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Problem - Modification times get changed by samfs. A tar into the sam file system causes inconsistent modification times.
Workaround - None.

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Problem - Build_cat has problems with 0 for the space available field. dump_cat puts 0 in the space available field but build_cat does not like it.
Workaround - Download build_cat . This is a tar file with a fixed version of build_cat to replace the version in /opt/LSCsamfs/sbin.

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Problem - arcopy sometimes hangs when file system is full.
Workaround - Send kill -INT to the arcopy process.

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Problem - Blocks apparently lost in SAM-FS. Problem reported on a very small file system (100MB). Blocks were lost after an rm -r *.
Workaround - This problem has not been seen on large file systems. This was a test environment with a very small disk cache.

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Problem - Releaser is not started if the disk cache is full. If the disk is full and the archiver is not archiving, the releaser is not started.
Workaround - Change the disk threshold or run releaser manually.

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Problem - Recycler and archiver need to interlock
Workaround - Do NOT run the recycler and archiver at the same time.

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Problem - Installation of Jumbo patch from Sun complains about /etc/name_to_sysnum begin changed.
Workaround - The line "samsys 180" is added duing SAM-FS installation. To install the "Jumbo" patch:

1. umount all samfs file systems
2. send the process "sam_init" a kill -INT
3. remove the line "samsys 180" from the /etc/name_to_sysnum file
4. install the patch
5. add the line "samsys 180" to the end of the /etc/name_to_sysnum file
6. reboot

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Problem - Using archiver trace with "all" or "sig" causes the archiver to stop working.
Workaround - Do not use "all" or "sig" in the "trace =" command in the archiver.cmd file.

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