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Veritas Access Appliance Release Notes
Last Published:
2022-12-29
Product(s):
Appliances (7.4.2)
Platform: 3340
- Overview of Veritas Access
- Software limitations
- Limitations on using shared LUNs
- Limitations related to installation and upgrade
- Limitations in the Backup mode
- Veritas Access IPv6 limitations
- FTP limitations
- Limitations related to commands in a non-SSH environment
- Limitations related to Veritas Data Deduplication
- NFS-Ganesha limitations
- Kernel-based NFS v4 limitations
- File system limitation
- Veritas Access S3 server limitation
- Long-term data retention (LTR) limitations
- Cloud tiering limitation
- Limitation related to replication
- Known issues
- Veritas Access known issues
- Access Appliance issues
- Mongo service does not start after a new node is added successfully
- File systems that are already created cannot be mapped as S3 buckets for local users using the GUI
- The Veritas Access management console is not available after a node is deleted and the remaining node is restarted
- When provisioning the Veritas Access GUI, the option to generate S3 keys is not available after the LTR policy is activated
- Unable to add an Appliance node to the cluster again after the Appliance node is turned off and removed from the Veritas Access cluster
- Setting retention on a directory path does not work from the Veritas Access command-line interface
- During the Access Appliance upgrade, I/O gets paused with an error message
- When provisioning storage, the Access web interface or the command-line interface displays storage capacity in MB, GB, TB, or PB
- Access Appliance operational notes
- Admin issues
- CIFS issues
- Cannot enable the quota on a file system that is appended or added to the list of homedir
- Deleting a CIFS share resets the default owner and group permissions for other CIFS shares on the same file system
- Default CIFS share has owner other than root
- CIFS mapuser command fails to map all the users from Active Directory (AD) to all the NIS/LDAP users
- CIFS share may become unavailable when the CIFS server is in normal mode
- CIFS share creation does not authenticate AD users
- General issues
- GUI issues
- When both continuous and episodic replication links are set up, provisioning of storage using High Availability and Data Protection policies does not work
- When a new node is added or when a new cluster is installed and configured, the GUI may not start on the console node after a failover
- When an earlier version of the Veritas Access cluster is upgraded, the GUI shows stale and incomplete data
- Restarting the server as part of the command to add and remove certificates gives an error on RHEL 7
- While provisioning an S3 bucket for NetBackup, the bucket creation fails if the device protection is selected as erasurecoded and the failure domain is selected as disk
- Client certificate validation using OpenSSL ocsp does not work on RHEL 7
- When you perform the set LDAP operation using the GUI, the operation fails with an error
- GUI does not support segregated IPv6 addresses while creating CIFS shares using the Enterprise Vault policy
- Installation and configuration issues
- After you restart a node that uses RDMA LLT, LLT does not work, or the gabconfig - a command shows the jeopardy state
- Running individual Veritas Access scripts may return inconsistent return codes
- Installer does not list the initialized disks immediately after initializing the disks during I/O fencing configuration
- If you run the Cluster> show command when a slave node is in the restart, shutdown, or crash state, the slave node throws an exception
- If duplicate PCI IDs are added for the PCI exclusion, the Cluster> add node name command fails
- Phantomgroup for the VLAN device does not come online if you create another VLAN device from the Veritas Access command-line interface after cluster configuration is done
- Veritas Access fails to install if LDAP or the autofs home directories are preconfigured on the system
- Configuring Veritas Access with a preconfigured VLAN and a preconfigured bond fails
- In a mixed mode Veritas Access cluster, after the execution of the Cluster> add node command, one type of unused IP does not get assigned as a physical IP to public NICs
- NLMGroup service goes into a FAULTED state when the private IP (x.x.x.2) is not free
- The cluster> show command does not detect all the nodes of the cluster
- Internationalization (I18N) issues
- Networking issues
- CVM service group goes into faulted state unexpectedly
- In a mixed IPv4 and IPv6 VIP network set up, the IP balancing does not consider IP type
- The netgroup search does not continue to search in NIS if the entry is not found in LDAP
- The IPs hosted on an interface that is not the current IPv6 default gateway interface are not reachable outside the current IPv6 subnet
- After network interface swapping between two private NICs or one private NIC and one public NIC, the service groups on the slave nodes are not probed
- Unable to import the network module after an operating system upgrade
- LDAP with SSL on option does not work if you upgrade Veritas Access
- Network load balancer does not get configured with IPv6
- Unable to add an IPv6-default gateway on an IPv4-installed cluster
- LDAP over SSL may not work in Veritas Access 7.4.2
- The network> swap command hangs if any node other than the console node is specified
- NFS issues
- Slow performance with Solaris 10 clients with NFS-Ganesha version 4
- Random-write performance drop of NFS-Ganesha with Linux clients
- Latest directory content of server is not visible to the client if time is not synchronized across the nodes
- NFS> share show may list the shares as faulted for some time if you restart the cluster node
- NFS-Ganesha shares faults after the NFS configuration is imported
- NFS-Ganesha shares may not come online when the number of shares are more than 500
- Exporting a single path to multiple clients through multiple exports does not work with NFS-Ganesha
- For the NFS-Ganesha server, bringing a large number of shares online or offline takes a long time
- NFS client application may fail with the stale file handle error on node reboot
- NFS> share show command does not distinguish offline versus online shares
- Difference in output between NFS> share show and Linux showmount commands
- NFS mount on client is stalled after you switch the NFS server
- Kernel-NFS v4 lock failover does not happen correctly in case of a node crash
- Kernel-NFS v4 export mount for Netgroup does not work correctly
- NFS-Ganesha share for IPv6 subnet does not work and NFS share becomes faulted
- When a file system goes into the FAULTED or OFFLINE state, the NFS share groups associated with the file system do not become offline on all the nodes
- ObjectAccess issues
- When trying to connect to the S3 server over SSLS3, the client application may give a warning
- If you have upgraded to Veritas Access 7.4.2 from an earlier release, access to S3 server fails if the cluster name has uppercase letters
- If the cluster name does not follow the DNS hostname restrictions, you cannot work with the ObjectAccess service in Veritas Access
- Bucket creation may fail with time-out error
- Bucket deletion may fail with "No such bucket" or "No such key" error
- Group configuration does not work in ObjectAccess if the group name contains a space
- OpenDedup issues
- The file system storage is not reclaimed after deletion of an OpenDedup volume
- The Storage> fs online command fails with an EBUSY error
- Output mismatch in the df -h command for OpenDedup volumes that are backed by a single bucket and mounted on two different media servers
- The OpenDedup> volume create command does not revert the changes if the command fails during execution
- Some of the OpenDedup volume stats reset to zero after upgrade
- OpenDedup volume mount operation fails with an error
- Restore of data from AWS glacier fails
- OpenDedup volumes are not online after an OpenDedup upgrade if there is a change in the cluster name
- If the Veritas Access master node is restarted when a restore job is in progress and OpenDedup resides on the media server, the restored files may be in inconsistent state
- The OpenDedup> volume list command may not show the node IP for a volume
- When Veritas Access is configured in mixed mode, the configure LTR script randomly chooses a virtual IP from the available Veritas Access virtual IPs
- OpenStack issues
- Cinder and Manila shares cannot be distinguished from the Veritas Access command-line interface
- Cinder volume creation fails after a failure occurs on the target side
- Cinder volume may fail to attach to the instance
- Bootable volume creation for an iSCSI driver fails with an I/O error when a qcow image is used
- Replication issues
- When running episodic replication and deduplication on the same cluster node, the episodic replication job fails in certain scenarios
- The System> config import command does not import episodic replication keys and jobs
- The job uses the schedule on the target after episodic replication failover
- Episodic replication fails with error "connection reset by peer" if the target node fails over
- Episodic replication jobs created in Veritas Access 7.2.1.1 or earlier versions are not recognized after an upgrade
- Setting the bandwidth through the GUI is not enabled for episodic replication
- Episodic replication job with encryption fails after job remove and add link with SSL certificate error
- Episodic replication job status shows the entry for a link that was removed
- Episodic replication job modification fails
- Episodic replication failover does not work
- Continuous replication fails when the 'had' daemon is restarted on the target manually
- Continuous replication is unable to go to the replicating state if the Storage Replicated Log becomes full
- Unplanned failover and failback in continuous replication may fail if the communication of the IPTABLE rules between the cluster nodes does not happen correctly
- Continuous replication configuration may fail if the continuous replication IP is not online on the master node but is online on another node
- If you restart any node in the primary or the secondary cluster, replication may go into a PAUSED state
- SDS known issues
- Storage issues
- Snapshot mount can fail if the snapshot quota is set
- Sometimes the Storage> pool rmdisk command does not print a message
- The Storage> pool rmdisk command sometimes can give an error where the file system name is not printed
- Not able to enable quota for file system that is newly added in the list of CIFS home directories
- Destroying the file system may not remove the /etc/mtab entry for the mount point
- The Storage> fs online command returns an error, but the file system is online after several minutes
- Removing disks from the pool fails if a DCO exists
- Scale-out file system returns an ENOSPC error even if the df command shows there is space available in the file system
- Rollback refresh fails when running it after running Storage> fs growby or growto commands
- If an exported DAS disk is in error state, it shows ERR on the local node and NOT_CONN on the remote nodes in Storage> list
- Inconsistent cluster state with management service down when disabling I/O fencing
- Storage> tier move command failover of node is not working
- Rollback service group goes in faulted state when respective cache object is full and there is no way to clear the state
- Event messages are not generated when cache objects get full
- The Veritas Access command-line interface does not block uncompress and compress operations from running on the same file at the same time
- Storage device fails with SIGBUS signal causing the abnormal termination of the scale-out file system daemon
- Storage> tier move list command fails if one of the cluster nodes is rebooted
- Pattern given as filter criteria to Storage> fs policy add sometimes erroneously transfers files that do not fit the criteria
- When a policy run completes after issuing Storage> fs policy resume, the total data and total files count might not match the moved data and files count as shown in Storage> fs policy status
- Storage> fs addcolumn operation fails but error notification is not sent
- Storage> fs-growto and Storage> fs-growby commands give error with isolated disks
- Unable to create space-optimized rollback when tiering is present
- Enabling I/O fencing on a set up with Volume Manager objects present fails to import the disk group
- File system creation fails when the pool contains only one disk
- After starting the backup service, BackupGrp goes into FAULTED state on some nodes
- A scale-out file system created with a simple layout using thin LUNs may show layered layout in the Storage> fs list command
- A file system created with a largefs-striped or largefs-mirrored-stripe layout may show incorrect number of columns in the Storage> fs list command
- File system creation fails with SSD pool
- A scale-out file system may go into faulted state after the execution of Storage> fencing off/on command
- After an Azure tier is added to a scale-out file system, you cannot move files to the Azure tier and the Storage> tier stats command may fail
- The CVM service group goes in to faulted state after you restart the management console node
- The Storage> fs create command does not display the output correctly if one of the nodes of the cluster is in unknown state
- Storage> fs growby and growto commands fail if the size of the file system or bucket is full
- The operating system names of fencing disks are not consistent across the Veritas Access cluster that may lead to issues
- The disk group import operation fails and all the services go into failed state when fencing is enabled
- While creating an erasure-coded file system, a misleading message leads to issues in the execution of the storage> fs create command
- The Veritas Access cluster node can get explicitly ejected or aborted from the cluster during recovery when another node joins the cluster after a restart
- Error while creating a file system stating that the CVM master and management console are not on the same node
- When you configure disk-based fencing, the cluster does not come online after you restart the node
- In an erasure-coded file system, when the nodes are restarted, some of the file systems do not get unmounted
- After a node is restarted, the vxdclid process may generate core dump
- The Veritas Access command-line interface may be inaccessible after some nodes in the cluster are restarted
- The cluster> shutdown command does not shut down the node
- System issues
- Target issues
- Storage provisioning commands hang on the Veritas Access initiator when LUNs from the Veritas Access target are being used
- After the Veritas Access cluster recovers from a storage disconnect, the iSCSI LUNs exported from Veritas Access as an iSCSI target may show the wrong content on the initiator side
- Upgrade issues
- Veritas Data Deduplication issues
- The Veritas Data Deduplication storage server does not come online on a newly added node in the cluster if the node was offline when you configured deduplication
- The Veritas Data Deduplication server goes offline after destroying the bond interface on which the deduplication IP was online
- If you grow the deduplication pool using the fs> grow command, and then try to grow it further using the dedupe> grow command, the dedupe> grow command fails
- The Veritas Data Deduplication server goes offline after bond creation using the interface of the deduplication IP
- Access Appliance issues
- Veritas Access known issues
- Getting help
Veritas Access Streamer as a storage type for Enterprise Vault
Choosing Veritas Access Streamer as a storage type for Enterprise Vault is a technical preview feature in this release.
Note:
This feature is supported only on test and development environments. It is not supported on production environments.
You are required to run Enterprise Vault 11 and later versions.
You can use the Veritas Access Streamer setup wizard to install Veritas Access Streamer. The Veritas Access Streamer installer can be found at the following location: dvd1-redhatlinux/rhel7_x86_64/EV_Streamer/Veritas_Access_Streamer_Setup.msi
To install Veritas Access Streamer
- Run the Veritas Access Streamer installer. You are prompted to choose the location where you want to install it. You have to choose the default location.
Click Next.
- The installer is ready to install Veritas Access Streamer on your system. Click Next to start the installation.
- A window appears which shows the progress of the installation. Once the installation is complete, click Close to exit the installation.
- Open an administrator command prompt and navigate to
C:\program files(x86)\Enterprise Vault\Veritas Access Streamer. - Run regsvr32 VeritasAccessStreamer.dll. You get a message that the registration is successful.
- Go to
C:\program files(x86)\Enterprise Vault\Veritas Access Streamer\xmlto get theEvExtendedSetttings.xmlfile and configure Veritas Access Streamer as a storage type for Enterprise Vault to make the Veritas Access Streamer device known to the Enterprise Vault Administration Console.See “To configure Veritas Access Streamer as a storage type for Enterprise Vault”.
- Create a new partition and verify that Veritas Access Streamer is listed as one of the storage options.
You can perform the following steps on the Enterprise Vault server.
To configure Veritas Access Streamer as a storage type for Enterprise Vault
- Open Windows Explorer, and then navigate to <Program Files (x86)>\Enterprise Vault\InitialConfigurationData\en\Policies.
- Make a copy of
EVExtendedSettings.xml. - Replace
EVExtendedSettings.xmlwith the version provided by Veritas. Use the xml file created inC:\Program Files(x86)\Enterprise Vault\Veritas Access Stream\xml. The xml file is available after theVeritas Access Streamer setup.msiis installed. - Update the registry value: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\KVS\Enterprise Vault\Admin] "PopulateExtendedSettingTypes"="1".
- Close and then relaunch the Enterprise Vault Administration Console (VAC).
- Navigate to Policies > Exchange.
- Right-click Exchange, and then click Populate Setting Types.
A message is displayed that indicates that the SettingsType table in the Directory database has been successfully populated.
- Restart the Storage service on all Enterprise Vault storage servers using Veritas Access Streamer as storage.
Once the services start, Veritas Access Streamer is displayed as a storage type when configuring a partition.
- Select Veritas Access Streamer and click on Next.
Now, you have to configure the Veritas Access Streamer.
To configure the Veritas Access Streamer
- Configure the properties of the Veritas Access Streamer.
Name
Definition
Example value
Veritas Access Address
The hostname of the Veritas Access storage system.
s3.isaa
Veritas Access Port
The port where the server on Veritas Access Storage system listens for http requests.
8143
Access KeyVeritas Access
The access key of the user to access the bucket.
********
Veritas Access Secret Key
The secret key of the user to access the bucket.
********
http/https
Denotes whether SSL should be used to connect to server.
Yes
Veritas Access Bucket
The bucket where the partition data is stored.
evbucket
- Go to Advanced on the partition settings and click Test. You get a message that tells you that your connection test is successful.
