Error Message

[root@unix ~]# /etc/init.d/vxfs start

Error in loading module "vxfs". See documentation.

Failed to create /dev/vxportal

ERROR: Module fdd does not exist in /proc/modules

ERROR: Module vxportal does not exist in /proc/modules

ERROR: Module vxfs does not exist in /proc/modules

[root@unix ~]# tail /var/log/messages

Nov 25 15:37:22 oel141 kernel: vxfs: disagrees about version of symbol putname Nov 25 15:37:22 oel141 kernel: vxfs: Unknown symbol putname

VxFS component has a kernel compatibility issue with the RHEL 6.5 kernel update

Veritas have released Public Hot Fix 3 for VxFS 6.0.3 on SORT to resolve this issue:

fs-rhel6_x86_64-6.0.3.300

This patch includes updates to VxFS & ODM compoents

Note:

• This patch requires SFHA 6.0.3
• Customers at SFHA 6.0.1 & 6.0.2 will be required to upgrade to SFHA 6.0.3 before installing the patch.
• This patch can be installed on RHEL 6.3, 6.4 & 6.5
• VxFS Public Hot fix 2  (6.0.3.200 for installation on VxFS 6.0.3) was previously available to address this incompatibility, but has been made obselete. VxFS 6.0.3 Public hotfix 3 should be used.

Applies To

Storage Foundation & High Availability 6.0.1, 6.0.2 & 6.0.3

Storage Foundation Cluster File System (SFCFS) 6.0.1, 6.0.2 & 6.0.3

Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC (SFRAC) 6.0.1, 6.0.2 & 6.0.3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5, Oracle Linux  6.5