ADIC 1.3 Resolved Issues, Domain Server Requirements, Client Requirements, File System Issues

Navigating to the Windows File System Control Parameters pane > Authentication tab gives the administrator the ability to disable the NIS/PCNFSD mapping on a client by client basis by checking LDAP.

Domain Server Requirements

The domain server must be at least Windows 2000 or above to support RFC 2307 mapping.

Client Requirements

Mapping is done by searching the domain server that the Windows machine is a member of. The user must be logged in under the user account owned by that domain server. If the user logs in under an account of the client machine or another domain, the user will most likely not have a mapping.

Failover Xsan to/from non-Xsan

There is a known deficiency when failing over from a non-Xsan meta-data server (FSM) to Xsan server and visa versa. On failover (possibly requiring a Windows client reboot), the SID to UID mapping will change if the fabrication configurations are different. Therefore, when Xsan is involved, explicitly set the configuration file parameter UnixIdFabricationOnWindows to be the same value on all potential meta-data servers.

Changes to Windows Configuration Tools

•Fields in Configuration Files - The Windows configuration tools add more fields to the .cfg file. The Configuration Administrator now includes all fields when the .cfg file is saved.

•The Use Strict Feature Has Been Removed - When using the File System Control Parameters, note that the Use Strict capability has been removed from the Authentication tab.

Resolved Issues

The following tables list resolved issues in this release of StorNext.

File System Issues

The following CRs are specific to the StorNext File System.

Operating	CR	SR	Description
System	Number	Number
AIX	33420	n/a	AIX path failover broken because device always opens first device.
	34450	n/a	AIX 5.2 clients crash simultaneously when the customers Java-
			based application is run on a CVFS-mounted file system.
	34471	305956	The mount -t cvfs command issued twice under AIX mounts
			the file system twice. Other file system return busy.
	37503	n/a	AIX does not correctly enumerate HBAs.
	39018	n/a	On AIX, move across file systems fails.

8 April 2006, ADIC