LAN failset devices are not working

[Debasis Bhar]

LAN failset devices are not working after installing VMS732_LAN-V0500 patch kit. Does anyone know the workaround for it. We have two nic cards and i need to create one logical device to point these two nics in failover mode.

[EdgarZamora_1]

Use LANCP CONVERT DEVICE_DATABASE after installing the patch.

[Debasis Bhar]

I have installed the patch in many systems. For some systems below workaround is working. For other it is not working. I have logged a call to HP and probably they will release a new patch for it.

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$ rename SYS$SYSTEM:LAN$DEVICE_DATABASE.DAT *.DAT_OLD
LANCP> list dev
%LANCP-I-FNFDEV, File not found, LAN$DEVICE_DATABASE
-LANCP-I-CREATDEV, Created LAN$DEVICE_DATABASE file

LANCP> define device LLA0/fail=(EIA0,EID0)/enable
LANCP> set device LLA0/fail=(EIA0,EID0)/enable
%LANCP-E-LLANACT, LAN device active, cannot be added to or removed from Logical
LAN LLA0
LANCP> clear device LLa0
LANCP> purge device LLA0
LANCP> define device LLA0/fail=(EIA0,EID0)/enable
LANCP> set device LLA0/fail=(EIA0,EID0)/enable
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[EdgarZamora_1]

I think if you just did a CONVERT like I suggested previously you wouldn't have to go through all that.

[Volker Halle]

Edgar,

I had reason to install VMS732_LAN-V0500 at a customer site yesterday. Although I was aware of this issue and although I did a MC LANCP CONVERT DEVICE immediately after installation of the patch, both LAN failover sets did not form with any member devices after the reboot. LANCP LIS DEV/CHAR showed the correct state (LL devices members and enabled during startup). The LL devices at this site had been created a couple of years agao with an older V7.3-2 LAN patch level.

Purging and re-defining the LL devices did help.

Volker.

[EdgarZamora_1]

Thanks Volker. I've done this on six systems and the converts worked on all six, but I guess these systems are more recent systems.

[Volker Halle]

OpenVMS LAN engineering is still diagnosing and working on a fix. There may have been former LAN patch kit, which causes the LANCP CONVERT DEVICE not to work.

Volker.