HP-UX 11i Version 1.5 Release Notes, May 2001

File and Disk Management
VERITAS Volume Manager
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VxVM Limitations in this Release
VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 for HP-UX has the following limitations
in HP-UX 11i Version 1.5, which will be removed in subsequent releases:
• The VERITAS FastResync option (FR) is not available in this release,
although it is described in the VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1
Administrator’s Guide.
• The VERITAS Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) is not available in
this release, although it is described in the VERITAS Volume
Manager 3.1 Administrator’s Guide.
• VxVM does not support the HP Process Resource Manager (PRM). If
you use PRM, you will not be able to gather statistics on disks
managed by VxVM.
• A disk monitor integrated with the EMS framework is not yet
available for disks being managed by VxVM.
VxVM Known Problems
Bad Disks Cause Long Delays in Initialization and Startup
• Problem: You may have a bad disk if you notice long periods of delay
(several minutes) when doing any of the following:
— Installing the system.
— Starting vxconfigd at boot time:
Starting VxVM restore daemon...
VxVM starting in boot mode...
The following message may appear:
DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM WARNING:
vxdctl (1M) vxmirror (1M) vxvmconvert (1M)
vxdg (1M) vxnotify (1M) vxvol (1M)
vxdisk (1M) vxpfto (1M)
vxdiskadd (1M) vxplex (1M)
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