file system access will hang if there are many many shares created

Article:TECH166813  |  Created: 2011-08-09  |  Updated: 2011-12-02  |  Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH166813
Article Type
Technical Solution


Problem



In FileStore 5.6 P2, the access of the file systems have no response /hung after 400 NFS shares created.


Cause



With an incident 2363429 identified, VxFS has a function 'vx_setqred' which fails to hold a lock in the DQ structure operation. This scenario causes the file system hang.


Solution



Apply a fix VRTSvxfs 5.0MMP4HFu or upgrade to the FileStore release 5.6RP1P1 or latest.




Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH166813


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