3.5.1 Matrix Server Upgrade Guide

Chapter 1: Overview 4

Changes for SanPulse Start Options

The names of the SanPulse start options were changed in the Matrix

Server 3.5 release. If the sanpulse_start_options line in your mxinit.conf

file includes any of the following options, be sure to rename them after

upgrading to 3.5.1.

For the --mptimeout option, the unit has changed from seconds to

milliseconds. In addition to changing the option name, be sure to adjust

the value accordingly. For example, if --mptimeout was set to 10 seconds,

you should now set sdmp_io_timeout to 10,000 milliseconds:

sanpulse_start_options = { "--mxinit","-o sdmp_io_timeout=10000" };

MxFS-Linux Configuration

The MxFS-Linux configuration is stored in an online database. To back up

the information in the database, you will need to save the Export Group

configuration and the Network Lock Manager (NLM) state.

Export Groups

Run the following command to save the configuration information for

your Export Groups:

$ mx exportgroup dump

In addition to reporting the export group configuration, this command

creates a file in the current directory for each export group. The files

contain the export records for the export groups and are named

dump_<exportgroupname>_<time_in_milliseconds>. You will need to save

these files to a secure location.

Old Option Name New Option Name

“--mp-read-size=<size>” “-o sdmp_read_size=<size>”

“--mp-write-size=<size>”“-o smdp_write_size=<size>”

“--mptimeout=<sec>” “-o sdmp_io_timeout=<millisec>”