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ScottK · 06-05-2011

One of the really cool things about Storage Foundation Cluster File System (CFS) and Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) is that the on-disk formats they use are identical to those of regular VxFS and VxVM. You can go back and forth with no data conversion....

ScottK · 09-27-2010

Attached are two screenshots from the new VOS website. You'll notice that the name has changed from Veritas Operations Services to Symantec Operations Readiness Tools. The new name was based on the survey of several hundred VOS users. They (you) told...

ScottK · 12-07-2009

Rationale Even small changes in default behavior can trigger operational changes. In general, Storage Foundation aims to minimize such changes, but occasionally they are necessary; and some changes which occur every release may not be well under...

ScottK · 11-23-2009

What is FileConnect? FileConnect is the Symantec site from which business customers download product binaries. Its url is http://fileconnect.symantec.com Logging in to FileConnect requires a serial number; that serial number is not the product lic...

ScottK · 06-17-2009

FAQs and Myths for Storage Foundation Keys Keys have gotten simpler, but explanations and awareness haven’t kept up June 16, 2009 To start, let’s review the difference between a license and a key, as the two terms are often (but incorrectly) used in...

ScottK · 03-13-2013

Hi Ashfaq, Sorry for the long delay, I've been working elsewhere in Symantec. To answer your question -- yes, an existing VxFS file system can become a Veritas Cluster File System. The on-disk format does not in any way change, it is exactly the same...

ScottK · 01-10-2013

You might want to search SORT: https://sort.symantec.com/search?q=V-16-10001-20565 which yields a couple of hits in the documentation

ScottK · 04-13-2012

The copy woud have to operate on a file leve, like a cp - R * command. cpio at the LUN-level wouldn't work. One caveat I can think of, using copy will change the timestamps. Not sure if that matters in your environment.

ScottK · 04-12-2012

Unfortunately, there is not. You'd probably be looking at a backup/restore.

ScottK · 03-30-2012

There are a couple of ideas around: https://sort.symantec.com/ecls/umi/V-40-49443-176 Whenever you seen an error code staring with "V-" you can try it against https://sort.symantec.com/ecls/umi/<insert error code here> or just go to https://sort.syma...

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Hi Ashfaq, Sorry for the long

You might want to search

The copy woud have to operate

Unfortunately, there is not.

There are a couple of ideas