This issue has been identified and a hotfix to overcome this issue with a new vdsprovutil.dll which is included in the Hotfix_6_0_00019_362_2869461. The hotfix fixes the issue with the help of the following two registry keys that tune the VDS software provider logging:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Veritas\VxSvc\CurrentVersion\Tracing\vds

1. MAXSIZE gives the maximum size of an individual log file in KB units (default 16384).

A backup log file is created when the log file exceeds the default size.

2. MAXFILES gives the maximum number of log files that can be present at a time. (default 5)

The old log files are deleted once they exceed the limit of maximum number of files.

The Veritas VDS software provider logs are found at:

• Location: %vmpath%/log
• File Names: vxvds.log and vxvdsdyn.log

Applies To

• Veritas Storage Foundation for Windows 6.0 (SFW)
• Veritas Storage Foundtion High Availability for Windows 6.0 (SFW-HA)
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008/R2 (x64)