3.1.2 Matrix Server SLES9 Release Notes

PolyServe Matrix Server Release Notes 15

8473 mxcheck asks for FibreChannel switch information

When mxcheck is run, it asks for the names or addresses of the

FibreChannel switches in the matrix. It uses this information to

test the access to the switches. If you will not be placing

FibreChannel switches under matrix control, or you do not want

to test switch access at this time, simply press Enter at the

prompt. mxcheck will then continue to execute.

8477 Volume Properties window does not show snapshot

properties

The Volume Properties window shows properties for a basic or

dynamic volume as well as the filesystem mounted on the

volume, but does not show properties for a snapshot mounted

on the volume.

To see information about a snapshot, use the utilities provided

with the web management appliance.

9557 ls can be slow on busy filesystems

The ls command, and other utilities that touch or examine files,

can be slow when run on directories, or parents of directories,

that are busy on other nodes.

If ls is aliased to add any options such as --color=tty or -l, the ls

command will need to examine the stat data on the files in the

directory being listed. If those files are busy on other nodes, the

other nodes will need to flush their data and wait while ls reads

the files. Because this procedure can cause the command to be

slow, we recommend that you remove the ls options.

9557 File operations are slow

If examining or touching a file takes a long time when another

node is writing to the file, you can use the command iostat -x on

the node writing to the file to determine whether the queue

depth and average wait times on the partition containing the file

have become large enough to cause slowness.

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