Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 4.3 ADIC
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FileS erv Ver sion 4.3—60072 6 Rev A Pa ge 1 of 22 www.adic.com Pr oduct : FileServ™ for UNI X ® Ve r s i o n 4 . 3 Oper atin g Sy ste ms: IRIX ® 6.5 .6M, 6 .5. 7M, 6. 5.8 M, 6.5 .9M a nd 6.5 .10 M SP ARC™ Solaris™ 7 and 8 Date: Febr uar y 2 , 2001 NOTE: (1) The operat ing sy stem mus t al w ays be run in US _Eng lish.
P a g e2o f2 2 FileServ Version 4 .3—600726 R ev A www .ad ic.co m Purpose of This Release This release contains enhancements and corrections to problems encountered in previous versions.
FileS erv Ver sion 4.3—60072 6 Rev A Pa ge 3 of 22 www.adic.com Known Problems All 495 Crtl-C duri n g a fsretrieve while mo is flipping causes crash All 496 DTF/DTF2 fs_sysparm Com ment Wrong All 4.
P a g e4o f2 2 FileServ Version 4 .3—600726 R ev A www .ad ic.co m The following table lis ts unresolved pr oblems: Op er at in g S y st em Prob lem Number Description of Kn own Problems i n V ers ion 4.
FileS erv Ver sion 4.3—60072 6 Rev A Pa ge 5 of 22 www.adic.com Documentati on In addition to the FileServ software , the distribution CD c ontains the FileServ technic al documentation as PDF files as well as an Adobe ® Acrobat ® Reade r .
P a g e6o f2 2 FileServ Version 4 .3—600726 R ev A www .ad ic.co m Sup port ed Dr ives FileServ supports the f o llowing drives on the specif ied platforms: Drive T ype Supp orted on IRIX Supp orted on So lar is Ampex DST 310. Ampex DST 312. Se e NOTE below .
FileS erv Ver sion 4.3—60072 6 Rev A Pa ge 7 of 22 www.adic.com Up date sysparm File with Me dia Cap aci ty After an initial installation, if you add or change a Sony AIT -2, IBM 3590E1A, Quantum DL T 7000, or Quantum DL T 8000 dr ive type, update the system parameters to r e flect the ne w media capacity by following th e steps below: St e p 1 .
P a g e8o f2 2 FileServ Version 4 .3—600726 R ev A www .ad ic.co m St e p 2 . Se arc h th e scsi f ile and l ook for the words “GY -8240.” St e p 3 . If that text is not f ound, add the following entry to the f ile for your drive: St e p 4 . Rebuild the kernel.
FileS erv Ver sion 4.3—60072 6 Rev A Pa ge 9 of 22 www.adic.com Operating System Requirement s Pat ches NOTE: ADIC recom mends that y ou install all required Y 2k patches f or your ma chine.
Pa ge 10 of 2 2 F ileServ Vers ion 4.3—600 726 Re v A www .adic.co m fspolicy C OMMAND • Running the fspolicy -w command on a large (greater than 500, 000 entries) file system can take several hours to complete.
FileS erv Ver sion 4.3—60072 6 Rev A Page 11 of 22 www.adic.com Inst al lation and Upg rade Issues If you are ins t a ll ing FileServ or upgrading an e xisting FileServ ins tallation, review the following topics to make sure FileServ is corr ectly installed.
Pa ge 12 of 2 2 F ileServ Vers ion 4.3—600 726 Re v A www .adic.co m Upgrad ing from F ileSe rv V ersi on 3.4.2 an d Later The V ista Databas e locking type was modif ied to us e the IP locking mec hanism. Therefore, to reinitialize th e trans action activity file, f ol low the s teps below: St e p 1 .
FileS erv Ver sion 4.3—60072 6 Rev A Page 13 of 22 www.adic.com St e p 8 . Run the following commands shown below: St e p 9 . Remove fileserv*.h ; move fileserv*.
Pa ge 14 of 2 2 F ileServ Vers ion 4.3—600 726 Re v A www .adic.co m Continue modifying all _5 names to _4 (there should be 17 of th em for fs1.ddl file and 14 in t he fs5.ddl file ). S tep 13. Run both ddlp fs1.ddl and ddlp fs5.ddl commands to generate fs1_#.
FileS erv Ver sion 4.3—60072 6 Rev A Page 15 of 22 www.adic.com Installing F ileS erv and AM ASS o n the S ame Platfor m St e p 1 . If you have FileServ and AMASS on the same platform, s tart the FileServ pr ocesses before the AMASS pr ocesses (CR #1780) .
Pa ge 16 of 2 2 F ileServ Vers ion 4.3—600 726 Re v A www .adic.co m Cont ent s of V er sion 4.2 OP ER A TI NG S Y STE MS •I R I X ® 6.2, 6.5. 4M, 6.5.5M, and 6. 5 .6M SP ARC™ Solaris™ 2. 6 and 7 NEW DRIVE SUPPORT • Additional dri ves supported by this r elease of FileServ inc lude the f ollowing: - Storage T echnology 9840.
FileS erv Ver sion 4.3—60072 6 Rev A Page 17 of 22 www.adic.com Solaris 467 The fsa ddr elat io n command was not making the as s o ciations on Solaris. This has been f ixed. All 468 The fscl ea n -c -t en dti me command remo ved i n formation from the trashcan at the wrong ti me.
Pa ge 18 of 2 2 F ileServ Vers ion 4.3—600 726 Re v A www .adic.co m Cont ent s of V er sion 4.1 OP ER A TI NG S Y STE MS • Initia l release of Fil eServ on IRIX 6.
FileS erv Ver sion 4.3—60072 6 Rev A Page 19 of 22 www.adic.com FIXED PROBLEM S The fol lowing table lists fixed pr oblems: Oper ating System Problem Number Description of Problem s Fixed in V er sion 4.1 All 173 Added logic t o randoml y retry database l ocks.
Pa ge 20 of 2 2 F ileServ Vers ion 4.3—600 726 Re v A www .adic.co m Cont ent s of V er sion 4.0 OP ER A TI NG S Y STE MS • Initial relea se of FileServ on the f ollowing operating s ystems: - Solaris V ersion 7. 0. > Supports V eritas Vxfs V ersion 3.
FileS erv Ver sion 4.3—60072 6 Rev A Page 21 of 22 www.adic.com FIXED PROBLEM S The fol lowing table lists fixed pr oblems: Oper ating System Problem Number Description of Problem s Fixed in V er sion 4.0 All 176 Fixed in st all problem s if root shel l is ksh.
Pa ge 22 of 2 2 F ileServ Vers ion 4.3—600 726 Re v A www .adic.co m Previous FileServ Re leases For information about previous features and fixes to the base s oftware code, ref er to prior “R elease Notes.” Thes e Notes: • Can be f ound on the secured s ite.
An important point after buying a device ADIC 4.3 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought ADIC 4.3 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data ADIC 4.3 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, ADIC 4.3 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get ADIC 4.3 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of ADIC 4.3, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime ADIC 4.3.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with ADIC 4.3. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device ADIC 4.3 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
