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Sun StorEdge QFS and Sun StorEdge SAM-FS 4.1 Release Notes

Release 4.1

817-4094-10



Contents

Contents

Sun StorEdge QFS and Sun StorEdge SAM-FS 4.1 Release Notes

Features in this Release

New Device Support

TapeAlerts

ACSLS Support Enhancements

Large Device Support (Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) Labels)

Continuous Archiving

Controlling how the Archiver Examines a File System

Initiating File Archiving

Archiver Extensions to allsets

Archiver Soft Restart

Provision for Choosing the Time Reference for Unarchiving File Copies

Separate Scheduling for New, Versus Rearchive, Operations

Limiting Archiver Drive Work

Limiting Messages for Archiving Problems

Sorting Files to be Archived

Command to Remove Archiver Queue Files (Archive Requests)

Provision to Use File Access Time as Archive Set Specifier

Additions to the samu(1M) Operator Utility

Support for Devices up to 16 Terabytes

New samfsdump(1M) Options

New samfsrestore(1M) Option

New releaser.cmd Directive

New sfind(1) Option

Single Port Multiplexing (SPM)

Stager Daemon Log File Enhancements

Disk Archiving Enhancements

Total Quotas

SAM-Remote Daemon Trace Files

Catalog Field to Display Volume Information

New Mount Options

Standard Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Trap Support

SAM-QFS Manager 1.0 Release

SAM-QFS Manager Installation

Security

Using the SAM-QFS Manager in Existing Sun StorEdge QFS or Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Environments

Propagating Configuration File Changes

Limitations

Single-user Administration

Sun Cluster 3.1 4/04 Interoperability With Sun StorEdge QFS Software

/etc/vfstab Requirements

/etc/opt/SUNWsamfs/mcf Requirements

Configuring the HAStoragePlus Resource

Notes

Product Changes

Packaging Changes

Script Changes

Archiver Notification Script Changes

Archiver Command File Reading

Archiving Metadata

Changes to the samu(1M) Operator Utility

Removed the chmed(1M) Command's -i Option

Renamed the sam-ftpd Daemon

Quota Mount Option Enabled by Default

Changes to archive_audit(1M) Exit Codes

Graphical User Interface Tools Removed

Using SAM-QFS Manager With pre-4.1 Configuration Files

Changes to /etc/name_to_sysnum

Falling Back to a Previous Release

Specific Information About Upgrading from the 4.0 to 4.1 Releases

Specific Information About Upgrading from the 3.5.0 to 4.1 Releases

Directives Removed From archiver.cmd

Sun SAM-Remote Compatibility

Ampex Support Dropped

Licensing Changes

System Requirements

Operating System Support

Required Solaris Patches

Sun SAN-QFS File System Compatibility

Known Issues and Bugs

Known Issues

SAM-QFS Manager Issues

Sun StorEdge QFS Shared File System Issues

Bugs

Release Documentation