This issue will affect environments running Solaris 10 with update 6 or later.  

The problem is documented as a known issue for 5.0MP3 RP1, apply the least patch where possible.
 

Veritas Volume Manager does not update boot-archive on SPARC Solaris 10 Update 6 and up (1471606)

 

The SPARC version of Solaris 10 Update 6 introduces the use of the boot-archive functionality.

VxVM does not update the boot-archive after installation. Usually this limitation causes no issues, but there could be an issue if an unclean shutdown occurs prior to the next clean shutdown.

Symptom Failure Messages:

# mount -F vxfs/dev/vx/dsk/testdg/testvol/export/test
UX:vxfs mount: ERROR:V-3-22168: Cannot open portal device: No such file or directory
UX:vxfs mount: ERROR: V-3-25255:mount: You don't have a license to run this program
UX:vxfs vxenablef: ERROR: V-3-22168:Cannot open portal device: No such file or directory
UX:vxfs vxenablef: ERROR: V-3-22158:Unable to enable VxFS feature VXFS. errno -1


The following steps can be used to correct this issue and install the necessary drivers on the system:


Verify Module Installation

# cat /etc/name_to_major | egrep "vxportal|fdd"
vxportal296
fdd 297

If vxportal or fdd are not displayed, then those modules will need to be added using the following commands:

# add_drv -v -n vxportal
exit status = 0

# add_drv -v -n fdd
exit status = 0

The necessary modules are now installed on the system.

Load Modules and Create Pseudo Devices

# devfsadm -v -ivxportal
# devfsadm -v -ifdd

Verify that the modules were correctly loaded:

# modinfo | egrep "vxportal|fdd"


VxFS file systems will now mount successfully and the necessary VxFS modules will be loaded automatically following system reboot.