Veritas Storage Foundation 5.1 SP1 Advanced Features Administrator"s Guide (5900-1503, April 2011)

■ To convert the database files listed in the mkqio.dat file to Quick I/O files,

shut down the database and enter:

$ /opt/VRTSsybed/bin/qio_convertdbfiles

Check whether Sybase server L001 is up running...

Attempt to Connect to Server L001...

Enter Sybase SA password for Server L001:

Password: pel93

CT-LIBRARY error:

ct_connect(): network packet layer: internal net library error:

Net-Lib protocol driver call to connect two endpoints failed

Note: This error message is displayed because the dataserver is shut down.

This behavior is the correct, expected behavior.

master.dat --> .master.dat::cdev:vxfs:

qiofile1 --> .qiofile1::cdev:vxfs:

qiofile2 --> .qiofile2::cdev:vxfs:

qiofile3 --> .qiofile3::cdev:vxfs:

qiofile4 --> .qiofile4::cdev:vxfs:

sysporcs.dat --> .sysporcs.dat::cdev:vxfs:

■ To undo the previous run of qio_convertdbfiles, changing Quick I/O

files back to regular VxFS files:

$ /opt/VRTSsybed/bin/qio_convertdbfiles -u

.master.dat::cdev:vxfs: --> master.dat

.qiofile1::cdev:vxfs: --> qiofile1

.qiofile2::cdev:vxfs: --> qiofile2

.qiofile3::cdev:vxfs: --> qiofile3

.qiofile4::cdev:vxfs: --> qiofile4

.sysporcs.dat::cdev:vxfs: --> sysporcs.dat

Improving Sybase performance with Veritas Quick I/O

Converting Sybase files to Quick I/O files