Error Message

Veritas Storage Foundation and High Availability Startup did not complete successfully
vxesd failed to start on (hostname).

Normally, a Brocade HBA driver by default is loaded with the system installation.

A search for "bfa" (the driver file name for the Brocade HBA) results in the following output:

# find / -name bfa -print
/lib/modules/2.6.18-308.4.1.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/bfa
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-308.el5-x86_64/include/config/scsi/bfa
/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-308.el5-x86_64/drivers/scsi/bfa
 

A review of the output of "rpm -aq" does not show any Brocade RPM's loaded.

Upon investigation, it is determined that an updated Brocade HBA driver was loaded onto the system.

Using "rpm -aq", the following is seen in the output: 

Name        : kmod-bfa-rhel5u7             Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 3.0.3.0                           Vendor: (none)
Release     : 0                             Build Date: Thu Dec  8 00:43:11 2011
Install Date: Fri Apr  6 10:47:04 2012         Build Host: hq-hbabld-rh5-64.brocade.com
Group       : System Environment/Kernel     Source RPM: bfa-3.0.3.0-0.src.rpm
Size        : 2341567                          License: GPL
Signature   : (none)
URL         : http://www.brocade.com/
Summary     : bfa kernel module(s)
Description :
This package provides the bfa kernel modules built for the Linux kernel 2.6.18-274.el5 for the x86_64 family of processors.

Engineering may not specifically test an updated third party driver for compatibility with Storage Foundation product.

QA  testing is performed against the bundled modules and drivers that are supplied with the Linux kernel updates from the OS vendor. 

Removal of the Brocade driver rpm and verification that the original OS files are in place per the above "find" output results in successful start and proper operation of the "vxesd" process.