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Sun StorageTek Availability Suite Troubleshooting Guide

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Contents

Preface

1. General Installation and Configuration

Software Installation Status

State of Services

Checking Status

Verifying Service Status

Displaying Service Dependencies

Displaying File System Dependencies

Starting and Stopping Services

Maintenance State

Offline State

State of Daemons

Checking Daemon Status

Starting and Stopping Daemons

System Start-up

Configuration Files

/etc/dscfg_local

/etc/dscfg_cluster

Cluster Configuration Database

/etc/nsswitch.conf

Log Files

/var/adm/ds.log

/var/adm/messages

SMF Service Logs

2. Software Utilities

dsbitmap - Data Services Bitmap Volume Sizing

dscfg - Data Services Configuration Database

Non-Cluster Environments

To View the Contents of the Local Configuration Database

To Save a Backup Configuration Database

To Restore a Backup Configuration Database

Cluster Environments

To View the Contents of the Cluster Configuration Database

To Save a Backup Cluster Configuration

To Restore a Backup Cluster Configuration

dscfgadm - Data Services Configuration and Administration

dsstat - Data Services I/O Statistics Reporting

iiadm - Point-in-Time Copy Administration

iiboot - Point-in-Time Copy Start and Stop

iicpbmp - Point-in-Time Copy Bitmap Renaming

iicpshd - Point-in-Time Copy Shadow Volume Renaming

sndradm - Remote Mirror Administration

sndrboot - Remote Mirror Start and Stop

scmadm - StorageTek Cache Manager Administration

nscadm - Network Storage Control Administration

svadm - Storage Volume Administration

svboot - Storage Volume Start and Stop

3. Point-in-Time Copy Software

Common User Errors

Safeguarding the VTOC

Accessibility Issues

Functionality Issues

Data Integrity Issues

Configuration

Set Status

Volume Configuration

Raw Partition

Solaris Volume Manager

Veritas Volume Manager

Export/Import/Join

Resource Group

Exporting

Importing

Export/Join With no Import

Server Performace Diagnosis

Variables and Configuration Files

dsstat Utility

iostat Utility

ptree Command

Configuration - Files

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4. Remote Mirror Software

Common User Errors

Safeguarding the VTOC

Forgetting to Enable the Remote Mirror Set on the Secondary

Misentering the Remote Volume or Host Names

Accessibility Issues

Functionality Issues

Data Integrity Issues

Configuration

Set Status

Files

Volume Configuration

Raw Partition

Solaris Volume Manager

VERITAS Volume Manager

Performance Diagnosis

Remote Mirror Set Variables

sync and async

queue modes

autosync

max q writes

max q fbas

async Threads

Server Commands

dsstat

iostat

Network Commands

dsstat

ifconfig

netstat

ping

rpcinfo

snoop

InfoDoc Summary

5. Point-in-Time Copy and Remote Mirror Interoperability

ndr_ii

Assuring Correct Behavior of ndr_ii Pairs

6. SunCluster

Point-in-Time Copy

Configuration

Export/Import/Join

Remote Mirror

Point-in-Time Copy and Remote Mirror Interoperability

7. Error Messages

A. Safeguarding the Solaris VTOC

Overview

Volume Details

Solaris Volume Manager

Solaris VTOC Errors

Availability Suite

Index