vxvm:vxconfigd: ERROR: cannot open /dev/vx/config:

[Jenny C]

Hi all,

I was trying to use the Mirror Disk/UX to mirror the root volume for HP-UX 11i. But the vxvm daemon and vxvm_server were not running. I tried to start the vxconfigd but ran into the following error:

vxvm:vxconfigd: ERROR: cannot open /dev/vx/config: Device is already open

I have checked that I have the following file:
/etc/vx/reconfig.d/state.d/install-db

How should I fix this?

Thanks in advance.
Jamie

[U.SivaKumar_2 · Accepted solution]

Hi,
Some process has opened /dev/vx/config .
Check whether vxconfigd is already running.
#ps -ef | grep vxconfigd

You can see the PID of the processes
#fuser -u /dev/vx/config

Give this command to clear the device
#fuser -ku /dev/vx/config

Now start vxconfigd .Error there should no error.

regards,
U.SivaKumar

[Jenny C]

I heard that Mirror Disk/UX is used to mirror LVM volumes only? So if I have used vxvm, will Mirror Disk/UX still work for mirroring?

[U.SivaKumar_2]

Mirror/UX works with LVM only.
It won't work with Veritas

regards,
U.SivaKumar