Error initializing client

[dictum9]

I am attempting to go to "Actions/Add New Client for Recovery" and am getting this error.
The server is 11.0, the client is 11iv2


ERROR: mkdir: cannot access /var/opt/ignite/client.mnt: Permission denied
0x0013217CE20E unreadable
ln: no permission for /var/opt/ignite/client.mnt/phl1s414
ERROR: Failed to install symbolic link to
/var/opt/ignite/client.mnt/phl1s414
ERROR: Failed to initialize client directory in
/var/opt/ignite/client.mnt

[dictum9]

P.S.
Above, I can create the directory/file manually. But I shouldn't have to create client.mnt directory, Ignite should do it automatically.

I created it anyway, tried to add a client for recovery and got this. Now it talks about I/O error? I checked the hard drive, it seems fine, nothing in dmesg or syslog.



ERROR: mkdir: cannot create /var/opt/ignite/client.mnt/0x0013217CD2CE: I/O
error
/var/tmp/add_new_client[80]: /var/opt/ignite/client.mnt: The specified
directory is not valid.
ln: /var/opt/ignite/client.mnt/phl1s414: I/O error
ERROR: Failed to install symbolic link to
/var/opt/ignite/client.mnt/phl1s414
ERROR: Failed to initialize client directory in
/var/opt/ignite/client.mnt

[dictum9]

Nobody knows what's going on???? Surely someone must have seen this error before.

[Sheriff Andy · Accepted solution]

Is the ownership of the directory set to bin:bin?

I assume that you are doing a make_net_recovery. I would check your nfs services as well as your /etc/exports.

Check the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf & make sure that you have server as 1 on the server & client as 1 on the client. Make sure you start the services as well.

Do a exportfs & see if you are getting any thing exported.

I had something very similar to this & it ended up being the NFS services not being enabled.

Andy

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

Take a look at this thread from ITRC.

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/search.do?category=c0&prevQueryString=&mode=text&searchString=Failed+to+initialize+client+directory+&searchCrit=exactphrase&docType=Security&docType=Patch&docType=EngineerNotes&docType=BugReports&docType=Hardware&docType=ReferenceMaterials&docType=ThirdParty&dateRange=all&search.x=8&search.y=12

The ITRC doc id is RCENKBRC00007810.

Hope this helps.

regds

[Mridul Shrivastava]

Check the ownership permissions of /var/opt/ignite/client. The owner of any EXPORTED /var/opt/ignite directories (especially for client subdir itself) must be bin:bin. Permissions happened to be 755.
Additionally, if you try running make_net_recovery it will complain if they are not set to bin:bin and will tell you to chmod them.