Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Troubleshooting Guide
Version 4, Update 5
819-4331-10
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Verifying Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Daemons
Checking ps(1) Output and Related Factors
Enabling Device Down Notification
Troubleshooting Common Problems
Hardware Configuration Problems
SAN Attached Device Configuration Problems
Troubleshooting Configuration Files
The /etc/opt/SUNWsamfs/mcf File
Verifying mcf Drive Order Matching
The /kernel/drv/samst.conf File
The /etc/opt/SUNWsamfs/inquiry.conf File
The /etc/opt/SUNWsamfs/defaults.conf File
Planning for Disaster Recovery
Recovering From Failure of the Operating Environment Disk
Testing Backup and Recovery Methods
Testing Backup Scripts and cron Jobs
Testing the Disaster Recovery Process
2. Troubleshooting Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Software
Additional Archiver Diagnostics
3. Troubleshooting the File System Manager Software
File System Manager Portal Agent Configuration and Log Files

To Enable Tracing for File System Manager and Native Code

To Enable Tracing or to Adjust the Tracing Level
File System Manager Portal Agent Tracing
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Daemon Information

To Determine Whether the RPC Daemon Is Running
Guarding Against or Troubleshooting Data Loss
Troubleshooting an Inaccessible File System

To Troubleshoot an Inaccessible File System
Backup and Recovery Commands and Tools
Preparing a Disaster Recovery Plan
Using SAM-QFS Archiving Features
Metadata Used in Disaster Recovery
Directory Path Name Synchronization
Guidelines for Performing Metadata Dumps
Backing Up the Metadata in SAM-QFS File Systems
Using samfsdump With the -u Option

To Find Sun StorEdge QFS File Systems

To Create a Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Metadata Dump File Manually Using File System Manager
Additional File System Manager Tools

To Create a Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Metadata Dump File Manually Using the Command Line

To Create a Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Metadata Dump File Automatically From File System Manager

To Create a Sun StorEdge SAM-FS Metadata Dump File Automatically Using cron
Storing Copies of Disaster Recovery Files and Metadata
5. Restoring Files and Directories
Restoring Regular Files and Directories With samfsdump(1M) Output

To Restore Files Using File System Manager

To Restore Files Using a samfsdump(1M) File
Restoring Files and Directories Without samfsdump(1M) Output
Restoring a Regular File Using Archiver Log or sls Information

To Restore a Regular File Using Information From an Archiver Log or sls Command Output
Restoring a Regular File Without Information From an Archiver Log

To Restore a Regular File Without Information From an Archiver Log
Restoring a Segmented File Using Information From an Archiver Log

To Restore a Segmented File Using Information From Archiver Log Entries
Restoring a Volume Overflow File Using Information From an Archiver Log

To Restore a Volume Overflow File Using Information From an Archiver Log
Restoring Files Archived to Disk

To Gather Information for a Disk Archive Restoration

To Restore Files From a Disk Archive tar(1) File
Retrieving Unarchived Files From File Systems
Recovering Data From a Tape Volume
Damaged Tape Volume With Other Copies Available

To Recycle a Damaged Tape With Other Copies Available
Damaged Tape Volume With No Other Copies Available

To Recover Files From a Damaged Tape With No Other Copies Available
Relabeled Tape Volume With No Other Copies Available
Unreadable Tape Label With No Other Copies Available

To Recover Files From a Tape Whose Label Is Unreadable
Recovering Data From a Magneto-optical Volume
Damaged Magneto-optical Volume With Copies Available

To Rearchive Files and Recycle a Damaged Magneto-optical Volume With Copies Available
Damaged Magneto-optical Volume With No Other Copies Available

To Recover From a Damaged Magneto-optical Volume With No Other Copies Available
Relabeled Magneto-optical Volume With No Other Copies Available
Unreadable Label With No Other Copies Available
Recovering a SAM-QFS File System With a Metadata Dump File

To Restore a File System Using File System Manager

To Restore a File System Using the Command Line Interface
Recovering a SAM-QFS File System Without a Dump File

To Recover a File System Without a Dump File
8. Recovering From Catastrophic Failure

To Restore Failed System Components

To Disable the Archiver and Recycler Until All Files Are Restored

To Keep and Compare Previous and Current Configuration and Log Files

To Restore or Build New Library Catalog Files

To Make New File Systems and Restore From samfsdump Output
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