Problem adding VRTSvxvm
2007-12-25 11:39:00
Sun Support (in Sweden). There are some bug in ipdcm-driver and
patch 107553-01 solved this problem after rebooting of the system.
--Jon
Jon Ingason wrote:
>
> Hi, I have Sun Ultra Enterprise 220R whith Solaris 7 installed
> and patched with recommended patches för Solaris 7 from
> SunSolve version 4.0.15.
>
> When I try to add the packet VRTSvxvm I get following:
>
> ## Executing postinstall script.
>
> Copy //kernel/drv/vxio.SunOS_5.7 to //kernel/drv/vxio...
> Copy //kernel/drv/vxspec.SunOS_5.7 to //kernel/drv/vxspec...
>
> Copy //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxio.SunOS_5.7 to //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxio...
> Copy //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxspec.SunOS_5.7 to
> //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxspec...
> Copy //sbin/vxconfigd.SunOS_5.7 to //sbin/vxconfigd...
> Copy //kernel/drv/vxdmp.SunOS_5.7 to //kernel/drv/vxdmp...
> Copy //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxdmp.SunOS_5.7 to
> //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxdmp...
>
> Adding vxdmp driver for SunOS version 5.7...
> Warning: Unable to check for driver configuration conflicts.
> Error: Could not install driver (vxdmp).
> Device managed by another driver.
>
> Error adding vxdmp driver. Please fix the problem and re-run
> pkgadd.
> pkgadd: ERROR: postinstall script did not complete successfully
>
> Installation of <VRTSvxvm> failed.
>
> I understand that "add_drv" is trying to install the vxdmp driver,
> but do not know how to solve this.
>
> Jon Ingason
> Unix System Administrator
Derrick Daugherty wrote:
>
> What is your 220 attached to and how is it physically configured? Have
> you attempted an install of vxvm before but interrupted it or the like?
>
> modinfo |grep vx
>
> is dmp already listed? if so you can `modunload` it, but I'd remove
> the whole package cleanly if it's not in use yet, then reinstall.
>
> It's also possible that when you installed rm6, if you did, and
> depending on your configuration, it may have touched the file
> /kernel/drv/ap which the vxdmp install now belives that alternate
> pathing is installed.
>
> w/o knowing what your configuration and your end goal is it's hard to
> recommend.
>
> Another possible issue, is your /tmp a seperate mount point from / ?
>
> -Derrick
>
> It's rumored that around Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 03:20:17PM +0100
> Jon Ingason <Jon.Ingason@GlobalOne.net> wrote:
> > Hi, I have Sun Ultra Enterprise 220R whith Solaris 7 installed
> > and patched with recommended patches för Solaris 7 from
> > SunSolve version 4.0.15.
> >
> > When I try to add the packet VRTSvxvm I get following:
> >
> > ## Executing postinstall script.
> >
> > Copy //kernel/drv/vxio.SunOS_5.7 to //kernel/drv/vxio...
> > Copy //kernel/drv/vxspec.SunOS_5.7 to //kernel/drv/vxspec...
> >
> > Copy //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxio.SunOS_5.7 to //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxio...
> > Copy //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxspec.SunOS_5.7 to
> > //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxspec...
> > Copy //sbin/vxconfigd.SunOS_5.7 to //sbin/vxconfigd...
> > Copy //kernel/drv/vxdmp.SunOS_5.7 to //kernel/drv/vxdmp...
> > Copy //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxdmp.SunOS_5.7 to
> > //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxdmp...
> >
> > Adding vxdmp driver for SunOS version 5.7...
> > Warning: Unable to check for driver configuration conflicts.
> > Error: Could not install driver (vxdmp).
> > Device managed by another driver.
> >
> > Error adding vxdmp driver. Please fix the problem and re-run
> > pkgadd.
> > pkgadd: ERROR: postinstall script did not complete successfully
> >
> > Installation of <VRTSvxvm> failed.
> >
> > I understand that "add_drv" is trying to install the vxdmp driver,
> > but do not know how to solve this.
> >
> > Jon Ingason
> > Unix System Administrator
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jhartzen@csc.com wrote:
>
> I would guess this may be a conflict between Volume Manager and Solstice
> Disk Suite or something similar, though I believe you CAN have them both
> running on the same system - I have never tried this.
>
> _Johan
>
> "Jon Ingason" <Jon.Ingason@GlobalOne.net>@codeprof.ececs.uc.edu on
> 01/11/2000 04:20:17 PM
>
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>
> To: Sun-Managers <sun-managers@codeprof.ececs.uc.edu>
> cc:
> Subject: Problem adding VRTSvxvm
>
> Hi, I have Sun Ultra Enterprise 220R whith Solaris 7 installed
> and patched with recommended patches för Solaris 7 from
> SunSolve version 4.0.15.
>
> When I try to add the packet VRTSvxvm I get following:
>
> ## Executing postinstall script.
>
> Copy //kernel/drv/vxio.SunOS_5.7 to //kernel/drv/vxio...
> Copy //kernel/drv/vxspec.SunOS_5.7 to //kernel/drv/vxspec...
>
> Copy //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxio.SunOS_5.7 to //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxio..
Derrick Daugherty wrote:
>
> It's rumored that around Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 11:16:24AM +0100
> Jon Ingason <Jon.Ingason@globalone.net> wrote:
> > The 220R has one intenal disk and one external.
> > This is first time installation of VRTSvxvm or Veritas volume manager.
>
> Hmm, sounds like you don't need vxdmp at all. DMP is dynamic
> multipathing, lets you load balance across multiple controllers and if
> one fails it will fail over. That's assuming you're mirroring across
> the controllers. On the 220's I generally put two drives internally and
> mirror those as the root drives and then put hte apps and databases out
> on a d1000 or a1000. Is the internal and external to be mirrors of each
> other? I assume `format` sees the external drive? Unless you're
> mirroring between the two dmp won't be needed.
>
> > Thert is no /kernel/drv/ap and /tmp is mounted to swap as tmpfs.
>
> Yeah, that would be if you've installed Raid Manager for an A1000 or
> A3500.
>
> > The problem occur in the postinstall script for packet VRTSvxvm,
> > when it try to execute following instruction:
> >
> > add_drv -m '* 0640 root sys' /kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxdmp
>
> you can try that command yourself and it should print an error.
>
> > This fails and the rest of postinstallation is skiped.
>
> Aaah, so even if you don't need it, you still need the rest of the
> postinstall script to complete. I assume you pkgrm before pkgadd'ing
> again?
>
> Trying the add_drv and getting the error will let you know. Also, the
> output of truss would be extremely helpfull.
> truss -o dmpfail /usr/sbin/add_drv -m '* 0640 root sys' /kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxdmp
>
> 'dmpfail' will hold all the output
>
> -Derrick
>
> > Jon Ingason
> >
> > Derrick Daugherty wrote:
> > >
> > > What is your 220 attached to and how is it physically configured? Have
> > > you attempted an install of vxvm before but interrupted it or the like?
> > >
> > > modinfo |grep vx
> > >
> > > is dmp already listed? if so you can `modunload` it, but I'd remove
> > > the whole package cleanly if it's not in use yet, then reinstall.
> > >
> > > It's also possible that when you installed rm6, if you did, and
> > > depending on your configuration, it may have touched the file
> > > /kernel/drv/ap which the vxdmp install now belives that alternate
> > > pathing is installed.
> > >
> > > w/o knowing what your configuration and your end goal is it's hard to
> > > recommend.
> > >
> > > Another possible issue, is your /tmp a seperate mount point from / ?
> > >
> > > -Derrick
> > >
> > > It's rumored that around Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 03:20:17PM +0100
> > > Jon Ingason <Jon.Ingason@GlobalOne.net> wrote:
> > > > Hi, I have Sun Ultra Enterprise 220R whith Solaris 7 installed
> > > > and patched with recommended patches för Solaris 7 from
> > > > SunSolve version 4.0.15.
> > > >
> > > > When I try to add the packet VRTSvxvm I get following:
> > > >
> > > > ## Executing postinstall script.
> > > >
> > > > Copy //kernel/drv/vxio.SunOS_5.7 to //kernel/drv/vxio...
> > > > Copy //kernel/drv/vxspec.SunOS_5.7 to //kernel/drv/vxspec...
> > > >
> > > > Copy //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxio.SunOS_5.7 to //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxio...
> > > > Copy //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxspec.SunOS_5.7 to
> > > > //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxspec...
> > > > Copy //sbin/vxconfigd.SunOS_5.7 to //sbin/vxconfigd...
> > > > Copy //kernel/drv/vxdmp.SunOS_5.7 to //kernel/drv/vxdmp...
> > > > Copy //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxdmp.SunOS_5.7 to
> > > > //kernel/drv/sparcv9/vxdmp...
> > > >
> > > > Adding vxdmp driver for SunOS version 5.7...
> > > > Warning: Unable to check for driver configuration conflicts.
> > > > Error: Could not install driver (vxdmp).
> > > > Device managed by another driver.
> > > >
> > > > Error adding vxdmp driver. Please fix the problem and re-run
> > > > pkgadd.
> > > > pkgadd: ERROR: postinstall script did not complete successfully
> > > >
> > > > Installation of <VRTSvxvm> failed.
> > > >
> > > > I understand that "add_drv" is trying to install the vxdmp driver,
> > > > but do not know how to solve this.
> > > >
> > > > Jon Ingason
> > > > Unix System Administrator
> > > Content-Description: Card for Jon Ingason
> > >
> > > --
> > > . . .................... .. . .. .................... . .
> > > : Derrick Daugherty .:. 512.381.8952 :
> > > : Point One Telecommunications :
> > > : UNIX/Security Administration derrick@pointone.com :
> > > :..............home is where the console is.................:
> Content-Description: Card for Jon Ingason
>
> --
> . . .................... .. . .. .................... . .
> : Derrick Daugherty .:. 512.381.8952 :
> : Point One Telecommunications :
> : UNIX/Security Administration derrick@pointone.com :
> :..............home is where the console is.................:
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