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PRIMECLUSTER Global Disk Services  Configuration and AdministrationGuide 4.7

G.2.2 4.3A10 Manual Changes

No.

Product

Manual code

Description

Chapter/Section

1

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Added "Software Release Guide PRIMECLUSTER(TM) GDS" and "Software Release Guide PRIMECLUSTER(TM) GDS Snapshot" to "Related documentation."

"Preface"

2

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Changed the description of the PRIMEQUEST server in "Symbol."

"Preface"

3

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed the description of Java and related matters in "Trademarks."

"Preface"

4

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added the KVM host OS in the environment in which system disk mirroring is supported.

"1.2.1.1 System Disk Mirroring [EFI]"

5

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added reference information on operating systems that support root classes in the PRIMEQUEST 1000 Series.

"1.2.1.1 System Disk Mirroring [EFI]"

6

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of shared disk mirroring which can be performed in the virtual machine environment.

"1.2.1.3 Shared Disk Mirroring"

7

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added Note on conditions to be fulfilled for the hot spare function to work as specified.

"1.2.2 Hot Spare"

8

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added Note on "System Disk Management."

"1.3.2 Centralized Disk Management"

9

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Corrected the number of available partitions.

"1.3.6.1 Logical Partitioning"

10

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Corrected the number of logical devices divided by GDS.

"1.3.6.1 Logical Partitioning"

11

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed the ETERNUS support models described in Note on "Instant Snapshot by OPC."

"1.5.3 Instant Snapshot by OPC"

12

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed the file name described in "Configuring an alternative boot environment."

"1.5.6 Creating Alternative Boot Environment [EFI]"

13

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Moved articles on "Disk Class," "SDX Disk," "Disk Group," "Logical Volume," and "Logical Slice" under "2.1 SDX Object."

"Chapter 2 Structure"

14

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Added the figure on the interrelation of SDX objects.

"2.1 SDX Object"

15

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of operating systems that support root classes in the PRIMEQUEST 1000 Series to "Root [EFI]" under "Type" of "Attributes."

"2.1.1 Disk Class"

16

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of specifying the disk type to "Root [EFI]" under "Type" of "Attributes."

"2.1.1 Disk Class"

17

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of purposes of using root classes to "Root [EFI]" under "Type" of "Attributes."

"2.1.1 Disk Class"

18

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Corrected the number of available partitions.

"2.1.4 Logical Volume"

19

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Corrected the number of single disks and groups that can be partitioned as volumes.

"2.1.4 Logical Volume"

20

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Corrected the mistake in Note on "Abnormality Detected with GDS Management."

"4.3 Icon Types and Object Status"

21

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of time required for processing after clicking <Create> in "5. Confirming system disk configuration."

"5.2.1 System Disk Settings [PRIMEQUEST] "

22

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added environmental conditions for mirroring system disks.

"5.2.1 System Disk Settings [PRIMEQUEST] "

23

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of Note on "When performing system disk mirroring on PRIMEQUEST."

"5.2.1 System Disk Settings [PRIMEQUEST] "

24

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added the screenshot output for RHEL6 to "Setting System Disk Mirroring Complete" in "6. Completing system disk configuration."

"5.2.1 System Disk Settings [PRIMEQUEST] "

25

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of operation after completing the system disk configuration to "6. Completing system disk configuration."

"5.2.1 System Disk Settings [PRIMEQUEST] "

26

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added the reference section for checking system disk settings.

"5.2.1 System Disk Settings [PRIMEQUEST] "

27

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added the information on how to register physical disks which have different sizes with the class.

"5.2.2.1 Class Configuration"

28

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Added reference information on the number of physical disks that can be selected at a time to "2. Selecting physical disk."

"5.2.2.1 Class Configuration"

29

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Added Note on "Size displayed in the <Unused> field" to "2. Selecting unused volume."

"5.2.2.4 Volume Configuration"

30

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of volume sizes that can be created and on display of [Disk Size] to Note in "b) Setting [Volume Size]" of "3. Setting volume attributes."

"5.2.2.4 Volume Configuration"

31

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added "1. Check the device name change" to "Restore Physical Disk."

"5.3.4 Disk Swap"

32

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added "5. Updating physical disk information" to "3. Changing configuration" in "Changing Class Configuration."

"5.4.1 Class Configuration"

33

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added Note on "Size displayed in the <Unused> field" to step 2 in "3. Removing volume."

"5.5.2 Removing Volume"

34

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added Note on "Defining /etc/fstab during Unmirroring System Disks."

"5.5.5 Unmirroring the System Disk [PRIMEQUEST]"

35

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added Note on the disk displayed in the [Mirror Disk] field to "1. Confirming system disk configuration."

"5.5.5 Unmirroring the System Disk [PRIMEQUEST]"

36

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed the command examples in "1) Check the root class name and the system volume names." and "5) Check information on the physical disks composing the system volumes."

"6.1.1 Checking Physical Disk Information and Slice Numbers"

37

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed the command examples in "a5) Check the backup target physical slice name."

"6.1.2 Backing Up"

38

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of variation of the command to be used due to the type of a file system to be backed up in "a6) Back up data of a file system to a tape medium." and " b3) Check the volume of the file system to be backed up."

"6.1.2 Backing Up"

39

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed the command examples in "6) Check the restore destination physical slice name."

"6.1.3 Restoring (When System Can Be Booted)"

40

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed the command examples in "3) Check the restore destination physical slice names."

"6.1.4 Restoring (When System Cannot Be Booted)"

41

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added "12) Restarting the system."

"6.5.3 Restoring from Backup Disks"

42

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Corrected the mistake in "15) Restoring the object configuration of the class."

"6.5.3 Restoring from Backup Disks"

43

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Clarified the necessity to reboot the node after changing the class type and expanding the class scope.

"6.7.2 Restoring"

44

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed the number of volumes that can be created within a single cluster.

"A.1.5 Number of Volumes"

45

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed the title of A.2.27 to "Editing Configuration Tables Created by sdxconfig Backup Command."

"A.2 Important Points"

46

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added "A.2.34 System Reconfiguration."

"A.2 Important Points"

47

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added "A.2.35 Recovery of FULL Shared Disk."

"A.2 Important Points"

48

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added Note on servers that can be used for system disk management.

"A.2.1 Managing System Disks"

49

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of displaying disk sizes by the sdxinfo command to Note on "Cylinder Size."

"A.2.5 Disk Size"

50

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added conditions essential for working the hot spare function as specified to Note.

"A.2.7 Hot Spare"

51

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed the conditions for not being able to register a disk in the root class.

"A.2.9 Keep Disk [EFI]"

52

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of cases of implementing normal resynchronization even if the volume's JRM mode is enabled to Note on "JRM for Volumes."

"A.2.12 Just Resynchronization Mechanism (JRM)"

53

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of "Swapping Physical Disks when the Proxy Volume Is a Mirror Volume."

"A.2.14 Swapping Physical Disks"

54

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of changing over a root class to a cluster system.

"A.2.24 Migration from Single Nodes to Cluster System"

55

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of changing the character device special file of the raw device.

"A.2.30 raw Device Binding"

56

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added Note on using a volume or a temporarily detached slice as a raw device in RHEL5 or later.

"A.2.30 raw Device Binding"

57

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of KVM.

"A.3.5 Guidelines for GDS Operation on the Virtual Machine Function"

58

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added "D.14 sdxdevinfo - Display device information."

"Appendix D Command Reference

59

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Added the section "D.22 Checking System Disk Settings Using Commands."

"Appendix D Command Reference

60

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added a note on checks to be made in the cluster domain before executing the command in the primary option "-R."

"D.1 sdxclass - Class Operations"

61

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added notes on checks to be made in the cluster domain before executing the command in the primary options "-M" and "-R."

"D.2 sdxdisk - Disk Operations"

62

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added reference information on the number of devices that can be registered at a time to the primary option "-M."

"D.2 sdxdisk - Disk Operations"

63

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed the description of the sub option "root [EFI]."

"D.2 sdxdisk - Disk Operations"

64

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Corrected the number of volumes that can be created if class is a local class or a shared class in the primary option "-M."

"D.4 sdxvolume - Volume Operations"

65

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added reference information on the number of volumes that can be specified at a time to the primary options "-F" and "-N."

"D.4 sdxvolume - Volume Operations"

66

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added reference information on the number of slices that can be specified at a time to the primary options "-F," "-N," and "-T."

"D.5 sdxslice - Slice Operations"

67

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Added description of variation of time required for display due to the configuration of the objects to "DESCRIPTION."

"D.6 sdxinfo - Display Object Configuration and Status Information"

68

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added Note on I/O error events in the root class to "Disk Information" of "DISPLAYED INFORMATION."

"D.6 sdxinfo - Display Object Configuration and Status Information"

69

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added Note on viewing the COPY status of slices in proxy volumes to the sub option "-o object."

"D.6 sdxinfo - Display Object Configuration and Status Information"

70

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Deleted description of "name=classname" in sub options.

"D.7 sdxattr - Change Objects Attributes"

71

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added the sub option "-x NoRdchk" specified to restore the object status without reading the disk area.

"D.9 sdxfix - Restore Failed Object"

72

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added reference information on the number of volumes that can be specified at a time to the primary options.

"D.10 sdxcopy - Synchronization Copying Operation"

73

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed file names used for the primary options "-M" and "-R."

"D.11 sdxroot - Root File System Mirroring Definition and Cancellation [EFI]"

74

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added a note on checks to be made in the cluster domain before executing the command to the primary option "Restore."

"D.13 sdxconfig - Object Configuration Operations"

75

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed file names used for the primary option "Root."

"D.15 sdxproxy - Proxy Object Operations"

76

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added "Resolution" to the daemon warning message 44020.

"E.3.3 Warning Messages (44000-44099)"

77

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description on the case in which there is a device name change to Explanation and Resolution in the daemon internal error message 48000.

"E.3.5 Internal Error Messages (48000)"

78

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Corrected the number of groups that can be created within class if class is a local class or a shared class in Explanation of the command error message 60071.

"E.4.1 Error Messages (60000-60399)"

79

GDS

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Added description on the case in which there is a device name change to Resolution in the command error messages 60176 and 60181.

"E.4.1 Error Messages (60000-60399)"

80

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Added 60367 to command error messages.

"E.4.1 Error Messages (60000-60399)"

81

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Changed file names of the command information messages 64047 and 64079.

"E.4.3 Information Messages (64000-64099)"

82

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Changed a file name of the management view message 5211.

"E.5.3 Information Messages (5200-5299)"

83

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Added description of I/O error events caused by SCSI timeouts to "Cause c" of "(1) Mirror slice configuring the mirror volume is in INVALID status."

"F.1.1 Slice Status Abnormality"

84

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed procedures and command examples in "B. For the swap area [EFI]" of "(2) The copy destination slice was made INVALID due to an I/O error generated on the copy source slice during synchronization copying."

"F.1.1 Slice Status Abnormality"

85

GDS

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Added Note on I/O error events in root classes to "(3) Disk is in I/O error status."

"F.1.2 Disk Status Abnormality"

86

GDS

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Added Notes to the steps c8) and d3) in "(5) Proxy volume is in INVALID status."

"F.1.3 Volume Status Abnormality"

87

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Added Note on I/O error events in root classes to "(9) An I/O error occurs on a stripe volume or a volume in a concatenation group."

"F.1.3 Volume Status Abnormality"

88

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Clarified the necessity to cancel the I/O error status of the E field in steps (8) and (9).

"F.1.3 Volume Status Abnormality"

89

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Added description of "(2) Class cannot be started when booting the system" as the resolution for class status errors.

"F.1.4 Class Status Abnormality"

90

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Added description of "(5) Insufficient memory error is displayed at Java console in the environment with a number of SDX objects."

"F.1.6 GDS Management View Abnormality"

91

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Corrected the mistake in "(1) SRDF is not used in master-to-proxy synchronization copying."

"F.1.8 EMC Symmetrix Abnormality"

92

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed description of Resolution in "(1) The error message "ERROR: class: cannot operate in cluster environment,..." is output, and the operation cannot be conducted on the class class."

"F.1.9 Cluster System Related Error"

93

GDS

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Added description of "(5) The error message "ERROR: class: cannot operate shared objects,..." is output, and the shared class class cannot be created; or the error message "ERROR: cluster communication failure" is output, and automatic registration of resources is failed."

"F.1.9 Cluster System Related Error"

94

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Added description of necessary materials for contacting field engineers.

"F.2 Collecting Investigation Material"

95

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added Note on timing of collecting the crash dump.

"F.2 Collecting Investigation Material"

96

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added notes on checks to be made in the cluster domain before executing the command.

"H.5.1clautoconfig(8)-Execute resource registration"

97

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Changed the reference manual names for restrictions, resolutions, and restriction removal schedules.

"I.1 New Features"

98

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Added description of operating systems that support root classes in the PRIMEQUEST 1000 Series to "root class [EFI]."

"Glossary"

99

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
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Deleted description of "root disk [Itanium]."

"Glossary"

100

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(00)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(00)

Deleted description of "JBOD."

"Glossary"

101

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Modified the description of the environment where the system disk management and mirroring are possible.

- "1.2.1.1 System Disk Mirroring [EFI]"

- "1.3.2 Centralized Disk Management"

- "A.2.1 Managing System Disks"

102

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Deleted Note about conditions where specifications by the Hot Spare mode work correctly.

"1.2.2 Hot Spare"

103

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Changed the description of the number of available partitions in physical disks.

- "1.3.6.1 Logical Partitioning"

- "2.1.4 Logical Volume"

104

GDS Snapshot

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Deleted model names of disk units with the OPC function.

- "1.5.3 Instant Snapshot by OPC"

- "A.2.17 Instant Snapshot by OPC"

105

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Changed the description about the attributes of class type "Root."

- "2.1.1 Disk Class"

- "D.2 sdxdisk - Disk Operations"

106

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added references to Important Points of "Reference."

- "2.1.1 Disk Class"

- "2.1.2 SDX Disk"

- "2.1.4 Logical Volume"

107

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Changed the description of Status "DISABLE."

"2.1.2 SDX Disk"

108

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Changed the description about conditions of free space for the system disk and keep disk.

- "5.2.1 System Disk Settings [PRIMEQUEST]"

- "A.2.9 Keep Disk [EFI]"

109

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added or changed Note "Information collection and environment configuration before and after setting the system disk."

- "5.2.1 System Disk Settings [PRIMEQUEST]"

- "D.11 sdxroot - Root File System Mirroring Definition and Cancellation [EFI]"

110

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Deleted Note "Checking Physical Disk Information and Slice Numbers."

- "5.2.1 System Disk Settings [PRIMEQUEST]"

- "D.11 sdxroot - Root File System Mirroring Definition and Cancellation [EFI]"

111

GDS Snapshot

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added the description of the maximum number of volumes in a group.

"5.2.4.1 Join"

112

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Moved steps 1) to 4) of "1. Check the device name change" in "Restore Physical Disk" to "Swapping Internal Disks Registered with Root Classes or Local Classes [RHEL6]" in "A.2.14 Swapping Physical Disks." Then, the description was changed to direct you to see A.2.14 for steps.

- "5.3.4 Disk Swap"

- "A.2.14 Swapping Physical Disks"

113

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Deleted "5.Updating physical disk information" in "Changing Class Configuration."

"5.4.1 Class Configuration"

114

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added Note "In Cluster Systems."

"5.5.4 Removing Class"

115

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added the example when the type attribute is changed to Information.

- "6.1.2 Backing Up"

- "6.1.3 Restoring (When System Can Be Booted)"

116

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added Information when the type attribute is not changed.

- "6.1.2 Backing Up"

- "6.1.3 Restoring (When System Can Be Booted)"

117

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Changed the example for checking the backup target or restore destination of a physical disk name. (only for RHEL6)

- "6.1.2 Backing Up"

- "6.1.3 Restoring (When System Can Be Booted)"

- "6.1.4 Restoring (When System Cannot Be Booted)"

118

GDS Snapshot

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Deleted the description of ROPC.

- "6.4 Online Backup and Restoration Using Proxy Volume"

- "6.4.3 Instant Restore"

- "A.1.8 Proxy Configuration Preconditions"

- "A.2.16 Using Advanced Copy Function in Proxy Configuration"

- "D.6 sdxinfo - Display Object Configuration and Status Information"

- "F.1.7 Proxy Object Abnormality"

- "Glossary"

119

GDS

1.1

Changed the example of the sdxinfo -G -e long command.

- "6.6.1.6 Backing Up"

- "6.6.1.7 Restoring"

- "F.1.3 Volume Status Abnormality"

120

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Corrected misdescriptions of step 4-2).

"6.7.2 Restoring"

121

GDS, GDS Snapshot

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Described the server and storage migration.

"Appendix"

122

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Described the disaster recovery.

"Appendix"

123

GDS Snapshot

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added the description regarding the number of volumes when the proxy operation is performed per group.

"2.3.5 Number of Volumes"

124

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added the description of a proxy operation of the root class to General Preconditions.

"2.3.11 Proxy Configuration Preconditions"

125

GDS Snapshot

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added the description for the root class.

"2.3.12 Number of Proxy Volumes"

126

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added the following sections:
- A.2.35 Operating When There is a Disk in DISABLE Status or There is a Class not Displayed with the sdxinfo Command
- A.2.36 Adding and Removing Disks [4.3A00]
- A.2.37 Use of GDS in a Xen Environment
- A.2.38 Use of GDS in a KVM Environment [4.3A10 or later]
- A.2.39 Use of GDS in a VMware Environment

"A.2 Important Points"

127

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Moved the description of "A.2.35 Recovery of FULL Shared Disk" to "(6) The disk space of a file system on a shared disk is "Full" (100%)" in "F.1.9 Cluster System Related Error."

- "A.2 Important Points"

- "D.1.9 Cluster System Related Error"

128

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added virtual disks on a KVM guest to the list of physical special files.

"A.1 Restraining Access to Physical Special File"

129

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added descriptions of the number of disks within the class.

"3.8 Hot Spare"

130

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Changed the descriptions of "Hot Spare for Hierarchized Mirror Groups."

"3.8 Hot Spare"

131

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added descriptions of the processing time of Synchronization Copying Invoked by Hot Spare to Note.

"3.8 Hot Spare"

132

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added the setting procedure for system disk mirroring.

"A.2.8 System Disk Mirroring [PRIMEQUEST]"

133

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Changed the description of "Swapping Physical Disk when the Proxy Volume Is in a Mirroring Configuration."

"A.2.14 Swapping Physical Disks"

134

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added the description of a VMware environment.

"A.3.5 Guidelines for GDS Operation in the Virtual Environment"

135

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Moved the description of the maximum number of objects which can be operated at once from PRIMARY OPTIONS "-M" to SUB OPTIONS "-d device=disk[:type] [,device=disk[:type ],...] (when using -M)."

"B.1.2 sdxdisk - Disk operations"

136

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added virtual disks on a KVM guest to the format of a physical disk name.

- "B.1.2 sdxdisk - Disk operations"

- "B.1.6 sdxinfo - Display object configuration and status information"

- "B.1.13 sdxconfig - Object configuration operations"

- "B.2.2 sdxshadowdisk - Shadow disk operations"

137

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Moved the description of the maximum number of objects which can be operated at once from PRIMARY OPTIONS "-F" and "-N" to SUB OPTIONS "-v volume,... (when using -F,-N)."

"B.1.4 sdxvolume - Volume operations"

138

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Moved the description of the maximum number of objects which can be operated at once from PRIMARY OPTIONS "-F", "-N", and "-T" to SUB OPTIONS "-s slice,... (when using -F,-N,-T)."

"B.1.5 sdxslice - Slice operations"

139

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Changed the description of SUB OPTIONS "-x NoRdchk."

"B.1.9 sdxfix - Restore a failed object"

140

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Moved the description of the maximum number of objects which can be operated at once from Information of PRIMARY OPTIONS to SUB OPTIONS "-v volume,...."

"B.1.10 sdxcopy - Synchronization copying operation"

141

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added a description of a cluster system to "Restore" in PRIMARY OPTIONS.

"B.1.13 sdxconfig - Object configuration operations"

142

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added Note about restoration of the device numbers, owners, and access permissions to "Restore" in PRIMARY OPTIONS.

"B.1.13 sdxconfig - Object configuration operations"

143

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added a description to SUB OPTIONS "-e chkps (when using Restore)."

"B.1.13 sdxconfig - Object configuration operations"

144

GDS Snapshot

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added a description when Dell EMC SRDF is used to SUB OPTIONS "-e force (when using Break)."

"B.2.1 sdxproxy - Proxy object operations"

145

GDS Snapshot

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added a description of the maximum number of objects which can be operated at once to SUB OPTIONS "-p proxy,... (when using Part, Rejoin, RejoinRestore, Restore, Root or Update)."

"B.2.1 sdxproxy - Proxy object operations"

146

GDS Snapshot

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added a description of the maximum number of objects which can be operated at once to SUB OPTIONS "-d device=disk[:type] [,device=disk[:type],...] (when using -M)."

"B.2.2 sdxshadowdisk - Shadow disk operations"

147

GDS Snapshot

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Changed the description of the number of volumes which can be created in "-M" in PRIMARY OPTIONS.

"B.2.4 sdxshadowvolume - Shadow volume operations"

148

GDS Snapshot

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added a description of the maximum number of objects which can be operated at once to SUB OPTIONS "-v volume,... (when using -F,-N)."

"B.2.4 sdxshadowvolume - Shadow volume operations"

149

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Specified that [EFI] is the target.

"6.4.4 Checking System Disk Settings"

150

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Changed Explanation and Resolution of the message. (44015)

"C.3.3 Warning Messages (44000 - 44099)"

151

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Changed Explanation of the error message. (60071)

"C.4.1 Error Messages (60000-60399)"

152

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Changed Explanation and Resolution of the message. (60089)

"C.4.1 Error Messages (60000-60399)"

153

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Changed Resolution of the error message. (60181)

"C.4.1 Error Messages (60000-60399)"

154

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Changed the example of the sdxfix -D command stated in (8) and (9) in Resolution b.

"D.1.3 Volume Status Abnormality"

155

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added "(4) System cannot be booted. (Failure of all boot disks)"

"D.1.5 System Disk Abnormality [EFI]"

156

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added "Q: When an I/O error status is created in the test, how do I shorten the restoration time?"

"E.3 Operation"

157

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added Note when the device name of the shared disk unit is different depending on a node in step 3).

"6.2.4 Shared Disk Unit Resource Registration Procedure"

158

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added "K.1.4 New Features in 4.3A10."

"F.1 New Features"

159

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Added the following features:
- Two generation proxies for system volumes
- Shortening the restoring time of the I/O error status of a disk

"F.1.1 New Features in 4.3A00"

160

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Deleted "K.3.5.1 Support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (for Intel64)."

"F.3.2 Specification Changes in 4.3A10"

161

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Changed the description of the term "root class [EFI]."

"Glossary"

162

GDS

J2UZ-7243-02ENZ0(01)
J2UZ-7243-02ZEN2(01)

Deleted the following terms:
- ETERNUS2000 series
- ETERNUS3000 series
- ETERNUS4000 series
- ETERNUS6000 series
- ETERNUS8000 series

"Glossary"

GDS: Global Disk Services
GDS Snapshot: Global Disk Services Snapshot