated VLUN templates as long as there are no active LUNs associated.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes showpdvv InForm OS Version 2.3.1 ■ The syntax of the command has changed to accommodate display of multiple disks. The previous syntax allowed for a single disk and a single chunklet separated by a space. The new syntax allows for multiple disks to be specified, each separated by a space. If a specific chunklet is specified for a disk, the syntax is :.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes showvv ■ The default output of the showvv command has changed: ◆ The Name column is now left justified. Also, by default, the command will show the volume names in a tree structure. Volumes are displayed in alphabetical order with child volumes displayed along with parent volumes and slightly indented. ◆ The Type column and its comma separated contents has been replaced by two columns.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes showvv (cont’d) InForm OS Version 2.3.1 ■ The showvv –s and showvv –snapspace commands have been merged into a new display using showvv –s. The showvv –snapspace option has been removed. The resulting output has changed: ◆ Displays of the Name, Prov, and Type columns described above are the same for this command. ◆ The CPGname column has been removed. ◆ The capacity columns have changed.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes showvv (cont’d) ■ The capacity columns have changed. ◆ There are now columns that provide data on the amount of space reserved and the amount of raw space reserved for adm, snp, and usr spaces of a volume. ◆ New columns display the total reserved and total raw reserved space for a volume and the virtual size of the volume, i.e. the size that the host sees when the volume is exported.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes showvv (cont’d) InForm OS Version 2.3.1 ■ The output of the showvv –alerttime command has changed. There are ew separate columns for failure alert times on adm, snp, and usr spaces of volumes. New separate columns for warning and limit threshold alert times on snp and usr space of volumes. ❷The ◆ output of the showvv –cpprog command has changed. Displays of the Name, Prov, and Type columns described above are the same for this command.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes showvv (cont’d) ■ New –notree option changes the output of the Name column so that volumes are displayed in table format rather than in tree format. ■ New –retained option displays volumes that have a retention time set. ■ New –expired option displays volumes that are expired. ■ New –exp option displays volumes that will expire in the specified timeframe. ■ New –failed option displays volumes that are in a failed state.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Volume Sets createvvset InForm OS Version 2.3.1 New createvvset command allows for the creation or modificiation of virtual volume sets. removevvset New removevvset command removes a virtual volume set or removes a virtual volume from a set. setvvset New setvvset command provides the ability to edit the properties of a virtual volume set. showvvset New showvvset command displays the properties of a virtual volume set. 3.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 Volumes 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes freespace The –keepld option has been removed. removevv The –keepld and –ld options have been removed. setvv The -cpg, -aw, and –al options have been removed. Please use the –usr_cpg, -usr_aw, -usr_al, snp_cpg, -snp_aw, and –snp_al options. showpdch The –ld option has been removed since it matched the default behavior of the command. showvv The –snapspace option has been removed.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Logical Disks Ports InForm OS Version 2.3.1 createald The command has been deprecated. createld The command has been deprecated. controlport ■ The –m option to the controlport rst command has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Use controlport config to set target (host) or initiator (disk) modes. ■ The ct and cl2 subcommands have been deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Volumes ■ The –szs and –sza options to the growaldvv command have been deprecated and will be removed in a future release. ■ The following commands were deprecated in the 2.2.3 release and will be removed in a future release: ◆ createaldvv ◆ createtpvv ◆ growaldvv ◆ growtpvv ◆ tunealdvv ◆ tunetpvv Please use the createvv, growvv, and tunevv commands.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes InForm OS Version 2.3.1 3.4 Modifications to the InForm CLI Bug ID Item Description 19271 showpatch displays empty The showpatch command would display an empty summary on patched system. summary on a system with patches installed even though displaying patch details via the showpatch –d command worked correctly.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 39188 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Help for statport –rcip The online help has been enhanced to provide missing Drops column data about the contents of the Drops column. description. 39240 CLI server runs out of If a CLI client connected to the CLI server, but never connections if clients connect authenticated, this resulted in a CLI connection but don’t authenticate. that was kept around forever.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 41864 InForm OS Version 2.3.1 Running growaldvv via SSH When running via SSH, the command is limited by fails due to memory limits. a hard memory limit placed on the process by the InForm OS. For 2.3.1, the memory limits have been increased on the T-Class and F-Class systems since those platforms have more physical memory.
InForm OS Version 2.3.1 44937 3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes Misleading command output When using the createvvcopy command with when passing empty virtual virtual volume sets, if both sets are empty, the volume sets to the createvvcopy output of the command erroneously references command. the creategroupvvcopy command. Workaround: Pass virtual volume sets that are not empty to the createvvcopy command.
3PAR InForm Operating System Release Notes 3.46 InForm OS Version 2.3.
