VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Release Notes (5900-0591, March 2010)

VERITAS Volume Manager 4.1 Release Notes
Known Problems and Workarounds
Chapter 140
Mirroring Disks
• Problem: The Actions > Disk Mirror menu is incorrectly disabled if you do not have a full
VxVM license.
• Workaround: Use the vxmirror command line to mirror the disk.
Using SAM to Launch the VEA Client
• Problem: It is currently not possible to launch the VEA client from SAM.
• Workaround: Until a patch to overcome this problem becomes available, you should use
the command line interface to launch VEA.
Name Service Switch Configuration File
For VEA to operate successfully, the name service switch configuration file,
/etc/nsswitch.conf, must be present on the system. See the nsswitch.conf(4) manual
page for more information.
Accessing the Task Log
The task log accessed from the Log tree is not supported. At this time, entries are written to
the log file in /var/vx/isis/command.log.
Setting a Comment on an ISP Volume
If you create a new ISP volume by right-clicking on a user template and selecting the New
Volume menu item, a comment that you specify to the Create Volume Dialog is not set on the
volume. To specify a comment for the newly created volume, select the volume, choose
Properties from the pop-up menu, enter a comment in the Comment field and then click OK.
Administering a Cache Volume Created on an ISP Volume
It may not be possible to use the VEA GUI to add or remove mirrors to or from a cache volume
(used by space-optimized instant snapshots) that is created on an ISP volume, or to delete a
cache volume. The cache object, but not the cache volume, is visible in the graphical interface.
Workaround: Stop and restart the VEA server.
Permitting Remote Access to the X Windows Server
The following X Windows system error may occur when starting VEA:
Xlib: connection to "hostname:0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server