How vxfen driver checks for preexisting splitbrain condition replace this topic in the veritas cluster server users guide for 5. Deployment installations client installations postinstallation tasks for clients files and folders created during unix installations. Ads are annoying but they help keep this website running. Corrections for troubleshooting io fencing procedures blogger.
Setting up veritas cluster file system charanjitwiki. The vxfen startup script also invokes the vxfenconfig command, which configures the vxfen driver to start and use the coordinator disks that are listed in etcvxfentab. The maximum number of tries is 90 90 seconds after which had gives up registering with the fencing driver and exits. Inbusiness 10100 card has the very same i82559 chipset in a much smaller bga package, yet solaris 8 0101 still wont recognize the card. Here are some ways to check the status of your cluster. Nodes that have departed from the cluster membership are not allowed. Driver thtxg successfully added to system but failed to attachhello this message typically has one of the following reasons. Update event tracking documentation with timestamped specific reference information, escalation ticket numbers, client contact information and. And the organisation considered to run it as standalone application just because it was not critical in terms of business, and in other words the whenever the. The aperture driver does essentially what xsvc does in solaris 2. Jan, 2016 solarisvxvmcfsvcs implementing cluster file system cfs over vcs cfs allows the same file system to be simultaneously mounted on multiple nodes in the cluster. Veritas volume is not mirroring due to mismatch plex and volume size. The aperture driver from xfree86 is not written by me, but by doug anson and david holland. In that case, had sleeps for some time and then tries registering with the fencing driver again.
Well be using 3 disks of size around 500 mb as we have a 2 node cluster. Before you can start, download the latest solaris 10 x64 iso file from and install vmware server from 1. Vxvm vxclustadm info v519688 fencing driver not configured. In multinode cluster,the io fencing algorithm is designed to give priority to larger clusters in any arbitration scenario. Configure the vxfen driver for use with only a single coordinator disk. The fencing algorithm determines if the number of nodes remaining in the cluster is. Managing devices in the oracle solaris os oracle solaris. If your driver needs a nf file it must be placed in kerneldrv or. If the registration fails with an error, had assumes that the fencing driver has not completed its configuration. Each type of device requires different data formats, protocols, and transmission rates.
The fencing driver uses the concept of a majority cluster. Solaris 10 on vmware installation complete notes daves. Type the relevant package information in either the package field or the fileurl field, then click install. Also number of fencing disks should always be an odd number. Initialize disks for io fencing minimum number of disks required to configure io fencing is 3. Openscap is still installed but the user doesnt need to use its complex command structure. The default and veritas recommendation is three coordinator disks. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris dell. Vcs will not start error v16110037 vxfen driver not. Before configuring the disks for fencing you can run a test to confirm whether they are. The message is displayed when the value of the usefence attribute is set to scsi3 and when the high availability daemon had process is started with the fencing driver not configured.
If the fencing driver is configured properly but you still get the above error, report it to symantec technical support. How to check the status of various gab ports on the cluster nodes to check the status of gab ports on various nodes. Hi all, i amm following the hpux system admin 1 training manual to create new logical volume. Vcs problem and solution computer cluster kernel operating. Here is the output showing where the ethernet adapter. Hi to all, ive installed solaris 10 on my workstation but ive some networks problems. Whit the prtconf command im unable to identify the correct chipsets model. A device driver is a lowlevel program that allows the operating system to communicate with a specific piece of hardware. A network printer has its own system name and ip address. Solarisvxvmcfsvcs implementing cluster file system cfs over vcs cfs allows the same file system to be simultaneously mounted on multiple nodes in the cluster. Pleaseremove any rc script with ndd command to set llt network. Configuring solaris 10 host with san storage emc clariion. Cfs caches the metadata in memory, typically in the memory buffer cache. To determine the link speed andor duplex mode used by the ce driver, the following commands can be run.
Gab info v15120036 port b gen 2a9205 membership 01 sep 2 16. Corrections for troubleshooting io fencing procedures. Driver installation is not necessary because the osbundled driver is used. Beginners lesson veritas cluster services for system admin. Symantec connect storage and clustering discussions. To verify that the board is no longer configured, type the following command.
I found the issue could be with vxvm which is not starting at boot properly. Sun solaris unix display list for loaded kenel device. Files and folders created during unix installations. Select the name of the device that you want this driver to manage. Though any node can initiate an operation to create, delete, or resize data, the master node carries out the actual operation. Jan, 2016 cfs allows the same file system to be simultaneously mounted on multiple nodes in the cluster. The solaris xfree86 video drivers and porting kit expands significantly the number of video devices that work with solaris on x86 platforms. They were not used and apparently not needed for our configuration. The had process exits and is restarted by the hashadow process.
It must be compiled on solaris 8 or newer however, due to some missing macros for ipv6 support. Followup, nov 17 ive just tried to set up a dual boot between scientific linux 6 and solaris 11 on a kvm system. How do i get solaris to recognize generic network cards. Here is a compete stepbystep notes that i recorded while walking through the installation process. Unable to start veritas cluster server io fencing when. For example,if a single node is separated from 8node cluster due to an interconnect fault,the 7 node should continue to run. For information on the device names that are used to identify devices on the system, see device naming conventions driver not attached message. We noticed that our systems were not booting up the normal way. Oct 15, 2011 the vxfen startup script also invokes the vxfenconfig command, which configures the vxfen driver to start and use the coordinator disks that are listed in etcvxfentab. Hello all, after start the cfs cluster, all nodes of cluster has reboot, and log of cluster, you can see. The following driverrelated message might be displayed by the prtconf and sysdef commands. But xsvc source is not publically available, whereas this source is available.
Tabletandstylus pairs the oracle solaris software does not directly communicate with all these devices. How to configure vxfen driver for cluster io fencing using vxfenconfig. Aws datasync demo easily transfer data to and from aws up to 10x faster. For a list of possible parameters and usage information please see the manpage for etcvxfenmode file. View and download symantec xgs4728f installation manual online. Do a reconfigure reboot reboot r format and label the new drives. Cfs allows the same file system to be simultaneously mounted on multiple nodes in the cluster. Jul 16, 2011 from the below figure you can see an application running on a standalone server which is configured with unix operating system and database oracle sybase db2 mssql etc.
For example, with branded zones you can emulate a solaris 10 operating system as solaris 10 container in the solaris 11 branded zone. To start with prepare a solaris 10 virtual machine with sufficient number of disks atleast 4. During the installation of an agent, the commvault software creates a set of files and folders under the software installation directory optcommvault. If you dont run fencing then to load the vxfen driver on disabled mode do. Cluster server not running on local node on solaris.
Sl 6 is on a virtio disk, and solaris 11 is configured on a ide disk. We need to run prtconf pv to look at info derived from the device tree p option and we want it to be verbose v option. This training provides instruction on operational management procedures for veritas volume manager vxvm and you will learn how to install and configure veritas volume manager and how to manage disks, disk groups, and volumes by using from the. The isolated node is not coming up as vxfen is not starting 0201 11. Sep 18, 20 veritas cluster file system cfs cfs allows the same file system to be simultaneously mounted on multiple nodes in the cluster. Disks must be listed by the full file name of the raw or dmp device. Solarisvxvmcfsvcs implementing cluster file system.
Edit virtual machine select cdrom click radio button use iso image give the location of the solaris 10 downloaded iso image. A minimum of three coordination points must be used unless the s option is specified to configure the driver in scsi3 mode. Network card not detected in solaris 10 1106 in x86. This message does not always mean that a driver is unavailable for this device. Network card is not getting detected in solaris 10 1106 in my x86 system. Neither of these files existed on the servers we configured. How do i display information about loaded kernel modules under sun solaris unix operating system. I have extensive expertise in oracle rdbms 5,6,7,8,9i,10g, oracle real application clusters 9i and 10g, oracle applications financials, mfg. If this file is omitted io fencing defaults to scsi3 functionality. Veritas does not guarantee the accuracy regarding the completeness of. I have it here because it is not easy to find, otherwise. Jan 31, 2014 how vxfen driver checks for preexisting splitbrain condition replace this topic in the veritas cluster server users guide for 5. Attempt to mirror on an intel box, using solaris 10. The vxfen driver functions to prevent an ejected node from rejoining the cluster after the failure of the private network links and before the private network links are repaired.
Jun 05, 20 in multinode cluster,the io fencing algorithm is designed to give priority to larger clusters in any arbitration scenario. Solaris architecture table to see if it is hot swappable. The driver is tested on solaris 8, 9, and 10 and opensolaris for intel, amd and sparc platforms, but it will also function properly on solaris 7 on intel. Step by step installation of solaris 10 on vmware server. Then click ok from the above we have configured the vm to install solaris 10.
It is hard to keep the site running and producing new continue reading sun solaris unix. I compiled and added the driver but failed to attach the driver and ifconfig output shows only loopback dev. For this and all the future tutorials i will be using a test box created in vmware workstation. This solaris 10 nonglobal zone acts as a complete runtime environment for solaris 10 applications on solaris 11 systems. The following hbas and drivers are supported for a solaris os. First, save yourself a lot of trouble and see if theres a driver for your card somewhere see if the card is listed on the hardware compatibility list hcl for the latest solaris maintenance update mu.
Optional to share information about a driver that works for the device, click the submit button. Learn how to integrate, operate, veritas storage foundation in a solaris environment. Solaris provides the prtconf command to print the system configuration. Source solaris 10 iso image to be read on boot up, this can be done by clicking. First we have to determine what kind of nic we have. The isolated node is not coming up as vxfen is not starting. If you are on solaris 10 then there is not need to reboot step 2. When io fencing is configured to use only one coordinator disk, the loss of the single coordinator disk results in the loss of the availability of all applications in the cluster. I beleive no reboot is required on solaris 10 zfs fs. And im searching hovewer for some drivers but im fear that broadcom dont release driver for solaris.
A general solarisx86 hcl database, driven by community entries xig yes, the graphics folks have a pcmcia hack if your laptop is not recognizing a card on the sun hcl a sample nf isa soundblaster16 driver conf file, for solaris 2. Those kind of devices are not real print servers, just big print buffers. The solaris engineering though seemed to feel with the users and used their python expertise to simplify users experience. The only way to boot was to trick the system into booting into singleuser mode and then exiting out to the multiuser runlevel.
When i check the prtconf against the other cluster node, i see the following. Let us now see how we can configure fencing in a vcs setup. A minimum of three disks must be configured in normal cases except in the case of the s option. Is that something that solaris engineers might address in the future. Solarisvxvmcfsvcs implementing cluster file system cfs.
The fencing driver vxfen is started during system start up using etcrc2. Maintenance report solaris 10 release 0509 trusted. May 11, 2015 setting up raid1 using the solaris volume manager formerly known as disksuite is usually a fairly painless affair. Send notification to the client server owner groups to schedule for downtime or a low activity period for replacement. Contains the list of coordinator disks, each of which is identified by the full file name of the raw device. Before patch it we will make some tasks prior to use the mirror disk as roll back device. If the driver status is displayed as unk, do the following. Ive had to create a custom virtual ide hard disk for the solaris 11 installation. Adblock detected my website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to my visitors. This was a problem happening only on systems running solaris 10, with veritas volume manager 5.
My nic,a broadcom integrated chipset dont work with solaris. If the board is not to be immediately replaced, unfreeze any frozen service groups. Mar 10, 2009 if you dont run fencing then to load the vxfen driver on disabled mode do. I have experience on most of the commonly used operating systems like sun solaris, hpux, ibm aix, hptru64, linux, windows nt etc. As all of the changes to the toe have been classified as minor, it is the conclusion of the cb that the maintained toe is appropriate for assurance maintenance and. Some important vcs problem and its solution solaris. Edit this file to turn on start and stop capability then start the service. See the veritas cluster server administrators guide. It must be configured as a local printer on a designated solaris print server without a print server, jobs just get dumped to the printer without any coordination. Gab info v15120036 port o gen 2a9204 membership 01 sep 2 16. This caused the cluster toenter splitbrain state and subsequent panic by the vxfen driver. If it not displayed, the vxfen driver is not running, and you must configure it. Initialize the disks to be used for the fencing disk group.
You can directly migrate an existing solaris 10 system into a solaris 10 container. Jan 05, 2014 how vxfen driver checks for preexisting splitbrain condition replace this topic in the veritas cluster server users guide for 5. Symantec xgs4728f installation manual pdf download. Manually restart vcs after configuring fencing retry limit of 12 exhausted trying for vxvmrecover to come up. Using it to mirror the root slice or any slice that should not be unmounted such as usr can be a little bit more work on sparc. Aug 06, 2016 the vxfenconfig command configures the vxfen driver using parameters found in etcvxfenmode file. Managing devices in the oracle solaris os system administration. Solaris specialists blog everything about solaris page 5. The fencing algorithm determines if the number of nodes remaining in the.
Cluster not configured for data sharing application. Vxvm not started vxvm disabled during boot amit agarwal. Solaris 11 installation on kvmlinux oracle community. Let us see how you can install vxvm in a solaris 10 virtual machine. Try to start io fencing manually will report the following. If you do not see the disk from solaris then you just have to use the following commands. See the comparison matrix between sun, xfree86 and xi graphics software.
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