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Software Product Bulletins

AMASS for UNIX/DataMgr Product Alerts

AMASS for UNIX Product Alert #85 bulkinlet fails to inlet media and could cause AMASS to hang or core
Oct 2003
AMASS for UNIX Product Alert #AU83 Do not use volcomp command during other activities with all AMASS versions
Mar 2002
AMASS for UNIX Product Alert #AU84 amassrestore fails to properly restore database using journal files with AMASS versions 4.10 through 4.13.1
Feb 2002

AMASS for UNIX/DataMgr Product Bulletins

AMASS and Data Manager Product Bulletin #20 AMASS and Data Manager Discontinued
Aug 2009
AMASS for UNIX Product Bulletin #18 Announcement that AMASS 5.5 is now certified with IRIX 6.5.27 and 6.5.28.
Nov 2005
DataMgr Product Bulletin #5 Announcement of new product and operating system certifications for DataMgr 3.6.2.
Jun 2004
AMASS for UNIX Product Bulletin #17 Announcement of new product and operating system certifications
Jun 2004
AMASS for UNIX Product Bulletin #16 Sun Microsystems-branded QLC HBA card is not supported
Mar 2004
DataMgr Product Bulletin #DM4 IRIX 6.5.10m is not supported by DataMgr Version 3.6.1
Mar 2002
AMASS for UNIX Product Bulletin #AU12 AMASS version 5.2 has been certified to run on IRIX 6.5.14m
Feb 2002

StorNext Product Alerts

StorNext Product Alert #32 When the number of relation points for a file system exceeds the number of configured rebuild threads, files may not be placed on the store, truncation and relocation candidate list.
Jun 2009
StorNext Product Alert #31 The new VTOC disk label format in StorNext 3.1.3 for Solaris 10 has implications for IRIX systems and backwards compatibility.
Jun 2009
StorNext Product Alert #30 Changing target devices by adding or removing devices during active disk-to-tape writes stores without changing the OS mapping of the Stornext metadata controller can result in data corruption. Changes to the physical drive layout in the library must be reflected in the library configuration presented by the StorNext GUI.
Apr 2009
StorNext Product Alert #29 Database corruption may occur if ha_redirect.conf is compromised by incomplete failover, manual edits, and/or control script edits. This Alert applies to Storage Manager installations that are HA enabled.
May 2009
StorNext Product Alert #28 Data corruption may occur after bringing UP a stripe group that is marked DOWN.
Jun 2009
StorNext Product Alert #27 Files stores can back up on a policy class if an fsrminfo command is done on media associated with the policy class.
Mar 2009
StorNext Product Alert #26 A significant performance regression may be encountered when retrieving offline files from tape secondary storage. Retrieving files from storage disk is not impacted.
Mar 2009
Feb 2009
StorNext Product Alert #24 Allocation map inconsistency may occur on a stripe group that has gone through Bandwidth Expansion
Feb 2009
 StorNext Product Alert #23 StorNext installations that utilize Deduplicated Storage Disk DDisk may encounter data corruption, and as a result blockpool data stored on the Sdisk may be inaccessible
Feb 2009
StorNext Product Alert #22 The cvfsck command can report erroneous inconsistency that could result in data loss.
Feb 2009
StorNext Product Alert #21 If StorNext receives a retryable tape drive error while fsmedcopy or fsfilecopy is executing, there is a chance during the retry process that tapes other than those being used for the fsmedcopy or fsfilecopy processes could be overwritten.
Dec 2008
StorNext Product Alert #20 Possible data corruption due to Linux error handling
Nov 2008
StorNext Product Alert #19 Possible data corruption
Nov 2008
StorNext Product Alert #18 GUI may calculate the incorrect stripe breadth during file system expansion.
Sep 2008
StorNext Product Alert #17 Possible metadata corruption
Jun 2008
StorNext Product Alert #16 Possible loss of data on tape
May 2008
StorNext Product Alert #15 Possible problems writing data to tape
Apr 2008
StorNext Product Alert #13 Metadata on more than one stripe group can cause corruption
Oct 2006
StorNext Product Alert #12 Possible data corruption when multiple data writes target a single file
Jun 2006
StorNext Product Alert #11 Possible data corruption when accessing file systems using NFS and appending files that are under Storage Manager control
Jun 2006
StorNext Product Alert #10 Possible data loss due to a hardware error or user intervention when a new tape is formatted and an active tape is in the drive
Jun 2006
StorNext Product Alert #9 Expanding Stripe Group Bandwidth Using the Windows Configuration Administrator GUI will product incorrect file system configuration files causing data corruption
May 2006
StorNext Product Alert #8 Possible data corruption when running Linux because the Linux sg_map utility rewinds mounted tape drives
May 2006
StorNext Product Alert #7 Possible data corruption if raw devices are configured incorrectly
Feb 2006
StorNext Product Alert #6 Running KUDZU on a Linux machine can cause data loss
Dec 2005
StorNext File System Product Alert #4 Data corruption when writing sparse files for StorNext releases prior to 2.5
Sep 2005
StorNext Product Alert #3 Possible data corruption when multiple extents are allocated for the same range in a file
Nov 2004
StorNext Management Suite Product Alert #2 Alert for customers with journals exceeding 4MB in size
Mar 2004
StorNext File System Product Alert #1 Alert for customers exporting the StorNext File System StorNext FS with multiple Network File System NFS clients

StorNext Product Bulletins

StorNext Product Bulletin #47 StorNext 3.1.4 now supports Red Hat 5 Update 4
Nov 2009
StorNext Product Bulletin #46 Quantum Announces StorNext Validation With Spectra Logic T-Series Libraries
Nov 2009
StorNext Product Bulletin #45 Quantum Announces StorNext Api Snapi V2.0.1 Validation With Current StorNext Versions
Nov 2009
StorNext Product Bulletin #43 End of Service Life EOSL Announcement for StorNext software versions 2.8 and 3.0
Nov 2009
StorNext Product Bulletin #42 The procedure for connecting to StorNext for XSan 2 systems has been updated.
Nov 2009
StorNext Product Bulletin #41 The snrestore script can fail to open the media journal directory
Oct 2009
StorNext Product Bulletin #40 Running "Health Check" may cause system instability
Oct 2009
StorNext Product Bulletin #39 StorNext 3.1.3 now supports Red Hat 5 Update 3
Jul 2009
StorNext Product Bulletin #38 Support added for T10000 rev B drives in SL3000 libraries
Jun 2009
StorNext Product Bulletin #37 Cannot use the StorNext GUI to add a new disk to an existing stripe group.
May 2009
StorNext Product Bulletin #36 Duplicate file names can cause the file system to hang
May 2009
StorNext Product Bulletin #34 The StorNext GUI does not support Internet Explorer 8.0 and higher
Apr 2009
StorNext Product Bulletin #33 Operating system and platform support in StorNext 3.5.1
Mar 2009
StorNext Product Bulletin #32 Using the StorNext GUI to add a drive or media can cause disruption to the Storage Manager
Mar 2009
StorNext Product Bulletin #31 A StorNext file system will not start.
Nov 2008
StorNext Product Bulletin #30 Addendum to the StorNext 3.1.2 Release Notes.
Oct 2008
StorNext Product Bulletin #29 The Emulex fibre HBA device driver may prevent drives from being recognized.
Jun 2008
StorNext Product Bulletin #28 Service Pack 2 not supported at this time.
Jun 2008
StorNext Product Bulletin #27 The IRIX/Solaris Sparc-to-Linux conversion utility has been found to lose database rows, and should not be used until a new version is released.
Sep 2008
StorNext Product Bulletin #26 Windows security descriptors can become corrupted, causing files to become inaccessible on SNFS Windows clients.
Sep 2008
StorNext Product Bulletin #25 Possible data access problems with LUNs using 4K byte sectors.
Sep 2008
StorNext Product Bulletin #24 StorNext now supports additional operating systems
Oct 2008
StorNext Product Bulletin #22 StorNext 2.8.1 adds support for the WTI IPS-800 Internet Power Switch
Jan 2007
StorNext Product Bulletin #21 StorNext 2.8.1 adds client support for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10
Jan 2007
StorNext Product Bulletin #20 References to fsaudit in the StorNext documentation are no longer valid
Oct 2006
StorNext Product Bulletin #19 The ability to configure file steering is not part of the Stornext 2.7 GUI
Sep 2006
StorNext Product Bulletin #18 When using lookup commands under managed directories, directory handles are shown rather than just the directory name
Sep 2006
StorNext Product Bulletin #17 Data Overrun errors when using SCSI tape drives with outdated drivers on Linux systems
Sep 2006
StorNext Product Bulletin #16 Windows clients may need to reboot after a File System Manager Failover
Jun 2006
StorNext Product Bulletin #15 Inability to mount more than one SNFS file system on a Windows server
Jun 2006
StorNext Product Bulletin #14 StorNext is now certified with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, Service Pack 3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 4.0 Updates 1 and 2
May 2006
StorNext Product Bulletin #13 ADIC will end StorNext Server support of SGI IRIX
Mar 2006
StorNext Product Bulletin #12 StorNext is now certified with AIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.5.27 and 6.5.28
Nov 2005
StorNext Product Bulletin #11 Possible Data Corruption when Modifying File Attributes
Jul 2005
StorNext Product Bulletin #10 ADIC will end support of Windows NT 4.0
Jun 2005
StorNext Product Bulletin #9 StorNext versions 2.4.x and 2.5 have experienced miscounts of approved licenses when implemented with Xsan clients
May 2005
StorNext Product Bulletin #8 Upgrade to StorNext 2.5.1 build 46 or higher, to avoid risk of file system corruption when performing Bandwidth Expansion
Mar 2005
StorNext Product Bulletin #6 Large databases are not fully restored after a backup
Mar 2005
StorNext Product Bulletin #7 StorNext Management Suite prior to version 2.4.2 build 67, takes Scalar 10K libraries offline during certain operations
Jan 2005
StorNext Product Bulletin #5 Sun Microsystems-branded QLC HBA card not supported
Mar 2004
StorNext Management Suite Product Bulletin #4 Workaround for unwanted High Availability Failover due to stopping the DSM component
Apr 2004
StorNext Management Suite Product Bulletin #3 Announcement of support for IRIX 6.5.22
Mar 2004
StorNext Management Suite Product Bulletin #2 StorNext Management Suite 2.2.1 has been released.
Mar 2004
StorNext Management Suite Product Bulletin #1 To assist users who are upgrading to a new version of Windows Office
Mar 2004

StorNext FX Product Alerts

StorNext FX Product Alert #12 Possible data corruption when multiple data writes target a single file
Jun 2006
StorNext FX Product Alert #9 Expanding Stripe Group Bandwidth Using the Windows Configuration Administrator GUI will product incorrect file system configuration files causing data corruption
May 2006
StorNext FX Product Alert #7 Possible data corruption if raw devices are configured incorrectly
Feb 2006

StorNext FX Product Bulletins

StorNext FX Product Bulletin #44 Validation Announcement - StorNext FX 2.0 client software and Apple Xsan version 2.2
Nov 2009
StorNext FX Product Bulletin #15 Inability to mount more than one SNFS file system on a Windows server
Jun 2006
StorNext FX Product Bulletin #12 StorNext is now certified with AIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.5.27 and 6.5.28
Nov 2005
StorNext FX Product Bulletin #11 Possible Data Corruption when Modifying File Attributes
Jul 2005
StorNext FX Product Bulletin #10 ADIC will end support of Windows NT 4.0
Jun 2005
StorNext FX Product Bulletin #9 StorNext versions 2.4.x and 2.5 have experienced miscounts of approved licenses when implemented with Xsan clients
May 2005