package is stuck on starting

[anat heilper]

Hi I m running sg 11.17 and have 3 packages.
one of my packages is stuck on starting with the following message at the package log:
Cannot lock "/etc/lvmconf//lvm_lock" still trying ...Activated volume group in Exclusive Mode.

what does this mean? now I cant even halt it.

[Basheer_2]

Hi,

what info you are getting in logs.

what does the package log show you.
cd /etc/cmcluster/your-cluster-name/pkg-name/pkg-name.ctl.log

/var/adm/syslog/syslog.log

[melvyn burnard]

What version of Linux is this? and what kernel?

did this work before?
what is in the messages log and package log files?

[Mike Chisholm]

Hi. For HP-UX, this means that some other LVM command is running and has the file locked. This is used to make sure multiple LVM commands do not try to do the same thing simultaneously. Check your ps -ef output for running lvm commands(at least one is probably running from the package control script and is waiting on the lock) and see if there are multiple lvm commands running. Maybe one is hung and it would be possible to kill it. If you cannot kill the commands, I would suggest opening a call with the response center to investigate why they are hung, or reboot the server if you just want to try it again.

[Serviceguard for Linux]

If this is 11.17, then it is definitely HP-UX. There is no 11.17 version for Linux.

[anat heilper]

I'm sorry, the problem was indeed in hpux and was solved, but thanks anyway!

[anat heilper]

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