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Re: vxinstall error

 
viks
Advisor

vxinstall error

Hi All,

I have an issue of running vxinstall in a clustered mode. I have a two node cluster and the following error occurs when i do a vxinstall.

Do you want to use enclosure based names for all disks ?
[y,n,q,?] (default: n) y
Populating VxVM DMP device directories ....

VxVM vxconfigd ERROR V-5-1-480 Cannot reset VxVM kernel: A virtual disk device is open

Even though i did not start configuring disk groups or filesystems , i get this error.Can anyone say why this happens. This doesnt happen in a standaloned VSF5.0 node.
regard
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Ramesh S
Esteemed Contributor

Re: vxinstall error

Hi

I dont have much idea on VxVM, but this is what i'm getting below:

V-5-1-480

VxVM vxconfigd ERROR V-5-1-480 Cannot reset VxVM kernel: reason

â   Description:
The -r reset option was specified to vxconfigd, but the VxVM
kernel drivers could not be reset. The most common reason is â A virtual disk device
is open.â This implies that a VxVM tracing or volume device is open.

â   Action:

If you want to reset the kernel devices, track down and kill all processes that
have a volume or Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 tracing device open. Also, if any
volumes are mounted as file systems, unmount those file systems.
Any reason other than â A virtual disk device is openâ does not normally occur unless
there is a bug in the operating system or in VxVM.

Thanks & Regards

Ramesh
viks
Advisor

Re: vxinstall error

Hi ,

I also read this comment earlier. But as i said earlier i do not have the disks initialized even.After i present the lun from the storage to both the nodes this happens.So this happens only in cluster environment.

regard
Stephen Doud
Honored Contributor

Re: vxinstall error

Page 69 in the HP manual "VERITAS Volume Manager 5.0 Troubleshooting Guide" describes this:
http://docs.hp.com/en/5991-5854/5991-5854.pdf

V-5-1-480
VxVM vxconfigd ERROR V-5-1-480 Cannot reset VxVM kernel: reason
Description: The -r reset option was specified to vxconfigd, but the VxVM
kernel drivers could not be reset. The most common reason is â A virtual disk device
is open.â This implies that a VxVM tracing or volume device is open.

Action: If you want to reset the kernel devices, track down and kill all processes that have a volume or Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 tracing device open. Also, if any
volumes are mounted as file systems, unmount those file systems.
Any reason other than â A virtual disk device is openâ


The same description is recorded in the document titled, "Veritas Volume Manager Troubleshooting Guide
HP-UX 5.0"
at http://ftp.support.veritas.com/pub/support/products/VolumeManager_UNIX/283744.pdf
Siju Vadakkan
Trusted Contributor

Re: vxinstall error

Can u please provide the following command output.

# vxdisk list
viks
Advisor

Re: vxinstall error

Here it is for your reference:

# vxdisk list
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS
Disk_0s2 auto:LVM - - LVM
Disk_1s2 auto:LVM - - LVM
FAS30700_0 auto:cdsdisk disk1 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_1 auto:cdsdisk disk2 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_2 auto:cdsdisk disk3 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_3 auto:cdsdisk disk4 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_4 auto:cdsdisk disk5 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_5 auto:cdsdisk disk6 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_6 auto:cdsdisk disk7 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_7 auto:cdsdisk disk8 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_8 auto:cdsdisk disk9 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_9 auto:cdsdisk disk10 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_10 auto:cdsdisk disk11 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_11 auto:cdsdisk disk12 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_12 auto:cdsdisk disk13 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_13 auto:cdsdisk disk14 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_14 auto:cdsdisk disk15 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_15 auto:cdsdisk disk16 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_16 auto:cdsdisk disk17 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_17 auto:cdsdisk disk18 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_18 auto:cdsdisk disk19 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_19 auto:cdsdisk disk20 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_20 auto:cdsdisk disk21 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_21 auto:cdsdisk disk22 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_22 auto:cdsdisk disk23 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_23 auto:cdsdisk disk24 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_24 auto:cdsdisk - - online
FAS30700_25 auto:cdsdisk - - online
FAS30700_26 auto:cdsdisk - - online
FAS30700_27 auto:cdsdisk disk25 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_28 auto:cdsdisk disk26 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_29 auto:cdsdisk disk27 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_30 auto:cdsdisk disk28 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_31 auto:cdsdisk disk29 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_32 auto:cdsdisk disk30 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_33 auto:cdsdisk disk31 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_34 auto:cdsdisk disk32 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_35 auto:cdsdisk disk33 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_36 auto:cdsdisk disk34 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_37 auto:cdsdisk disk35 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_38 auto:cdsdisk disk36 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_39 auto:cdsdisk disk37 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_40 auto:cdsdisk disk38 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_41 auto:cdsdisk disk39 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_42 auto:cdsdisk disk40 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_43 auto:cdsdisk disk41 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_44 auto:cdsdisk disk42 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_45 auto:cdsdisk disk43 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_46 auto:cdsdisk disk44 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_47 auto:cdsdisk disk45 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_48 auto:cdsdisk disk46 dg1 online shared
FAS30700_49 auto:cdsdisk disk47 dg1 online shared
regard
Siju Vadakkan
Trusted Contributor

Re: vxinstall error

It seems VxVM is already initialised on this system. Could you please elaborate the issue.

Use the following commands to determine if key VxVM processes are running:
ps -ef | grep vx
ps -ef | grep dg

The output should include the following VxVM processes:
vxiod
vxnotify
vxrelocd
vxconfigd