Import of a clone disk group for VxVM fails

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Article ID: 100019394

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Description

Error Message

# vxdg -Cf -n clonedg -o useclonedev=on -o tag=clonetag import testdg

VxVM vxdg ERROR V-5-1-10978 Disk group testdg: import failed:
License has expired or is not available for operation

Cause

The issue is caused as the feature "Array Snapshot Integration Feature" is not a part of the installed license

 

Resolution

Ensure the license installed on the server has this feature enabled. The license information can be listed by

vxdctl license init

The output should list below highlighted features


Mirroring
Root Mirroring
Concatenation
Disk-spanning
Striping
RAID-5
VxSmartSync
Array Snapshot Integration Feature    *
FastResync  *
DGSJ *
Site Awareness *
DMP (multipath enabled)
CDS
Dynamic LUN Expansion
Hardware assisted copy
 

2) if the listed features are unavailable, coordinate with Veritas Licensing Team to obtain the appropriate licenses. 

Issue/Introduction

After cloning the disks of a diskgroup (DG) created in Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) (for example, a DG obtained by performing cloning at hardware level like SRDF), an attempt to import it would report an error.