unable to strart cmiserver

[Phani kumar V]

when trying to start cmiserver i am getting following error
#cimserver
PGS10033: The CIM Server is not started: PGS00211: File /var/opt/wbem/cimserver_current.conf cannot be read.

Plate form
Hp-UX 11iv3
ia64 hp server rx2660

[Johnson Punniyalingam]

swlist -l product | grep -i wbem -> output need ed

[R.K. #]

Hi Phani,

Try running swverify and see if you have any errors.

[Johnson Punniyalingam · Accepted solution]

# ll /var/opt/wbem/

check the permission of the below

"cimserver_current.conf "

# chmod 644 cimserver_current.conf

# /sbin/init.d/cim_server start

[Phani kumar V]

Hi Johnson,

Thanks for responding

#swlist -l product | grep -i wbem

SCSI-Provider B.11.31.0803 CIM/WBEM Provider for SCSI HBA
WBEMP-FCP B.11.31.0803 FC Provider - CIM/WBEM Provider for Fibre Channel HBAs
WBEMP-FS B.11.31 HP-UX File System CIM Provider.
WBEMP-IOTreeIP B.11.31.0709 CIM/WBEM Indication Provider for IOTree subsystem
WBEMP-LAN B.11.31.0709 LAN Providers - CIM/WBEM Providers for Ethernet interfaces.
WBEMServices A.02.07 WBEM Services CORE Product
vmProvider A.03.50.0803 WBEM Provider for Integrity VM vmProvider

[Johnson Punniyalingam]

file permission ?

# ll /var/opt/wbem/

check the permission of the below

"cimserver_current.conf "

[Phani kumar V]

# ll /var/opt/wbem/
total 43760
-rw------- 1 bin bin 1024 Dec 29 2008 cimserver.rnd
-rw------- 1 root root 1099 Jun 9 14:58 cimserver_current.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 bin bin 1099 Jan 23 2008 cimserver_planned.conf
-rw------- 1 cimsrvr cimsrvr 0 Jun 9 14:58 cimserver_start.lock
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 1468 Dec 29 2008 inittab.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root sys 2758 Dec 29 2008 install.log
dr-xr-xr-x 2 bin bin 8192 Jun 20 20:28 localauth
drwx------ 10 cimsrvr cimsrvr 8192 Dec 29 2008 repository
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 22312960 Jan 23 2008 repository.tar
drwxr-xr-t 2 cimsrvr bin 96 Jun 20 20:28 socket
-r-------- 1 bin bin 560 Dec 29 2008 ssl.cnf
-r-------- 1 bin bin 562 Jan 23 2008 ssl.orig
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 2048 Dec 29 2008 ssl.rnd
drwxrwxrwt 2 bin bin 96 Dec 29 2008 trace
dr-xr-xr-x 2 bin bin 96 Dec 29 2008 upgrade
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 2048 Dec 29 2008 wbemexec.rnd

[Johnson Punniyalingam]

>>-rw------- 1 root root 1099 Jun 9 14:58 cimserver_current.conf<<

Follow below steps- to start

cd /var/opt/wbem

chmod 644 cimserver_current.conf

/sbin/init.d/cim_server start


Thanks,
Johnson

[R.K. #]

Hello Phani,

Also check the following link about known issues:

http://docs.hp.com/en/B8465-90038/ch01s08.html#d0e1764

[Johnson Punniyalingam]

Now you know , what the problem ?

file permission problem

the system umask settings can impact the start-up behavior of the CIMserver. When it starts, the CIMserver renames the cimserver_current.conf file as cimserver_current.conf.bak file, and then copies the contents of cimserver_planned.conf file into the cimserver_current.conf file. This is done by creating the cimserver_current.conf file. The file permissions of the cimserver_current.conf file depend on the umask settings

so work around fix to change file permisison

Hope this gives better understand

[Phani kumar V]

>-rw------- 1 root root 1099 Jun 9 14:58 cimserver_current.conf<<

cd /var/opt/wbem
chmod 644 cimserver_current.conf
/sbin/init.d/cim_server start

After following above steps i am able to start the process but when i try shutdown and start service receiving the following error

#/sbin/init.d/cim_server start

"PGS10033: The CIM Server is not started: PGS00211: File /var/opt/wbem/cimserver_current.conf cannot be read."

file permissions are getting automatically changed
-rw------- 1 root root 1099 Nov 10 12:19 cimserver_current.conf

i tried couple of time i received same error.

thanks,
Phani Kumar

[Johnson Punniyalingam]

can please read above post which posted

cimserver_current.conf file depend on the umask settings

you need to check / change your umask settings

[Johnson Punniyalingam]

If the umask settings is set to 077 or higher, then the cimserver_current.conf is created with following permissions:

-rw------- 1 root root 1099 Sep 14 16:55 cimserver_current.conf

With WBEM A.02.07 version, the cimservermain process which runs as a normal cimsrvr user fails to read this cimserver_current.conf file. As a result, the CIMserver fails to start and the following error message is displayed:

PGS10033: THE CIM SERVER IS NOT STARTED: PGS00211:FILE

/var/opt/wbem/cimserver_current.conf CANNOT BE READ"

[Phani kumar V]

Thank u Johnson for supporting me the problem is solved with the umask settings.

Thanks to R.K also.

Thanks and Regards,
V. Phani Kumar