HPUX11i --- VxVM at boor error

[Lutz_4]

hello,

in /tec/rc.log I got this error :
VxVM general startup
Output from "/sbin/rc1.d/S092vxvm-startup start" :
----------------------------
vxvm:vxconfigd: ERROR: Segmentation violation - core dumped
vxvm: Vold is not enabled for transactions
No volumes started

VxVM reconfiguration recovery
....

some idea on how to correct ?

[Luk Vandenbussche]

Hi,

Do you use LVM (Logical Volume Manager) or VXVM (veritas Volume Manager)?

You can see it with bdf

/dev/vgxx/lvolx => LVM
/dev/vx/.. => Vxvm

[Arunvijai_4]

Try to run
# ldd `which vxconfigd` and # chatr `which vxconfigd`.

-Arun

[Lutz_4]

thnaks for your quick answer ...
So :
bdf gives me /dev/vgxx/ ...

ldd :
=>
/usr/lib/libdld.2 => /usr/lib/libdld.2
/usr/lib/libc.2 => /usr/lib/libc.2
/usr/lib/libdld.2 => /usr/lib/libdld.2
chatr :
/usr/sbin/vxconfigd:
shared executable
shared library dynamic path search:
SHLIB_PATH enabled first
embedded path enabled second /usr/lib
shared library list:
dynamic /usr/lib/libdld.2
shared library binding:
deferred
global hash table disabled
plabel caching disabled
global hash array size:1103
global hash array nbuckets:3
shared vtable support disabled
static branch prediction disabled
executable from stack: D (default)
kernel assisted branch prediction enabled
lazy swap allocation disabled
text segment locking disabled
data segment locking disabled
third quadrant private data space disabled
fourth quadrant private data space disabled
data page size: D (default)
instruction page size: D (default)

[Arunvijai_4]

I believe this happened on 11.11. Have you installed PHCO_30834, PHCO_29980 on your machine ?

PHCO_29980:

( SR: 8606342989 CR: JAGaf03883)
vxconfigd core dump (segmentation violation) at startup when there are many LUNs with VxFS file systems on raw disks.

-Arun

[Bharat Katkar]

Hi,
Did you tried to install vxvm package?

If so i would prefer first to remove the installed Base vxvm and then install vxvm package.

Regards,

[Lutz_4]

your right these patches (PHCO_29980 / PHCO_30834)are not installed ...
I'll download them in case of ...

Barhat,

what are the consequences on removing the Base VxVm packages ?... I'm afraid on doing that as it is on my production server ..can I lose my data configuration ?.

[Bharat Katkar]

Don't do that then ..becuase server reboots in that case.!!!
Regards,

[Lutz_4]

That's not the issue, I can reboot late in the night or soon in the morning...
My question is more : Can I lose data by uninstalling/reinstallaing the VxVM ?

[Rahul Sharma_4]

Data is not lost if you uninstall VxVM. The VxVM disk groups and volumes will be visible to you if again when you (re)install VxVM.

I'd suggest if vxconfigd is not running, you could try starting it:
#vxconfigd -k -r reset -m disable
# vxdctl init
#vxdctl enable

Would you let me know the output of the following:

vxdisk list|grep rootdg
ps -ef|grep vxconfigd
swlist|grep -i vxvm