HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite A.04.01 Release Notes (March 2012)

New feature available in Serviceguard Management Suite A.04.01:
• Enhancements to modular CFS packages: For more information, see the section New Features
for A.11.20 in the HP Serviceguard Version A.11.20 Release Notes available at:
www.hp.com/go/hpux-serviceguard-docs → HP Serviceguard.
NOTE:
◦ To obtain this feature, you must install the patch “PHSS_42136”, or later.
◦ You must install the patch “PHSS_42137”, before installing the “PHSS_42136” patch.
For more information on a complete list of HP and Veritas documents that supports SG SMS
A.04.01, see Table 5: “Product Documents and Associated Bundles”
What’s New with Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1
Veritas Storage Foundation™ 5.1 SP1 includes the Veritas™ File System (VxFS) and the Veritas™
Volume Manager (VxVM). New features and enhancements for VxFS and VxVM that are supported
in the SG SMS version A.04.01 bundles are as follows:
What’s New with Veritas File System (VxFS)
The following VxFS features and enhancements are supported in the SG SMS version A.04.01
bundles:
• Autolog replay on mount — The mount command automatically runs the VxFS fsck command
to clean up the intent log if the mount command detects a dirty log in the file system.
• Dynamic Storage Tiering is rebranded as SmartTier — In this release, the Dynamic Storage
Tiering (DST) feature is rebranded as SmartTier.
• FileSnap — FileSnaps provide the ability to snapshot objects that are smaller in granularity
than a file system or a volume.
• Partitioned directories — This feature creates partitioned directories to improve the directory
performance of file systems.
• SmartTier sub-file movement — Allows you to manage the placement of file objects or entire
files on individual volumes.
• Tuning performance optimization of inode allocation — Allows you to specify whether
performance optimization of inode allocation and reuse during new file creation is turned on
(or off).
• Veritas File System is more thin friendly — Allows you to tune Veritas File System (VxFS) to
enable or disable thin-friendly allocations.
NOTE: For more information on VxFS features and enhancements that are supported with SG
SMS version A.04.01 bundles, see the Veritas™ File System 5.1 SP1 Release Notes available at:
www.hp.com/go/hpux-core-docs → HP-UX 11i Volume Management (LVM/VxVM) Software.
What’s New with Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM)
The following VxVM features and enhancements are supported in the SG SMS version A.04.01
bundles:
• Support for SSD — A solid-state disk (SSD) is solid-state storage that emulates a hard disk
drive (HDD) interface.
• The vxdmpinq utility renamed to the vxscsiinq utility — The diagnostic utility vxdmpinq has
been renamed to the vxscsiinq utility.
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