What does this error indicate?

[Leon Smith, Jr]

powermt: Open of /dev/power failed: No such device

[Patrick Wallek]

Well, it means precisely what it says.

It tried to open the device file /dev/power and the open failed because /dev/power doesn't exist.

This appears to be some sort of UPS or power monitoring software.

I would do an 'll /dev/power' and see if it is there or not. If it is check the permissions. If it is not, look through the docs for whatever application needs it (Powermt) and see what is required to create it.

[HGN]

Hi

We have powermt in our environmnet but dont see a file /dev/power may be this is related to some software for ups as mentioned by Patrick. May be you need to do a insf or re-install/install the software.

Rgds

HGN

[Cheryl Griffin]

/dev/power is used by EMC's Powerpath. Consult with EMC to determine what attributes /dev/power should have.
# ll /dev/power

[john kingsley]

What version of powerpath are you running? We are using 4.2, and we don't have /dev/power on our system either.