Error Message

-bash-3.2# gabconfig -a
GAB gabconfig ERROR V-15-2-25022 unknown error

-bash-3.2# gabconfig -?
GAB gabconfig ERROR V-15-2-25022 unknown error

-bash-3.2# gabconfig -c
GAB gabconfig ERROR V-15-2-25022 unknown error

-bash-3.2# /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S92gab start
GAB: Starting
GAB /sbin/gabconfig ERROR V-15-2-25022 unknown error

The gab module was not loaded after VCS installation.
Learned from customer that "installvcs601 -configure" was not ran after product install on this node, but customer ran it on the other node.

Ran the "/opt/VRTS/install/installvcs601 -configure" to start all the services, including gab on this node.

Checking the start.gab log, our script ran the following to start gab:

/etc/methods/gabkext -status
gab: unloaded

---Then, it runs: 
/etc/methods/gabkext -start
/etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S92gab start
/etc/methods/gabkext -status

So if the gab modules were not loaded, running just "gabconfig -c " nor the gab init script does not load the gab module.

Once gab module is loaded, you can start and stop gab using the init scripts or gabconfig -U and gabconfig -c commands.

For example, using init script:

-bash-3.2# /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S92gab stop
GAB: Unconfiguring

-bash-3.2# /etc/methods/gabkext -status
gab: loaded

-bash-3.2# /etc/rc.d/rc2.d/S92gab start
GAB: Starting
GAB: Starting Done

-bash-3.2# gabconfig -a
GAB Port Memberships
============================== ============================== ===
Port a gen   8dda01 membership 0


Applicable to 6.0 version
 

After installation of VCS, tried to start gab with "gabconfig -c" but it failed. LLT starts successfully.
The other node of the cluster successfully starts llt, gab and vcs.