.stale file in vcs 4.1

.stale was removed in 5.0.

You now have the option to implement auto-backup.

Add BackupInterval to main.cf to activate this feature. Without this entry, vcs will simply start with last saved main.cf.

Extract from 5.0 Release Notes:

Backup of VCS configuration files
VCS backs up all configuration files (<config>.cf) including main.cf and types.cf to <config>.cf.autobackup. The configuration is backed up only if the
BackupInterval is set and the configuration is writable.

When you save a configuration, VCS saves the running configuration to the actual configuration file (i.e. <config>.cf) and removes all autobackup files. This
does away with the VCS behavior of creating .stale files If you do not configure the BackupInterval attribute, VCS does not save the running configuration automatically.

See the Veritas Cluster Server User’s Guide for more information.