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Following an upgrade to the SLES9 SP3 276 / SP4 316 kernel, the Veritas Volume Manager drivers may not load on the subsequent reboot
Exact Error Message
Error in loading module vxdmp. See documentation. No volume manager functionality will be provided.
Error in loading module vxdmp. See documentation. No volume manager functionality will be provided.
Details:
Cause:
Post Kernel upgrade, VxVM kernel drivers are not copied to the new kernel library directory.
Thus with new kernel, system unable to load vxdmp kernel driver, which stops vxconfigd from starting.
Workaround:
1. Run the following command as the root user, once to copy the VxVM kernel drivers to appropriate
directory.
# /etc/vx/vxvm-startup start
2. Reboot the system to confirm that Volume Manager is started automatically.
Post Kernel upgrade, VxVM kernel drivers are not copied to the new kernel library directory.
Thus with new kernel, system unable to load vxdmp kernel driver, which stops vxconfigd from starting.
Workaround:
1. Run the following command as the root user, once to copy the VxVM kernel drivers to appropriate
directory.
# /etc/vx/vxvm-startup start
2. Reboot the system to confirm that Volume Manager is started automatically.
Supplemental Material:
| System: Ref.# | Description |
| ETrack: 784586 | Issues with SuSE kernel update 276 |
Products Applied:
Storage Foundation Basic 4.1 (Linux)
Storage Foundation for UNIX/Linux 4.1 (Linux), 4.1 MP1 (Linux), 4.1 MP2 (Linux), 4.1 MP3 (Linux), 4.1 MP4 (Linux)
Volume Manager for UNIX/Linux 4.1 (Linux)
Storage Foundation Basic 4.1 (Linux)
Storage Foundation for UNIX/Linux 4.1 (Linux), 4.1 MP1 (Linux), 4.1 MP2 (Linux), 4.1 MP3 (Linux), 4.1 MP4 (Linux)
Volume Manager for UNIX/Linux 4.1 (Linux)
Last Updated: October 05 2009 03:26 AM GMT
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Subjects:
Linux
Applications: Installation, Patches, Upgrades
Storage Foundation Basic
Operating System: Information
Storage Foundation for UNIX/Linux
Operating System: Informational
Volume Manager for UNIX/Linux
Operating System: Installation, Patches
Linux
Applications: Installation, Patches, Upgrades
Storage Foundation Basic
Operating System: Information
Storage Foundation for UNIX/Linux
Operating System: Informational
Volume Manager for UNIX/Linux
Operating System: Installation, Patches
Languages:
English (US)
English (US)
Operating Systems:
Linux
Linux
SLES 9, SLES 9 (IA64), SLES 9 (x86_64), SLES 9 SP3, SLES9 (zSeries)
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