VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 Release Notes

Software Issues
38 VERITAS Storage Foundation Release Notes
Creating non-CDS disks
By default, VEA always creates CDS disk groups, and will therefore initialize disks with the CDS
format. In order to create non-CDS disk groups through VEA, you need to create the following two
files (or, edit the files accordingly if they already exist). This changes the default format setting for
disk creation from format=cdsdisk in the /etc/default/vxdisk file, and the default
CDS attribute setting from cds=on in the /etc/default/vxdg file.
▼ To create non-CDS disk groups through VEA:
1. Create the file /etc/default/vxdisk, and add a line describing the desired non-CDS
disk format as:
format=simple
or
format=hpdisk
2. Create the file /etc/default/vxdg, and add a line describing the CDS attribute as:
cds=off
To create CDS disk groups at a later stage, you will need to change the settings back again to
format=cdsdisk and cds=on. For more information, see the VERITAS Storage Foundation
Cross-Platform Data Sharing Administrator’s Guide.
Incorrect vxpool command
The VEA GUI may incorrectly show the -p option as an argument to the vxpool list
command, although the command is not actually invoked. [i135566].
Comments in Japanese on a Snapshot Volume Are Not Saved or Displayed Correctly
Comments that are entered in the Japanese character set in the Snapshot Options dialog of the
Create Instant Snapshot screen of the VEA GUI are not saved or displayed correctly. [322954]
Internationalization Issues
Some ISP Attributes Have Not Been Translated
The Intelligent Storage Provisioning (ISP) window for annotating a disk is not fully localized. In
particular, auto-discovered attributes such as DiskGroup and Enclosure are not translated.
[i139162]
Inaccuracies in ISP Attribute Fields
The ISP User Template Wizard shows two “attribute value” fields rather than one “attribute value”
and one “attribute name” field. [i139762]